Earlier this year, the Center for Jewish History (CJH) in New York City announced a new multi-year partnership with Ancestry.com family history and DNA database. The result of this collaboration ...

As the High Holidays approach, we’re reminded that this is the season of reflection, transition and renewal. It’s in this spirit that I share some difficult news: in the coming months the beautiful ...

They’ve hit big cities and small towns. Elementary schools and college campuses. City parks and the front yards of suburban homes. They’re carefully designed and pop with color. Most are folded and ...

More than 130 Jewish young adults from throughout Tampa Bay came together for mixing and mingling at annual Vodka Latke on December 24 at the Aloft Tampa Downtown. The event was sponsored by 360 ...

This regular column showcases groundbreaking innovations and business successes of Israeli companies making waves in the U.S. from cutting edge advancements in cybersecurity and AI to transformative ...

It’s Chanukah time – time to gather with friends and family and light the Chanukiah (the Chanukah Menorah). Who doesn’t love watching the lights grow over the week, from a lone candle (well…2 candles, ...

Among the many examples of resilience that help define Jewish peoplehood, there’s one that most individuals don’t think about unless they’ve directly or indirectly impacted by it and that’s the ...

January 11, 1939. Number 2352. A date and a number. They define a life, a future, a family, a legacy. My mother, Marietta Sobel Drucker (z”l), was 9 ½ when her parents placed her on the ...

The Tampa JCCs & Federation will celebrate the Tampa Jewish community’s generosity and the collective impact it has had on strengthening the Jewish community locally, in Israel and overseas at this ...

Hillel Academy of Tampa recently concluded the three-part Words to Action workshop, a series in conjunction with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). This series is designed to provide Hillel’s 7th and ...

Scott Tankel, Brian Breeding and Paul Klein pose in front of a massive bulldozer on the Gaza border during their trip in December. Alumni of the Hope Cohen Barnett Leadership Institute (HCBLI), they ...

The phrase “chosen people” has often been misunderstood, but within Jewish tradition it has a specific and deeply moral meaning. In the Hebrew Bible, the Jewish people are described as being “chosen” ...