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 ...

As the Sue & Jeff Schoenbaum Annual Community Leadership Awards ceremony approaches, its fitting that we stop and recognize both the award recipients and the individuals who made such a lasting impact ...

Tampa attorney Aaron Silberman is treasurer/secretary for the Tampa JCCs and Federation and supports many Israel-partner organizations, including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), ...

StopAntisemitism, a nonpartisan watchdog organization, has teamed up with the Christian advocacy organization Philos Project to fight rampant Jew-hatred with a billboard campaign across Florida, ...

Tracy Norris Benstock, of Orlando and formerly of the Tampa Bay area, daughter of the late Dr. Gary Norris and Saundra Norris of Forest Hills, NY, and Rabbi Ronnie Kehati of Woodmere, NY, son of Rabbi ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

I’ve always been fascinated by reincarnation. I sincerely believe that a person’s spirit or soul can be reborn into a new body after death. Continuously having this strong pull towards learning and ...

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 ...

Watching a college friend blow, twist, pull and shape a burning blob of molten glass over a 2,000 degree Fahrenheit flame fired up Benjamin Elliott Ugol’s imagination and future. “Glass blowing is hot ...