The Big Woof Festival - The Ultimate Dog-Loving Celebration Taking Place In Coconut Grove Aventura Digest Nov 20, 2025 Miami Dog Lovers Will Have Something Big To Bark About This January When The Big Woof Festival Debuts At Regatta Park On Saturday, January 17th, 2025 - Sunday, January 18th, 2026. The City’s First Large-Format Dog Festival Will Bring Together Thousands Of People And Pups For A Weekend Of Family-Friendly, Dog-Centric Entertainment, Rescue Initiatives, And Canine Competitions—Benefiting Local Nonprofit Paws4You Rescue. Festival Highlights • Dog Races and Exhibitions – featuring Disc-Connected K9s – World Famous Frisbee Dogs and the beloved corgi and dachshund races. • PAWS4you Adoption Village – meet adoptable dogs looking for their “furever” homes. • Pet Wellness Stage – a hub for DJ-led entertainment, pet care talks, and interactive contests. • Pet-Friendly Marketplace – vendors from across the pet industry, with food, treats, gear, and gifts. • Kids Zone and Activities – games, crafts, and fun for young animal lovers. More than an event, The Big Woof Festival is a movement to inspire adoption, celebrate pet families and strengthen community bonds. A portion of the festival proceeds will benefit PAWS4you Rescue, a Miami-based non-profit dog shelter that visualizes a world where pets are safe from the threat of euthanasia and live fully in the comfort of loving homes. “We are thrilled to partner with The Big Woof Festival to showcase the joy and importance of rescue,” said Carol Caridad, Founder of PAWS4you Rescue. “This event not only celebrates the bond between people and their dogs, but it also shines a spotlight on the lifesaving work we do every day at PAWS4you. We can’t wait to meet new families and help connect them with dogs in need.” The greater Miami area is the 8th largest U.S. metro for dog ownership, with an estimated 1.25 million residents living in homes with dogs—making it an ideal city for a large-scale, dog-themed event. Known as the “dog city” for its strong foot traffic, dog-friendly businesses and vibrant community spaces, Coconut Grove is the natural home for The Big Woof Festival, which is sure to become an annual tradition. “Coconut Grove is all about community and connection, and The Big Woof Festival captures both perfectly,” said Mark Burns, Executive Director of the Coconut Grove Business Improvement District (BID). “We’re proud to welcome Miami’s first large-scale dog festival to Regatta Park and to celebrate the special bond between people and their pets. It’s events like this that make the Grove such a vibrant and welcoming place for families, visitors, and of course, our four-legged friends.” For a Woofin great time, Big Woof Festival tickets went on sale on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025. About PAWS4you PAWS4you Rescue is a Miami-based nonprofit dedicated to saving dogs from euthanasia and placing them in loving, permanent homes through rescue, rehabilitation, and community education. Learn more at: http://paws4you.org . About Coconut Grove Business Improvement District (BID) The BID develops programs to keep the District clean and secure, funds marketing projects, sponsors special events, beautifies the streetscapes, makes capital improvements, collects and disseminates economic development research, facilitates access to parking, fosters new business relationships, and partners with national, state and local organizations. Learn more at: https://coconutgrove.com . Previous Next

Medicare Fraud: Beware of Scammers Offering Older Americans In-Home Perks By Family Features September 19, 2024 Share Every day, criminals target older Americans with one goal - to steal their Medicare numbers and other protected health information. To fraudsters, this information is just as valuable as credit card information. These criminals steal Medicare numbers and unlawfully bill Medicare for medical services that were never provided to the patient or overbill for provided services. When criminals commit fraud, and falsely bill Medicare, people's medical records may become inaccurate and they can suffer delayed or even be denied care. In the end, Medicare fraud costs taxpayers billions of dollars every year. Each dollar lost to fraud takes away resources intended for people with Medicare. Protect Yourself Fraudsters are getting creative and new scams are continually emerging. The best thing you can do is beware of people who contact you for your Medicare number or other personal information. You may be contacted by phone, text or email by someone posing as a Medicare representative, a health care provider or even a medical equipment company. If someone you don't know asks for your Medicare number, hang up or delete the message - this is a scam. Consider these tips to help protect yourself against Medicare fraud and stay