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To celebrate its founding in 1972 by the late Rabbi Morris Kipper, Jewish National Fund-USA’s Alexander Muss High School in Israel (Muss) will host a celebratory gala at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13 at Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center, 20400 NE 30th Ave. The event will bring local Muss alumni, former educators, and South Florida-area philanthropists

Kaufman Lynn Construction recently completed an expansion project of Maltz Jupiter Theatre to ensure audiences can enjoy Broadway-scale shows in a cutting-edge production and performance space. The 30,000-square-foot project on the award-winning theater was finished in only 17 months. The construction company oversaw the project’s second phase, which included enhancements to an existing facility built in

Nov. 11  Event: YMCA of South Florida’s Veterans Day Breakfast Where: Bonaventure Town Center Ballroom (16690 Saddle Club Road, Weston) What: The annual breakfast, in partnership with the city of Weston, honors local veterans. This year’s keynote speaker is U.S. Navy SEAL Lt. Cmdr. Dan Cnossen. The former platoon commander for SEAL Team One in

Boutique Wonderland, a women’s clothing store in Fort Lauderdale, is hosting a contest for a group of Celebrity Sales Associates to help raise money for local charities. Sales Associates Kimberly Sarni (United Way, A Women United), Heather Geronemus (MADD) and Chris Fernandez (The Smart Ride), will invite friends and colleagues to shop ’til you drop

Wonder Paws Rescue will hold its second annual charity golf tournament to raise funds to help the nonprofit organization rescue, rehab and find adoption homes for dogs and cats in South Florida. Par for the Paws will be held at noon on Oct. 15 at Jacaranda Golf Club in Plantation. Interested participants must register before the

To honor Hispanic Heritage Month while raising proceeds for charity, HairClub and the Celia Cruz Foundation formed a partnership to pay tribute to “La Reina de la Salsa” (The Queen of Salsa) Celia Cruz. HairClub president and CEO Mike Nassar unveiled the commission of a commemorative certified replica paired with an NFT design of Cruz’s

Eat Your Heart Out, the annual food and “fun”raiser in Fort Lauderdale, will return featuring new restaurants and live entertainment. The fundraising event benefiting Heart Gallery of Broward County will be held from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 13 at Galleria Fort Lauderdale. It will honor City Furniture as its Child Advocate of the

What does the world of Mike Wheeler and Eleven have to do with South Florida? When it comes to a certain runaway sci-fi horror drama that’s setting viewership records on Netflix, it’s a sign that Stranger Things are literally in store for our backyard. Thanks to Aventura Mall, a pop-up store themed around the supernatural

To help generate more support for its community-improvement cause, Impact 100 Palm Beach County (PBC) will host its annual Fall Kickoff event at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 19 at Neiman Marcus in Boca Raton. The event, chaired by Carrie Rubin, enables members and prospective members to toast the upcoming grant year while interacting and learning

Part of Fort Lauderdale’s vast yachting community will come together at the Freedom Waters Foundation’s “Seas the Night” party on Oct. 6 at the Coral Ridge Yacht Club. The fundraiser will feature sounds by the Shane Duncan Band, a silent auction, appetizers and an open bar. The event will provide proceeds to the organization to

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Episodes in countries all over the globe—acts of violence, restrictions on basic rights, the disproportionate impact of COVID-19—had done so much to undermine gender equality and women’s rights over the past two years that the secretary general of Amnesty International used a day for commemorating women’s achievements to throw down the gauntlet. Angès Callamard implored