Pompano Beach is the home of one of the oldest Jewish communities in Broward County. The first congregation, the Pompano Beach Jewish Circle, today Temple Sholom, began in 1945.

Abraham and Lena Hirshman came to Pompano Beach in the late 1920s and opened the Bon Ton Department Store, the first Jewish owned business in town, at 31 Northeast 1st Street. Abe's younger brother, Morris, his wife Goldie and their daughter joined them in 1934. Morris established his first pharmacy at this Temple Israel of Greater Miami location. He later built a store at 60 Northeast 1st Street, which is still known as the Pompano Pharmacy.

Information courtesy of Florida Division of Historical Resources, a division of Florida Department of State.