Jesse SchecknerApril 22, 2024
Billy Corben blasts Miami-Dade Dems leadership for refusing to move Chair vote from Passover Shabbat
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‘We’re supposed to be better than this.’
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Jesse SchecknerApril 22, 2024
Associated PressApril 17, 2022
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'It has been quite wonderful to see how well-attended Mass is right now.'
Peter SchorschApril 4, 2021
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However you celebrate this springtime, take a moment to enjoy the long weekend.
Associated PressApril 8, 2020
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The coronavirus has forced Jewish families to limit celebratory Passover meals known as seders.
Peter SchorschApril 21, 201911min413
However you celebrate this springtime, take a moment to enjoy the long weekend.
Peter SchorschMarch 31, 20188min699
The vernal equinox has come and gone, and we all know what that means — Easter is here. So grab a basket, don the seersucker and start painting those eggs. The holiday once again made it into April, though just barely. Despite not getting as late a date as last year, Easter is still expected […]
Peter SchorschApril 15, 20179min389
Grab your bonnet, pull out the seersucker and get ready for a good-old-fashion Easter egg hunt. Americans are expected to spend about $18.4 billion on Easter this year, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey. That projection is 6 percent higher than last year’s record of $17.3 billion and marks an all-time high in […]
Peter SchorschMarch 26, 2016
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Easter – like the 2016 Legislative Session – came early this year. Feels weird to have it be all over in March, right? The moveable feast dates back to the mid-2nd century A.D. on the Christian calendar and celebrates a redemption and rebirth that Capitol-going advocates of some issues – say, Transportation Network Companies legislation or campus carry – will […]
Brendan FarringtonApril 3, 20155min188
Just past the midpoint of the Florida Legislature’s 60-day session, lawmakers have left town for the Easter and Passover holidays. Let’s take a look at what they have done with the more than 1,700 bills that have been filed. They set next year’s presidential primary for March 15. And they’re really, really close to sending […]
Guest AuthorSeptember 30, 20148min228
I converted to Judaism over 20 years ago. It had nothing to do with the fact that I was dating, and later married, a Jewish guy. Poor thing thought he was getting an Irish shiksa and instead wound up with his mother. No, my best girlfriend Julie took me to her synagogue so I could […]