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Workers Circle Branch 692 in Miami Beach - An excerpt from a 1949 chapter history

Josh Parshall in Jewish Currents · 12 Aug

Branch 692 of the left-wing Yiddish fraternal organization Workers Circle in Miami Beach, founded in 1926, faced internal conflicts during the Communist-Socialist split in the 1920s and took years to recover.

0 Communities Education

Fathers and Teachers

Val Vinokur in Tablet · 16 Jun 2023

In this narrative, the writer reflects on various influential figures from his childhood in Miami, including mentors and teachers who left lasting impressions.

0 Holocaust Communities

'Early bird' dinners and bathing caps: Miami Beach's previous generation of Jewish snowbirds remembered

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 17 Jan 2023

Photographer Naomi Harris pays tribute to the bygone era of Miami Beach's affordable winter destination for low-income Jewish snowbirds in her new book "Haddon Hall," which features portraits of Holocaust survivors, pensioners, and widows she lived among from 1999 to 2002.

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A remarkable photo exhibit captures ‘a joyful moment’ of Black-Jewish unity in Miami Beach

noah in Forward · 4 Jun 2021

The photo exhibit "Shared Spaces" showcases the work of Andy Sweet, a Jewish photographer, capturing moments of Black-Jewish unity in Miami Beach during the late 1970s.

0 Literature Holocaust

Herself Included

Sara Ivry in Tablet · 16 Feb 2012

The article reflects on Judy Blume's book "Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself," which tells the story of a young Jewish girl in Miami Beach who fantasizes about Adolf Hitler living incognito as an elderly Jew in Florida.