The Florida Jewish News was an independent weekly newspaper serving the South Florida Jewish community from 2005 through 2007.
Comprising Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, and Broward County, South Florida has the second-largest Jewish population in North America, now tallied at 603,000, according to studies performed by demographer Ira Sheskin of the University of Miami.
Publisher Avi Frier founded the paper in May 2005 as a free biweekly publication; the paper began publishing weekly in October 2005 and closed in October 2007.
The Florida Jewish News was a member of the American Jewish Press Association (AJPA). Publisher Avi Frier was a member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).
After closing the newspaper, publisher Avi Frier went back to his previous career as a corporate entertainer and comedy magician.
See also: List of newspapers in Florida and List of Jewish newspapers in the United StatesFamous quotes containing the words florida, jewish and/or news:
“In Florida consider the flamingo,
Its color passion but its neck a question.”
—Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)
“I got it! The lead, the idea, the angle. It’s the way, it’s the only way. I’ll, I’ll be Jewish.... I’ve even got the title: “I Was Jewish For Six Months.””
—Moss Hart (1904–1961)
“... the ... radio station played a Chopin polonaise. On all the following days news bulletins were prefaced by Chopin—preludes, etudes, waltzes, mazurkas. The war became for me a victory, known in advance, Chopin over Hitler.”
—Margaret Anderson (1886–1973)