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Babi (Babiy) Yar Massacre
Click/register to join us on September 29, 2025 at 3 p.m. for Antisemitism: From Babi Yar to Our Backyards A…August 20, 2025Fourth Annual Local Jewish History Film Festival (LJHFF)
Day 1: Tuesday October 21 from 5 to 6 p.m. Day 2: Tuesday, October 28 from 5 to 6 p.m.…August 13, 2025Antisemitism: From Babi Yar to Our Backyards
84 th Anniversary of the largest massacre of Jews by bullets in a singe day. Revisit history of Babi Yar…August 13, 2025Local Jewish History Film Festival Fall 2024
October 30, Wednesday, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, at Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center Third Local Jewish History Film Festival…September 11, 2024Second Annual Local Jewish History Film Festival
With so many film festivals in town, why is this one so important? Because newcomers and old-timers seek knowledge of…February 14, 20242024 Annual Florida Jewish History Month
Every year in the month of January Florida celebrates Jewish History Month. This tradition began in 2003 when then governor…December 5, 2023Spaiser Family Story documentary
On Sunday February 5 the long-awaited premiere of Southwest Florida Jewish Pioneers series film #18 "Spaiser Family Story" took place…February 8, 2023Florida Jewish History Month 2023
Celebrate Florida Jewish History Month with JHSSWF The Jewish Historical Society of SWFL and South Regional Library invite you to…January 9, 2023
Jewish History of Ukraine
Proverbial "interesting times" we now find ourselves in call for strange measures. It is my unsubstantiated belief that majority of…April 25, 2022
JEWS of FLORIDA – a fascination that became Florida Jewish History Month we all celebrate
Shortly before COVID19 descended upon us, The Society had a wonderful educational event at the Naples Daily News building when…December 27, 2021
Understanding Local Jewish History
Understanding Local Jewish History By Marina Berkovich, President of JHSSWF Want to read more? Subscribe to www.jhsswf.org to keep reading this…October 30, 2021
A Man Who Called Himself a Double-Whammy to Naples
Last summer the world lost Richard Segalman, a humble artist, who started his artistic expression in Naples in the 1950s…October 11, 2021
Understanding Local Jewish History
What's new? ANU! ANU is the Museum of The Jewish People in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is a place that…August 23, 2021
A Mensch For All Reasons, SWFL Jewish Pioneer Stuart Kaye
Stuart Kaye just completed his degree before returning to Florida, where he grew up on the East Coast. This time,…May 22, 2021
Down The Memory Lane with Sheldon Starman
Sheldon Starman first came through Naples in 1969. There was something about this town he liked that made him return…May 14, 2021