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2024 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, 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
A Precious View
Florence and Harold Hertzman, like so many before and after, found their winter escape in the paradise of Naples, Florida.…April 16, 2021
One Tomato, Two Tomatoes…
The Lipman family - its patriarch and five sons and sons-in-law - already established a thriving produce business on the…April 7, 2021
How lucky are we? Very lucky!
As Jewish residents of the southern parts of Southwest Florida, we are quite lucky to have our SWFL Jewish Pioneers…February 23, 2021
Elena Rosner in When Destiny Called
During the rise of the fascists in Italy, Elena, had to move from her and her father's native Pisa to…February 13, 2021
SWFL Jewish Pioneers – The Labodas of Fort Myers
The Labodas are a unique family in many different ways. They relocated to SWFL, the Deep South, in 1965, at…February 10, 2021
10th Anniversary of The Jewish Historical Society of SWFL will be celebrated on January 7, 2021
The Jewish Historical Society of SWFL is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with Bill Barnett during 2021 Florida Jewish History Month.…December 19, 2020