Before the pandemic put a damper on our entertaining, I always looked forward to inviting friends, family and new faculty over for Rosh Hashanah dinner in our Charlottesville, VA, home. My favorite ...

Second graders at Tampa Torah Academy recently celebrated receiving their first Chumash – the 5 books of the Torah printed in book form – As part of the ceremony, the students presented a Chumash Play ...

Thor, a 9-ton Danish fishing boat used to carry Jews from Nazi-controlled Denmark to safety in Sweden in 1943, has found new and final moorings at the Florida Holocaust Museum in downtown St.

The Hope Cohen Barnett Leadership Institute (HCBLI) class recently visited One Buc Place for a guided tour and discussion about Jewish philanthropy from Bryan Glazer, Bucs co-chairman, and Alissa ...

My 77-year-old mother does not like stuff. She abhors clutter. She reuses everything. If you were to buy her a bottle of nice olive oil as a hostess gift, it would sit unopened in her pantry for the ...

Joe Probasco of Tampa, former president of the Tampa JCCs & Federation and advocate for the local Jewish community, will be honored as recipient of the 15th annual Norman N. Gross PRIMER award on ...

The Jewish Press welcomes announcements of engagements, weddings and civil unions of couples in which one or both are residents or former residents of the Tampa Bay area. The paper also will run ...

In “September 5,” the new movie depicting the abduction and murder of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Munich Olympics, there are many echoes of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, 51 years, ...

The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened up a sea of uncertainty about Syria’s future – and about the treasures of its past, including the remnants of its Jewish history. A 13-year civil ...