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News Miami Beach wants to shut down this synagogue. Those who pray there say it’s not a synagogue.
City officials point to an industrial-size coffee urn and other evidence to show that a group of Jews is violating its zoning code
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News From Zumba to Torah, how Hispanic Jewish immigrants invigorated Jewish Miami
When Clarita Kassin and her family fled the violence and kidnappings in their native Colombia in the late 70’s to settle in Miami, she wanted to recreate the close-knit Jewish community she left behind in Bogota. “As Colombian Jews we wanted to form a social club,” Kassin said. “But my late husband Roberto said why…
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News They gave $25 million to Jewish nonprofits. Was some of that money laundered from Ukraine?
The Lubavitch Educational Center, a set of schools in South Florida teaching toddlers and Talmud scholars alike, nearly went out of business in 2013. Past due on an $8 million loan, the center was facing foreclosure on three properties, including its main campus, an 84,020-square-foot behemoth on seven acres. A company made up of the…
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Fast Forward Can A Jew From Miami Beach Be Florida’s Next Governor? Philip Levine Says Yes.
MIAMI (JTA) — One candidate for governor is a former congresswoman and the daughter of a former governor and U.S. senator. Another candidate is a mayor who grew up in a blue collar African-American family. A third political newcomer is a Harvard graduate who builds affordable housing. Florida has been known as a place where…
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Fast Forward Can Miami Beach Mayor Ride A Killer Whale Named Lolita To Governor’s Mansion?
Miami Beach mayor Philip Levine isn’t shy about his gubernatorial ambitions. Nor has he made a secret of his passion for animal rights, specifically those of the Orca whale Lolita from the city’s Seaquarium. But is Levine using his call to free Lolita to leverage a quick political boost? Politico reported that Levine intends to…
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Fast Forward Homeless Man Charged With Scratching Swastikas On Miami Beach Cars
(JTA) — A homeless man has been arrested for scratching swastikas into several cars in a Jewish neighborhood in Miami Beach. The swastikas were found keyed on the cars on Feb. 26, including on a car owned by a non-Jewish family. Timothy Merriam, 61, was arrested Tuesday and will be charged with criminal mischief. Police…
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