The Shul of Bal Harbour’s overwhelming effort continues providing comfort and aid to all SURFSIDE, Florida — The feeling here can only be described as eerie. A heavy police presence patrols every artery leading into the twin beachside towns of Surfside and Bal Harbour, leaving its chic, normally bustling streets oddly empty. Nowadays, the most […]

The Shul of Bal Harbour’s overwhelming effort continues providing comfort and aid to all In the days following the horrific condominium collapse in Surfside, Fla., the world has watched as the city’s Jewish community united to assist and console their friends and neighbors and all of the families and individuals directly impacted by the tragedy. […]

Influenced and inspired thousands of students from all walks of Jewish life Rabbi Pinchas Korf, a beloved Chassidic mashpia (mentor) whose endearing smile, indefatigable energy and blazing inner fire influenced and inspired thousands of students and rabbinic peers for decades, passed away June 30. He was 86. Affectionately known to all as “Reb Pinye,” Korf […]

Profiles and remembrances of those who lost their lives As search and rescue teams continue their heroic efforts to locate survivors of the collapse last Thursday morning of a 12-story oceanfront condominium in Surfside, Fla., the names of victims are being released to the public after identification and notification of the families. Prayers and good […]

The Jewish community of Rockwall, Texas recently celebrated its first bar mitzvah in the history of the town. For the past couple of months,thirteen-year-old Ilan Parnes has been diligently preparing for this special rite of passage, and on Shabbat he read from the Torah in front of family and friends.  This has been a year […]

Prayers, good deeds, and rescue efforts continue Search and rescue operation efforts continue in the hopes of finding survivors of the collapse early Thursday morning of the Champlain Tower, a 12-story oceanfront condominium in Surfside, Fla., just north of Miami Beach. Some 150 people remain missing under the rubble of the Champlain Towers. As prayers […]

Natives of Venezuela were members of The Shul of Bal Harbour Leon Oliwkowicz, 81, and his wife, Rus, 74, were among the first victims to have been confirmed by authorities to have been killed in the tragic Champlain Towers collapse in Surfside, Fla. Originally from Venezuela, the couple moved to Florida in recent years. In […]

More than 150 still unaccounted for as increasingly desperate search is in its third day As the search and rescue operation entered its third full day on Sunday, rescue crews continued their desperate search for survivors of the collapse early Thursday morning of a 12-story oceanfront condominium in Surfside, Fla., just north of Miami Beach. […]

Food and other necessities distributed to families pouring into area for news of loved ones As the sun sets, ushering in Shabbat, a feeling of uncertainty envelopes the heavily Jewish beachside community of Surfside, Fla. At the same time, there is a distinct sense of community and togetherness, a spirit of unity amid the chaos […]

Rabbi Yossi and Baila Brackman reach out to student community A Jewish student from the University of Chicago who is also past president of his school’s campus Chabad center is among those missing after a 12-story, 136-unit oceanfront condominium tower partially collapsed early on Thursday morning in Surfside, Fla. Miami-Dade county police said as many […]