In 4th or 5th grade I gave a speech for a 4H contest. My parents, Karen and Jim Dawkins, had just started the Jewish Press of ...

Members of the CTeen at Chabad Social Circle North Tampa recently participated in a Community Cares program, to prepare ...

A video released on social media on Feb. 11, two days after the Super Bowl, shows a wide array of Jewish celebrities, including Steven Spielberg and Woody Allen, wearing a T-shirt with a raised middle ...

Karen and Keith Schilit are being honored for their leadership and significant contributions to the Tampa Jewish community by having their names added to two programs of the Tampa JCCs & Federation, ...

A grant to study linguistic differences between Hebrew and English was flagged as an example of “woke DEI grants” in a new database released by Sen. Ted Cruz. The database is part of ongoing ...

The Chamber Orchestra of Sarasota concludes its eighth season on March 20 at 7:30 p.m. with the Florida premiere of “Anne Frank’s Tree” by American composer Victoria Bond. The work deals with the ...

More than 50 people came together for the Tampa JCCs & Federation’s Connect brunch in early February. The brunch, hosted by Connect ambassador Cindy Spahn, was designed to introduce guests to the ...

You’re holding in your hands – or perhaps reading online – the very last edition of the Jewish Press produced by the Jewish Press Group of Tampa Bay, Inc. The last paper in the Pinellas edition is ...

James Graham Baker, husband of Marcy Solomon Baker and father of Sammy Baker, all of Tampa, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, March 8 at Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Tampa.

Tampa playwright Mark Leib’s play about the Civil Rights sit-ins in Tampa in 1960 is scheduled at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts on March 6-9. The play, “When the Righteous Triumph,” was ...

HIAS, the Jewish refugee aid and advocacy group, is suing President Donald Trump over his freeze on refugee admissions. The lawsuit, announced on Monday, Feb. 10, is a return to the group’s playbook ...

You may be familiar with HIAS – it was originally named the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and it was founded to help Jews who were fleeing poverty and persecution in Europe. Over the years, they ...