Federation’s Leadership Council announces new initiatives
The Leadership Council of the Jewish Federation of Pinellas and Pasco Counties held its first meeting of the new fiscal year earlier this month and announced several new initiatives meant to build...
View ArticleMSNBC apologizes for showing inaccurate maps of Israel
(JTA) – MSNBC apologized for using “not factually accurate” maps in a segment discussing the violence that has erupted across Israel in recent weeks.read more
View ArticleSymbolism
Emilie Socash Executive Director, Jewish Federation of Pinellas & Pasco Counties “Wait, your Lion pin looks different.”read more
View ArticleState Dept: Anti-Semitism ‘major problem’ around globe
(JTA) – Anti-Semitism “continued to be a major problem around the globe,” the U.S. State Department’s annual International Religious Freedom Report for 2014 found.read more
View ArticleJust a nosh...
Jews and Arabs get half off for eating hummus together at Israeli restaurantread more
View ArticleTampa selected for national Parkinson’s initiative
The National Parkinson’s Foundation has selected the Tampa Jewish Community Center & Federation to participate in a new national initiative to help people living with the disease to stay active,...
View ArticleWomen’s Philanthropy to welcome back Main Event
Women’s Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of Pinellas & Pasco Counties is going back to the future with the return of the Main Event.read more
View ArticleIslamic Movement, Netanyahu’s latest public enemy
By BEN SALES JTA news service TEL AVIV – In assigning blame for the recent wave of violence in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has turned to the usual suspects – Hamas and the Palestinian...
View ArticleHow Jerusalem is coping with attacks: Police and pepper spray
By Ben Sales JTA news service JERUSALEM — “No pepper spray, no tear gas, no nightsticks,” sighed Itzhak Mizrahi to three disappointed men, as if it were a mantra he’d recited dozens of times.read more
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