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The Jewish Federation of Greater Naples community event features a memorial service and Gulfshore Playhouse performance.

A Cape Coral man was arrested last week for the attack.

A man threw bricks at the glass door of the Chabad Jewish Center building on Cape Coral Parkway, and broke the window of a car parked in the parking lot on Saturday afternoon.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is surging additional resources and calling on local law enforcement agencies to address the coordinated “National Day of Hate” efforts seen across the nation.

Israel celebrates its 75th birthday this year. The grandson of David Ben Gurion, the country’s first prime minister, was in Naples today to mark it.

Rabbi A. James Rudin, co-founder of Saint Leo University’s Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies, to receive Papal Knighthood. The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston Mark O’Connell will conduct the investiture ceremony on behalf of Pope Francis on November 20 at the university's campus, north of Tampa.

The Torah scrolls are safe in the vault at Congress Jewelers, said Rabbit Stephen Fuchs of Temple Bat Yam, but he’s unsure what exactly has happened to the synagogue where normally 50 to 60 congregants gather for services on Sanibel Island.

Event commemorates sacrifice, tragedy and heroism in the face of the Nazi Holocaust as well as 9/11 victims and heroes.

In 2003, Jeb Bush designated January as Florida Jewish History Month. To commemorate this month, WGCU looks into the history of what Jewish people have done to impact Southwest Florida.

Wednesday night marked the start of Purim. WGCU's Rachel Iacovone spoke with Rabbi Nicole Luna of Temple Beth-El in Fort Myers ahead of the holiday…