one step ahead of fraudsters: • Guard your Medicare card & information just like your Social Security card and credit card. • Only share your Medicare information with your trusted health care providers. • Be skeptical of free gifts, free medical services, discount packages or any offer that sounds too good to be true. • Always check your Medicare claims statements to make sure they are accurate. Call 1-800-MEDICARE if you suspect you or Medicare has been billed for a service you did not receive. Watch Out for Medicare Hospice Fraud Beware of scammers offering older Americans in-home perks, like free cooking, cleaning and home health services, while they are unknowingly being signed up for hospice services. The scammers then unlawfully bill Medicare for these services in your name. Criminals are using every avenue they can to sign you up including door-to-door visits, false advertising, phone, text and email. Hospice care is for people who are terminally ill and only you and your doctor can make this serious decision if you need end-of-life care. Remember this advice to avoid hospice scams: • Your doctor is the only one who can certify you're terminally ill (with a life expectancy of 6 months or less). If you are not terminally ill, you should not receive hospice care. • Never accept perks or gifts in return for signing up for hospice services. • Medicare will never provide "free" services like housekeeping. • Be suspicious if someone offers you free services like housekeeping or cooking in return for your Medicare number. • Medicare will never come to your home. Report Medicare Fraud Reporting Medicare fraud protects you and millions of other people with Medicare and those with disabilities. If you or someone you know has experienced Medicare fraud or suspect an offer you've received is a scam, report it as soon as possible. You will never be in trouble for reporting fraud. To learn more, visit: www.Medicare.gov/fraud - To report potential fraud, call: 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). < Previous News Next News >

A Warning From History: Antisemitic Mayor Mamdani And The Dismantling Of Jewish Protections Jewish Connection News Jan 15, 2026 A Warning From History: Antisemitic Mayor Mamdani And The Dismantling Of Jewish Protections January 5, 2026 - Dear Friends,I am writing out of serious concern regarding actions taken by Mayor Zohran Mamdani on his first day in office and what they signal for New York City’s Jewish community in particular and the world in general. As a Holocaust historian, I have spent decades studying how antisemitism takes hold—not only through violence, but through policy decisions, legal reversals, and the systematic removal of protections for Jews. History teaches us that danger rarely begins with overt brutality. It begins when leaders normalize hostility and dismantle safeguards, often under ideological pretexts. On his very first day as mayor of the city with the largest Jewish population in the world, Mayor Mamdani took the following actions: • Revoked New York City’s use of the IHRA definition of antisemitism, eliminating the city’s primary tool for identifying modern antisemitism, including when it targets Jews under the guise of “anti-Zionism.” • Eliminated the city’s anti-BDS executive order, signaling that economic warfare against the world’s only Jewish state is now acceptable city policy. Israel, again, is the only functioning democracy in the Middle East, one that embraces religious freedom, gay rights and women’s rights. No Muslim run state embraces these freedoms. Moreover, Israel is an ally of the United States. • Rolled back NYPD guidance limiting protests outside synagogues, protections implemented after Jewish institutions were directly targeted. • Dissolved NYC–Israel economic cooperation initiatives, severing formal ties between the city and Israeli-American businesses and communities. As journalist Amy Albertson noted, when a mayor’s first executive actions dismantle measures specifically designed to protect the Jewish population, it is reasonable to draw conclusions about intent or, at the very least, indifference. History shows that such indifference is never benign. These are not symbolic gestures. They are concrete policy decisions that weaken Jewish protections, legitimize antisemitic activism, and isolate Jewish communities socially and economically. This is how antisemitism is laundered into respectability—through bureaucratic language, ideological framing, and the erosion of safeguards. Europe has seen this pattern before. Jews have seen this pattern before. And history teaches us that when Jewish protections are the first to go, Jews are never the last to suffer. I urge those receiving this message to take these developments seriously, to speak out, and to demand accountability. Silence has never