A 26,000 square foot, $2.5 million middle school building under construction on the campus of the Hillel Day School in West Boca Raton will replace the trailers where the school's 6th, 7th and 8th graders have been taught for almost a decade.
BROWARD COUNTY
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Temple moves into new home Photo
Some congregants of Temple Beth Torah, Tamarac Jewish Center, compared the Torah procession from their old synagogue to their new Jewish home, with the parting of the Red Sea when the Jews escaped from Egypt in biblical times. more
PALM BEACH COUNTY
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Jewish artists surprise of Hungarian art collection Photo
One of the first paintings you see when you walk through the front door into Nancy G. Brinker's Palm Beach home is Hungarian artist Istvan Szonyi's "Villagers." The 1932 oil painting covers a wall in Brinker's home office. more
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AJC leader honored Photo
American Jewish Committee Executive Director David Harris last week received Bulgaria's highest honor bestowed on foreigners. more
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
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Local Israeli organizations host film and reception Photo
The Florida Israel Business Forum, State of Israel Bonds and the Consulate General of Israel to Florida and Puerto Rico recently hosted both a night of culture and mingling in Miami's Little Havana. more
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Milk & Honey provides food and friendship Photo
For several years, volunteers have spent Sunday mornings not only to deliver food to homebound senior citizens throughout Miami-Dade County for Jewish Community Services of South Florida's holiday food distributions, but they have also engaged in friendships and conversations. more
OPINION
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Babette Freed: Value your child for their uniqueness
As school starts I started to reminisce about my career as a teacher of specially challenged students, only in those days the labels were harsh, unkind. more
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Bonnie Erbe: Anne Frank's tree falls as Holocaust denial rises
How sad and odd, that the so-called Anne Frank tree in Amsterdam should fall at a time when Holocaust denial is growing, especially in the Arab world, according to one White House official. more
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Rabbi Yaakov Thompson: Rosh Hashana: Some personal observations
The High Holiday season is a hard time for rabbis. Understandably, it is the busiest time of the year: after a lazy, quiet summer you have to hit the ground running. more
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Jeff Jacoby: The 'disengagement' disaster, five years on
Five years ago, the Gaza Strip was forcibly purged of its Jews. more
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DEVAR TORAH
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Teshuvah: God's return to us
Parshat Nitzavim, the first of the two portions we read this week, is replete with the message of teshuvah (repentance). Teshuvah is most often associated with our return to God. more
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Anti-Zionism is equivalent to anti-Semitism
Three covenants (brit) are mentioned in the Torah, the covenant of the pieces ( Genesis 15), the covenant of Sinai (Exodus 19), and the covenant of our portion, which was made just prior to our entry into Israel (Deuteronomy 29). more
L'CHAIM
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2010 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Guide
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Family Matters
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