Tampa attorney Aaron Silberman is treasurer/secretary for the Tampa JCCs and Federation and supports many Israel-partner ...

The Maccabees and their remarkable achievements still reverberate in today’s Jewish world, in both Israel and North America. Chanukah arrives each year with imagery that has been familiar to Jews for ...

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” ...

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, ...

Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay… and copper and porcelain and wood and glass and paper mache and granite. Sidney and Phyllis Werner’s dreidel collection even includes a soft plush ...

In November, this year’s Hope Cohen Barnett Leadership Institute (HCBLI) class visited One Buc Place at the Advent Health Training Facility for a tour and an exclusive conversation to learn about ...

On December 5, the City of Tampa held a street naming ceremony honoring the extraordinary contributions of identical twin brothers J. Leonard and George Levy, who were instrumental in transforming ...

Connecting Cultures for Peace invites you to a powerful new community series: Holiday Multicultural Listening & Activity Circles — happening monthly from December 2025 through March 2026. Each ...

At a time when unity among different faiths, cultures and races sometimes feels out of reach, a diverse group of changemakers quietly gathered in Tampa with a bold intention: to rekindle a historic ...

As global agriculture faces growing challenges, from declining bee populations to shifting climate patterns, Israeli company BloomX is reimagining one of nature’s most vital processes: pollination.

Since the 2018 Tree of Life massacre, which tragically claimed 11 lives, Jewish organizations across the country have worked to build security infrastructure. This vital effort is often in partnership ...

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 ...