protected Jewish communities. Awareness and action sometimes do. We see Mamdani, a practicing Muslim, once again taking political actions that raise serious concerns about tolerance and respect for minority rights, which the vast majority of Muslims worldwide do not embrace—in other words, his antisemitic and intolerant actions should not be a surprise because he was raised to have them. His recent moves restricting protections for Jewish communities echo a disturbing historical pattern illustrated dramatically by Adolf Hitler: the Führer began by undermining civil rights of Jews, and then years later, he ended it by killing them in Auschwitz. While Mamdani is not committing violence, the effect of eroding legal protections that can and will lead to violent behavior is reminiscent of the early steps Hitler took upon assuming power—first stripping Jews of their rights, and only later escalating to mass violence. Hitler, like Mamdani, styled himself a socialist and revoked Jewish rights; the lesson is clear: Limiting the rights of any community sets a dangerous precedent. Mamdani would have been far wiser to avoid this path. Time and again, he—and countless other Islamic leaders across the globe—demonstrate that most Muslims are not our allies or friends, particularly toward Jews. It reminds me of two catchphrases that contain a lot of truth: 1) Maybe not all terrorists are Muslims, but the vast majority of terrorists are Muslims. 2) There are two types of Muslims in the world—there is the radical Muslim who wants to cut off your infidel head, and then there is the moderate Muslim who wants the radical Muslim to cut off your head. Mamdani’s actions will make it easier for radical Muslims and antisemites to target and persecute Jews in New York, which could ultimately lead to violence and oppression—an outcome he appears to be enabling through the steps he has taken. He is an antisemite and an immoral and dangerous man. Bryan Rigg, PhD (Yale, Cambridge University), American Military and Holocaust Historian Author, Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers; Japan’s Holocaust Previous Next

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Recently Diagnosed? A Study Is Available For Adults Living With Someone With COVID-19 June 23, 2022 Share In the third year of the COVID-19 Pandemic, there continue to be surges in cases in parts of the United States. Many of these cases may occur when people catch the virus in their communities, and bring it home, where it can spread to other members of their household. Some doctors are currently enrolling individuals for a clinical study to determine whether an investigational oral medicine may be able to help prevent that household transmission. Clinical studies are research studies performed with volunteers that aim to evaluate if investigational treatments are safe and effective for people. "There is a continuing need to investigate new therapies to help reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19," said Dr. Fabian Sandoval, president & CEO of the Emerson Clinical Research Institute. "In particular, we need to focus on people living with SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals because they're at higher risk of becoming infected and continuing the spread due to their close proximity to these individuals for extended periods of time." Unvaccinated adults living with someone who is symptomatic and recently tested positive for COVID-19 may be able to enroll in a clinical study, called MOVe-AHEAD, which is evaluating an investigational oral antiviral medicine to help prevent COVID-19 infection within households. The MOVe-AHEAD clinical study is being conducted at over 50 sites across the U.S. To take part in the study, individuals must be 18 years or older and cannot have confirmed or suspected COVID-19. Individuals are not eligible to participate if they have received a COVID-19 vaccine or have previously had laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. Additionally, potential study participants must live with an adult or child who: • Tested positive for COVID-19 in the last five days; and currently has at least one symptom of COVID-19, such as fever or difficulty breathing For a household to qualify for the study, there can be only one household member with symptoms of COVID-19 and a positive test. Once accepted, participants will be in the study for up to 35 days and have six visits to the clinic, with one of the visits being virtual by telephone. Those enrolled in the study will receive study-related care at no cost, and may receive reimbursement for study-related time and travel. "Through this clinical study, people have an opportunity to potentially help uncover new medicines that may help prevent COVID-19 transmission." For more information on this clinical study, visit www.CovidMoveAhead.com < Previous News Next News >

