This year marks the 20th anniversary of two significant South Dade events. I’m guessing that the first thing that comes to your mind is Hurricane Andrew, clearly an event that no one wants to see repeated. The other is the Dave and Mary Alper JCC Grand Tournament that raises money for pre-school, after-school and summer [...]
It is hard to drive down the street without seeing those familiar awareness ribbons on the back of a car. While the pink ribbon for breast cancer is familiar to most Americans, the most widely recognized is the yellow ribbon which supports American soldiers deployed across the globe. The custom of tying a yellow ribbon [...]
By Linda K. Landy.... I have come to the conclusion that I was tragically born without a metabolism. I have been fighting the battle of the bulge for as long as I can remember – sometimes more successfully than others — and have lost and gained about a million pounds. I went on my first [...]
By Linda K. Landy.... It’s a far cry from the two dusty baseball fields accessed by a muddy, unpaved parking lot when my boys helped inaugurate Danny Berry’s JCC Baseball in 1993. As the physical facilities have grown, so has the variety of programs. Coach Berry offers a unique brand of youth baseball through a [...]
By Linda K. Landy.... The Alper JCC is abuzz. The author who will be appearing at the annual Women’s Day Luncheon received rave reviews on the cover of the New York Times Sunday Book Section and was featured in People Magazine. The New York Times reviewer writes, “She (Krauss) gives us her tragic vision pure. [...]
