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Feb 24, 2014 · The story of Florida Jewry has not been one of unchecked growth. The Jewish community of Miami is still far below its peak, when it numbered nearly 250,000 in the late 1970s, and Broward is...
Jan 31, 2022 · Jeb Bush designated January as Florida Jewish History Month in 2003. To commemorate this month, WGCU looks into the history of what Jewish people have done to impact Southwest Florida. “Jewish ...
- Actions More Than Words
- The Igbos – Descendants from Gad?
- Seeking to Return
- Living Life as Jews
- Where Do We Go from Here?
Rabbi Mordechai Yosef grew up in southern California with open-minded parents. This led him to explore different faiths, finally stumbling upon the Kabbalah Center in Los Angeles. After nearly a year of learning there, Yosef underwent an Orthodox conversion, and a year later came to Israel to learn in yeshiva, where he has been living for several y...
A community that figures prominently in debates over lost Jews is the Igbo community in Nigeria. Within a population of roughly 35 million, approximately 20,000 to 30,000 identify as Jews, the rest being Christians holding on to the idea of being Israelites. A number of genetic studies have been carried out on this community, some proving they are ...
Crypto-Jews, also called Bnei Anasim or conversos, are Jews who have hidden their Judaism for centuries. These Jews were forced to practice underground following the Alhambra Decree, the law passed in 1492 that began the Spanish Inquisition and the mass expulsion of Jews from Spain. Faced with death or conversion, many began to practice underground...
All the experts stress to the Magazinethe importance of individuals looking to integrate or claiming to be descendants as living fully Torah-observant lives. This means observing Shabbat, kashrut, Torah, holidays and everything else that comes with modern Judaism. David Breakstone recently completed his term as deputy chair of the Jewish Agency exe...
So what is the next step? One group that could be used as a case study of how to deal with integration into the Jewish people is Bnei Menashe. The group comprises roughly 10,000 people hailing from India and Burma, all claiming to be descendants of the tribe of Menashe. Hillel Halkin is an author and translator who has dedicated much of the last fe...
Pocket watch with Hebrew numerals, owned by George Dzialynski, who was born and died in Jacksonville (1857–1937). George was the first boy born in Florida to a Jewish family that planted roots in the state by 1850. The Dzialynski family is the longest continuing Jewish family in Florida.
Jun 14, 2009 · But it isn't known as a major center for Judaism, with the local Jewish community estimated at 13,000, compared to about 2 million in New York and about 550,000 in Southeast Florida.
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Feb 11, 2014 · The story of Florida Jewry has not been one of unchecked growth. The Jewish community of Miami is still far below its peak, when it numbered nearly 250,000 in the late 1970s, and Broward is...
Apr 24, 2019 · WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An expansive new study led by the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County details what today's Jewish community looks like in the Palm Beaches. The study was conducted by...
