North Miami Beach

Jose Curbelo dies at 95; Latin jazz bandleader

2012-09-24 00:00:00

Jose Curbelo, a Latin jazz bandleader, agent and promoter who helped popularize the cha-cha in the United States and made Tito Puente a star, has died. He was 95. A resident of North Miami Beach, Curbelo died Friday of heart failure at a hospital in...

'Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen' by David Sax

2009-11-08 00:00:00

Save the Deli In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen David Sax Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 320 pp., $24 The wandering of the Jews is frozen in the marble of the corned beef on rye. The fall of the Temple, the...

Spring football game schedules/results

2013-05-22 22:19:00

Here's a list of all spring football games in our coverage area. Please alert us of any errors or changes.� � Thursday, May 16 Cornerstone Charter at Master’s Academy DNR Lake Nona�33, First Academy 21 - Final (3 varsity quarters) Friday,...

Music program reaches new heights

2013-05-21 10:24:47

Scheck Hillel Community School in North Miami Beach has made investments this year in its arts program and as a result has seen its growing music program take new strides. The school has added a full range of programs from strings to drums this year....

Close-knit UM tennis team relies on depth, positivity during successful season

2013-05-17 00:00:00

One of the consistently best athletic programs on the University of Miami campus quietly goes about its business in the shadow of the national spotlight cast on teams such as men's basketball and football -- its accomplished coach so driven that players...

Orthodox female rabbi coming to South Florida

2013-05-14 12:16:38

The first female ordained as an Orthodox rabbi is coming to South Florida. Rabba Sara Hurwitz, who is the dean of Yeshivat Maharat in New York, the first institution to train modern Orthodox women as spiritual leaders and authorities on Jewish law,...

Israeli dance festival returns

2013-05-14 12:15:30

"Numbers" is the theme for the 17th annual Festival Yachad that will celebrate through dance the Jewish people's heritage and connection to the Land of Israel with more than 800 dancers on stage. Each choreography will portray a different number that...

Teens with cancer glam up for their prom

2013-05-10 15:31:00

Davaxha Trollinger is used to weekly trips to the hospital to treat the tumors all over her body. But on Friday, the 13-year-old was back at Chris Evert Children's Hospital in Fort Lauderdale for a different reason -- to get ready for her first prom....

Flowers brighten day for shelter mothers

2013-05-07 13:16:05

With Mother's Day coming up on May 12, mothers across the country are anticipating the special day set aside to honor them with flowers, candy and fancy dinner. However, for countless women in battered women's shelters throughout the country, Mother's...

South Florida dad's single-minded hunt for killer strikes chord with parents

2013-05-07 01:48:00

Gary Karp's ongoing hunt for whoever killed his daughter more than 10 years ago has taken him to the Bahamas — again. After conducting a brief press conference at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Monday, he quickly...

Jewish convert from Nazi family to discuss today's climate of violence

2013-05-03 00:00:00

Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger had to look no further than his own life for material when writing his first book. The only son of a former Iron Cross-decorated Nazi tank commander, he converted to Judaism and ended up serving as a medical officer in the...

Cooking for a cause

2013-05-02 10:11:20

The top chefs of Temple Menorah in Miami Beach recently prepared their best dishes for charity. The synagogue's Women's Auxiliary hosted its annual mitzvah project, "Top Chefs of Temple Menorah," in Bal Harbour where its members prepared food and drinks....

Amin Abbas Eltayeb, 22, of North Miami Beach, is charged with sending ten threatening letters to several people including a Palm Beach County judge, prosecutor and sheriff's deputy, as well as the Davie police chief and the wife and neighbor of one of his officers.

2013-03-08 00:00:00

ARTS BALLET THEATRE OF FLORIDA What you need to know: The North Miami Beach-based company's director, Vladimir Issaev, has planned an afternoon of romantic contemporary and classical ballets, including "Romeo and Juliet," "Sleeping Beauty," "El Encuentro," "Fairy Doll pas de Trois" and "Danzon.

2013-02-15 12:53:00

Madeleine Kirsh, owner of C. Madeleine's in North Miami Beach.

2013-02-04 12:47:00