Film Festival opens with comedy, award presentation. January 20, 2025. The Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival (TBJFF) will mark its 29th year with a comedic opening night celebration on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Shanna and Bryan Glazer Jewish Community Center in Tampa.

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Dec 3, 2024 · JEROME HAROLD BUFF, 93, of Tampa, died Jan. 9. Born in Charleston, WV, he moved to Tampa in 2019 from New York. He earned a degree in economics from Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania and continued his studies with an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

On Wednesday, Dec. 25, Hillsborough County will officially welcome its only kosher grocery store – Kosher Kaddy in Wimauma. Although it had a soft opening several months ago, the formal opening will take place on the first night of Hanukkah and will be celebrated with a menorah lighting ceremony, live Hanukkah music, doughnuts, latkes and chocolate gelt.

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Oct 28, 2024 · DAVID LAWRENCE CROSS, 83, of Tampa, died Oct. 12. Born in Rochester, NY, he was a graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and then graduated with his DDS degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and received his master’s in dentistry from the University of Pittsburgh. He was a periodontist for the Veterans

Oct 23, 2009 · LAWRENCE S. EPSTEIN, 60, of Tampa, died Oct. 15. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was a veteran of Indo China, Panama and the Gulf War. He served in the Jewish War Veterans as a Department of New York Executive Committee Member, Post I Commander, New York County Commander, Department of New York Service Officer, National Service Officer for the Department of New York, Associate National Service ...

2 days ago · The Tampa Bay Jewish Food Festival will make a long-awaited return to its full, in-person format on Sunday, Feb. 23, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the grounds of Temple B’nai Israel in Clearwater. In its first four years, the food festival drew increasingly large crowds of up to 6,000. But then in

Oct 7, 2024 · When leaders from the local Jewish community recently met with editorial and newsroom leaders at the Tampa Bay Times, the Jewish group aired concerns over the paper’s coverage of pro-Palestinian protests and of Israel and the war with Hamas in Gaza. They noted that sometimes the Times does not convey the concerns of the local

Feb 19, 2024 · Editor’s note: This column was written before the rescue in Gaza of Luis Harr, the father of the woman featured here. We rejoice at his return and wish him well. Two weeks ago at the Shul of Bal Harbor, a mother of three and her husband stood …