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A new documentary to premiere this month at the Miami Jewish Film Festival is shining a light on a forgotten legal battle that forced one of the world’s most powerful men to answer for his prejudice.

The Miami Jewish Film Festival has announced the special premiere of This Ordinary Thing, a powerful documentary-style feature that brings to life the testimonies of non-Jews who risked everything to protect Jews during the Holocaust.

Days after celebrating its first-ever Hanukkah ceremony, the Miami-Dade County Tax Collector’s Office reported it was targeted by a vandal who destroyed a menorah outside its entrance. A suspect has been arrested and charged.

The findings, conducted in partnership with Teachers College, Columbia University researchers, indicate that a majority of American Jews now consider antisemitism a normalized part of their experience.

Malka “Mollie” Horwitz is the oldest living Holocaust survivor in Miami-Dade County. She lives in Miami Beach. Earlier this year, Miami-Dade commissioners declared March 16 as "Mollie Horwitz Day."

A Jewish a cappella group puts a funny twist on a popular song from the new Wicked musical film and kicks off Hanukkah celebrations in West Palm Beach.

The collection of photographs traces the evolution of Miami Beach throughout the 20th Century and chronicles the Jewish community's enormous contributions. The book's editors will appear during the 2024 Miami Book Fair.

The exhibit marks the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre at the Nova Music Festival in southern Israel, where heavily armed Hamas militants rampaged through the festival, killing at least 364 people and taking more than 40 hostage. Many of them are still held in Gaza.

The governor’s order announced last month waives application fees and, in some instances, grants in-state tuition to transfer applicants.

Preparing for Hanukkah feels uniquely somber yet defiant this year for the Jewish communities in and around Miami Beach.

U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar, R-Miami, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston and U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Parkland, are among a large number co-sponsors of H.R. 6578, "the Commission to Study Acts of Antisemitism in the United States Act."

The Florida Senate on Wednesday passed measures to expand sanctions against Iran and provide money to bolster security at Jewish day schools and preschools.