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Call the Right Number to Get the Right Help in Hollywood December 29, 2022 Share Broward County’s Regional Communications System provides critical tools to our law enforcement and fire rescue community. The same call-takers and dispatchers that answer emergency calls to 911, also answer the police and fire non-emergency number (954.764.4357). Unnecessary calls to the non-emergency number increases the load on staff that is relied upon to respond quickly and accurately to true emergency calls. Help to reduce the number of unnecessary calls by knowing what number to call. In an emergency, call 9-1-1. For instances that require law or fire/EMS dispatch but do not require an immediate response call: 954.764.4357. The police and fire non-emergency number is not to be used to obtain general information, request a police report, or report code compliance issues. It should be used to report a minor vehicle accident with no injuries or hazards, report identity theft, or report stolen items when a suspect is not on the scene. City of Hollywood Directory To report a water main break, water outage, sewer emergency, or storm water issue, please call: 954.921.3046. This is the same number to call to report these issues after hours, on weekends and holidays. For roads that are impassable due to street-level flooding, please call: 954.764.4357 and for utility billing or water service interruptions, call Public Utilities Customer Service at: 954.921.3938 during normal business hours (Monday through Thursday from 7am to 6pm). To report issues with short-term/vacation rental properties, call: 954.231.2375 and to report issues with garbage or recycling collections, call: 954.967.4200. For City of Hollywood General Information, please call: 954.967.4357 or visit the City’s website for additional information, a staff directory and links to the Hollywood Connect “request for service” application: http://www.hollywoodfl.org/ < Previous News Next News >

96-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Demands Return Of Looted Family Art In Historic Public Statement Jewish Connection News Aug 15, 2025 In An Extraordinary Interview Now Published On The Times Of Israel Blog (https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/survivor-uncovers-hungarys-holocaust-art-theft/), 96-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Clara Garbon-Radnoti Has Issued An Uncompromising Call For The Return Of All Holocaust-Era Looted Art Still Held By Hungarian Museums. Clara’s Voice Is A Rare, Living Link To Those Who Survived Both The War And The Theft Of Their Family’s Cultural Heritage. Clara lost two paintings by renowned Hungarian artists Mihály Munkácsy and János Vaszary during the Nazi occupation of Hungary. She spent nearly 20 years translating 180 reels of Hungarian wartime records at the Zekelman Holocaust Center outside Detroit. These documents expose the systematic, state-orchestrated looting of Jewish-owned art in 1944 — including works by Raphael, Rembrandt, Sisley, Munkácsy, and Vaszary — and identify the Jewish families from whom the art was stolen, as well as the institutions that received it. Working in partnership with Jonathan H. Schwartz, attorney and co-founder of the Holocaust Art Recovery Initiative, Clara’s work has produced a documented map of stolen artworks and other property and their last known locations. The evidence demonstrates that Hungarian museums, universities, libraries, and government agencies not only participated in but still benefit from this organized theft. Clara’s message is unequivocal: “It’s not yours. And I’m ready to fight for it.” Schwartz, who has used AI tools and legal expertise to cross-reference names and track artworks, underscores the urgency: “We are running out of time. The moral obligation to return this property is clear, and the law provides only a short window for claims.” The Holocaust Art Recovery Initiative calls on the Hungarian government and cultural institutions to return all looted works, not merely provide documentation or engage in limited discussions. Clara’s demand is for complete restitution — a call echoed by survivors, historians, and advocates worldwide. About the Holocaust Art Recovery Initiative (HARI): HARI is dedicated to documenting, publicizing, and pursuing the restitution of cultural property stolen during the Holocaust. Through legal advocacy, research, and public awareness, HARI works to restore dignity to survivors and their families by securing the return of looted art and artifacts. For more information, visit: the Holocaust Art Recovery Initiative – https://holocaustartrecovery.org - Or contact: Jonathan H. Schwartz holocaustartrecovery@yah oo.com Previous Next

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