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A congregation forms on a Friday night under a brightly-lit synagogue, reciting and singing aloud hymns and prayers that toast to a hard week’s end.
Although the COVID-19 pandemic upended the communal aspects of Jewish life, Gainesville’s Jewish community was still able to celebrate the Festival of Lights in each other’s company throughout the week beginning with Nov. 28.
Daniel Nee is Gainesville's interim city attorney following a Monday City Commission meeting.
Members of ShabbaTones sang in unison as their voices echoed in the hall at UF Hillel, signaling the beginning of the choir’s first in-person practice session this year.
Activists drowned out the monotonous noise of traffic in Gainesville with chants, songs and poetry on May 19.
Gainesville City Commissioner Gail Johnson eagerly hugged Commissioner-elect Desmon Duncan-Walker at an election watch party Tuesday evening to celebrate their victories, signaling a new era of collaboration between the two commissioners.
Gainesville residents voted Tuesday to re-elect one city commissioner who saw them through a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but voted out the other incumbent in favor of a local activist.
Gainesville residents will vote on two city commission seats Tuesday.
Traducido por Melissa Hernandez de la Cruz
Early voting in Gainesville for the 2021 Regular Election began March 5 and runs until March 13.
“Do good, and say ‘I love you,’” is the phrase echoing through the UF community in honor of Sophia Lambert, a first-year UF theatre and psychology major who died Jan.16 after a fatal crash on West University Avenue that sent five others to the hospital. She was 18 years old.
Just over a month after a UF freshman was killed in a hit-and-run on West University Avenue, another five students were hit –– and one died –– after a crash on the road Saturday evening.
This Hanukkah, Alexa Bieber will FaceTime into her family’s nightly menorah lighting from her dorm room.
Rabbi Jonah Zinn leads High Holy Day services at UF Hillel last year.
While COVID-19 has changed everyday life, Gainesville residents and students are finding their own way to observe Yom Kippur, the most sacred day in the Jewish calendar.
Alachua County COVID-19 curve appears to be flattening, local health officials say
More than 2,000 people in UF’s Jewish community at Chabad used to get together to eat kugel, brisket and matzo to celebrate Passover.
While President Trump believes he has a solution for peace in the Middle East, UF students are more divided on the issue.
Though Elaine Jacobson had been involved in choral music for around 20 years, the lack of Jewish ballads made her feel like there was a weakness in her musical education. This inspired her to fix the problem.
Judaism will now be considered a nationality in the U.S. after President Donald Trump took action against rising anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic incidents at colleges and universities.
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