Ken Endelson Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County announced a $4 million gift from Ken Endelson to support its Annual Campaign and the Palm Beach Movement to Activate Jewish Life, a community-wide strategy to expand Jewish life and engagement. The gift will establish the Endelson Sports Complex as part of its historic Campaign for the […]

There is a particular kind of cultural event that resists easy categorization, one that is neither concert nor ceremony, neither educational program nor religious observance, yet partakes of all four. One Voice, presented by the Institute of Jewish Rock at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach last month, […]

Members of Hadassah Florida Atlantic Advocacy Team: Lois Gordon, Marlene Cohen, Toby Usenheimer, Rep. Lois Frankel, Joanna Rothstein, Iris Rothstein, Joy Parks, Sheila Steinberg. Members of the Hadassah Florida Atlantic advocacy team had the opportunity to share the organization’s views on a variety of legislative issues with Rep. Lois Frankel and Felicia Goldstein, the congresswoman’s […]

Elliot Lasky was a teenager who was on tour with the Rolling Stones in the 1970s.       He once visited the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of blessed memory, and asked him, “Where is G-d?”       The Rebbe replied that G-d is everywhere, in every part of creation.       Elliot looked at the Rebbe and […]

There are moments in marriage that no one really prepares you for. Not the wedding, not the smiles, not the pictures under the chuppah. The quiet moments. The tense conversations. The long silences that say more than words ever could. The realization that the person you thought would complete you sometimes feels like the one […]

Rabbi Danielle Bensimhon opens the service with song and prayer. Temple Beth David of Palm Beach Gardens held its 14th Annual Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day Vigil of Remembrance last month.       During the 12-hour period from 9:45 a.m. to 9:45 p.m., congregants, their families and friends, and members of other communities of faith came together […]

A group of non-Jewish community leaders recently returned from Israel — the fourth trip of this type since October 7, 2023 — to visit the country and participate in a Community Leaders Israel Study Tour, led by Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County’s Palm Beach Center to Combat Antisemitism & Hatred. These trips allow participants […]

Dr. Elaine Rotenberg, Reuben Romirowsky, Zelda Mason, Jennifer Lesser, Maxine Marks, Ilene Goldstein Alpert Jewish Family Service hosted its 15th annual Passover seder last month in Palm Beach Gardens. It brought together over 20 residents of the Levine JRFS Residential Program, their families, community members, as well as JFS leadership for a meaningful and inclusive […]

Temple Judea of Palm Beach Gardens was filled to the brim with joy, pride, and the warmth of family as more than 200 people gathered for YEP Shabbat — an annual celebration bringing together students, parents, grandparents, and siblings for a truly special evening.       The service was a showcase of everything students have learned […]

On a warm Friday afternoon in Palm Beach Gardens, something quietly remarkable is happening. Families are streaming through a set of open doors, children racing ahead, parents catching up, grandparents beaming. Some are in suits. Some are in jeans. Many haven’t set foot inside a synagogue in years. All of them are welcome.       Rooted […]