Ira Sheskin

This aerial view shows search and rescue personnel working after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, north of Miami Beach, on June 24, 2021. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty)

The deadly building collapse in Surfside struck a growing, diverse Jewish community

The area is more than a third Jewish, with a large Orthodox population. It is also home to a large number of Hispanic and Sephardic Jews, retirees and young families.

Study: Miami Jewry sees first increase since 1975

Miami has become a magnet for Latin American — and Israeli — Jews.

Florida: It’s not just for old Jews anymore

Now the third-largest Jewish metro area in the U.S., South Florida is home to one of America’s most diverse and unusual Jewish communities.

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Lifting the veil on the science of counting Jews

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Two studies put U.S. Jewish census at up to 6.6 million

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Is the era of national surveys of American Jews at an end?

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With flurry of new local studies, Jewish communities seeing trends and making changes

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The deadly building collapse in Surfside struck a growing, diverse Jewish community

Study: Miami Jewry sees first increase since 1975

Florida: It’s not just for old Jews anymore

Lifting the veil on the science of counting Jews

Two studies put U.S. Jewish census at up to 6.6 million

Is the era of national surveys of American Jews at an end?

Get JTA in your inbox

With flurry of new local studies, Jewish communities seeing trends and making changes

Get JTA in your inbox