“This must be a wake-up call,” Rabbi Zaklos wrote in a message to the local Jewish community at the time. “It’s at times like this that all of us ought to stand taller and prouder as Jews.

Rabbi Sholom Lipskar, one of Florida’s most influential Orthodox leaders who helped transform Bal Harbour into the thriving Jewish community it is today, died over the weekend. He was 78. The ...

Lipskar, one of Florida’s most influential Orthodox leaders and a powerhouse rabbi who helped transform Surfside and Bal Harbour into thriving Jewish communities, died over the weekend. He was 78.