Hillel Foundation (University of Florida)

Hillel Houses provide a focus for Jewish social, cultural, and religious life on campuses throughout the nation. Founded in 1937 as the first Hillel in Florida, the present building was dedicated in 1952. This Hillel became a center not only ...

Archer Train Depot, Archer Community Museum, Archer Historical Society

Archer celebrates the second Saturday of each June as David Levy Yulee Day in honor of the June 12, 1810, birthdate of Florida's first senator. Yulee named the town in 1855 to honor his friend, James T. Archer, Florida's first ...

Ahavath Chesed and B'nai Israel Cemeteries, Gate 5 Evergreen Cemetery

Because the Jewish section at the Old City Cemetery was running out of space in 1890, the synagogue acquired three acres adjoining Evergreen Cemetery for Jewish burial. A makeshift fence was placed around the cemetery to set it apart from ...

Florida Theatre (a performing arts center)

Seven stories tall, the Mediterranean Revival style Florida Theatre was considered the finest theater in Jacksonville when it opened in 1927. Roy A. Benjamin, co-architect, figured prominently in the rebuilding of Jacksonville after the fire of 1901. Benjamin designed both ...

Cohen Brothers Store, St. James Building (Jacksonville City Hall)

Cohen Brothers Store, St. James Building (Jacksonville City Hall)

Occupying the entire block, the St. James Building has been a Jacksonville landmark since its completion in 1912. The Cohen brothers, who commissioned the construction of the building, hired renowned Jacksonville architect ...

Old City Cemetery

Resident Moses Serfarty died in 1857 and was buried in Charleston, South Carolina because Jacksonville had no Jewish cemetery. Subsequently, Jacksonville Jews organized the Hebrew Benevolent Society and acquired what became the first cemetery designated for Jewish burial in Florida. ...

Molly S. Fraiberg Judaica Collections, S. E. Wimberly Library, Florida Atlantic University

This Judaica library is one of the largest in the southeastern United

States. A permanent exhibit features Isaac Bashevis Singer's writing desk, chairs, and lamp. In addition, the library has the 1978 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature's walking cane, Panama ...

Boca Raton Resort and Club

Boca Raton's Jewish population is nearly 50 percent-the highest percentage of any city in Florida. This growth occurred slowly after World War II and represents a phenomenal increase that started with the two Jewish families known to have lived in ...

Sterling's Men and Boys Store (Now the Florida Department of Environmental Protection)

Isadore "Pop" A. Sterling ran Fort Lauderdale's first Sterling Store, founded in 1935, in a converted garage on Andrews Avenue. By the

early 1940s, he operated Sterling's Men's and Boys Store at this site. Pop became a town legend, widely ...

Cromer-Cassel Department Store

Daniel Cromer, a Jewish immigrant from Scotland, came to Miami in 1913 and purchased a store from his brother-in-law David Afremow. Cromer and his partner, Irwin M. Cassel, sold merchandise ranging from straight pins to motor boats. In 1926, they ...