The timing is perfect. After seeing snippets of some of Hollywood's finest fare at the Oscars last Sunday, local moviegoers have something new to look forward to beginning Monday: The 13th annual Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival. ...more

February 28, 2009

Pakistan began moving thousands of troops from the Afghan border toward India, officials and witnesses said Friday, raising tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors and possibly undermining the U.S.-backed campaign against al-Qaida and the Taliban. ...more

December 27, 2008

Chabad Jewish Center of West Pasco invited the community to celebrate the Festival of Lights at a public menorah kindling ceremony with State Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, on Monday at the Chelsea Place Shopping Center, 1346 Seven Springs Blvd., New Port Richey. Hot latkes and doughnuts were served and there were games for the children. ...more

December 24, 2008

The terrorists who struck this city in November stunned authorities not only with their use of sophisticated weaponry, but also with their comfort with modern technology. ...more

December 14, 2008

Rabbi Mendel Rubashkin held vigil at his computer for the better part of two days last week. Eager for Internet updates about terrorist attacks unfolding in India, he trolled frantically for evidence that his friend, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, had survived the violent siege at the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Center in Mumbai. "It was a roller coaster of emotions," said Rubashkin, leader of Chabad of Brandon, a sector of the Chabad movement, a network of Orthodox Jews with thousands of groups around the world. News finally came the day after Thanksgiving. Holtzberg, 29, and his wife, Rivka, 28, were among those found brutally slain at the center in Mumbai, where they had served the Jewish community since 2003. ...more

December 5, 2008

The memorial service was performed in the traditional Hindu language Sanskrit as the fire god received offerings of flowers and butter. ...more

November 30, 2008

No city can be prepared for the kind of killers who struck Mumbai over the past three days. About 30 well-armed men carried out coordinated attacks on hospitals, tourist hotels, upscale restaurants, a train station and a Jewish center. ...more

November 29, 2008

Indian commandos fought Thursday to wrest control of two luxury hotels and a Jewish center from suspected Muslim militants, a day after a chain of attacks across Mumbai left at least 119 people dead and the city shell-shocked. ...more

November 28, 2008

"Judaism with a smile" is a slogan which appears on the Chabad of West Pasco Web site. ...more

October 8, 2008

It's all in the notes. Rabbi Shalom Adler has been practicing his shofar skills, making sure he blows the perfect note. ...more

September 27, 2008