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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

Thanksgiving is my favorite American holiday. Over the years, it was one time that the family always came together, no matter where we were living. Today, both my grandparents’ and parents’ ...

The past two years have been particularly challenging for Jewish college students. Our campuses, which should be places of curiosity and critical exchange, have too often become arenas of polarization ...

Graffiti targeting “Zionists” and praising Hamas was spray-painted on the preschool wing of a Minneapolis synagogue on Tuesday night, the second anniversary of Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack on Israel ...