South Florida Shomrim Society

09/26/2026

You are not alone

09/25/2026

Tickets on sale 10/1/2026

09/10/2026

On this Rosh Hashanah, May you be written and sealed for a good year

From the evening of Sunset on Friday, 9/11/2026, to dusk on Sunday, 9/13/ 2026, we celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Jewish new year. Shanah tovah u'metukah" ( שָׁנָה טוֹבָה וּמְתוּקָה‎) meaning "a good and sweet year". G'mar chatima tova” is the customary greeting on Yom Kippur, meaning “May you be sealed in the Book of Life.” According to Jewish tradition, one's fate is decided on Rosh Hashanah and sealed on Yom Kippur.

May 5787 be a new beginning of a cycle of reflections, renewed hopes, and achievements. May you experience peace and happiness, love and laughter, and good health and wealth, May we have the merit of being inscribed and sealed in the Book of Life for another year. May it be sweet, may it bring the contentment and the brightness of every success.
Whether you are greeting people in person, over the phone, online, or just signing an email, using a special phrase acknowledges the importance of the High Holiday season and expresses your good wishes for the other person.

High Holiday Dates for 2026
• Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year): Sunset on Friday, September 11, to dusk on Sunday, September 13, 2026.
• Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement): Sunset on Sunday, September 20, to nightfall on Monday, September 21, 2026.
Associated Autumn Festivals
• Sukkot (Festival of Booths): Sunset on Friday, September 25, to nightfall on Friday, October 2, 2026.
• Shemini Atzeret: Sunset on Friday, October 2, to nightfall on Saturday, October 3, 2026.
• Simchat Torah: Sunset on Saturday, October 3, to nightfall on Sunday, October 4, 2026.

During this sacred season, we invite you to consider:
• Do you have gently used clothing you no longer wear?
• Have a few hours to give back in the coming months?
• Want to help a family put food on the table for the holidays?

If you're considering ways to share your blessings this New Year, we’d love to welcome you into our community of care.

09/07/2026

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On September 11, 2001, the FDNY responded to the World Trade Center with an unprecedented mobilization.

A total of 121 engine companies and 62 ladder companies were deployed to the World Trade Center, along with fire officers and specialized personnel.

All off-duty firefighters were recalled as the department mobilized its available resources to respond to the unfolding disaster.

In the end, 343 FDNY members were ki*led that day. The losses reached every level of the department, including Chief of Department Peter J. Ganci Jr., First Deputy Commissioner William M. Feehan, assistant chiefs, fire marshals, chaplains and members of numerous fire companies.

The department’s losses were spread across 75 firehouses, with at least one member ki*led from each.

Entire companies lost multiple members. Families lost fathers, sons, brothers and husbands. The FDNY lost colleagues who had run toward the danger while millions of others were trying to escape it.

And the sacrifice did not end on September 11. Hundreds of FDNY members have since di*d from illnesses linked to their work at the World Trade Center site, with the department continuing to add their names to its memorial.

Artwork by : Casey W. Dawson ( facebook.com/cdawson87 )

09/07/2026

07/04/2026

Today we honor the brave men and women who have served our nation with courage, dedication, and sacrifice. Your service has preserved the freedoms we enjoy every day, and we are deeply grateful. Thank you to all our Veterans and their families — your strength and commitment inspire our entire community

Be safe everyone! We thank you, and your families, for your service.

“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

Happy Independence Day, July 4th, 2026. We are 250 years old today!!!

Independence Day, known as the Fourth of July, is a United States federal holiday which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America. Most of the delegates to the Second Continental Congress signed the document on August 2, 1776. By putting their names on this paper, these men risked losing everything if the British won the American Revolution. Even though the Americans won, some of these men suffered severely by supporting independence.

By these men supporting independence, we remember “United we stand, divided we fall” and “We the People”. We urge you not to let politics divide us. “Home of the Free, Because of the Brave!”

06/28/2026

At this time we are working to find Jewish organizations in Venezuela who need assistance. If you know of any, please share. These are 2 to consider as of now.

We met representatives from World Central Kitchen (WCK) and Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) at the Champlain Tower Surfside catastrophe and believe they are wonderful organizations doing good for all.

06/08/2026

Hello, everyone! We hope this message finds you well! We are reaching out today on behalf of retired NYC DOC Officer Ernest "Ernie" Brauer (ret. 2007); one of the founding members of the Maccabee Society within the NYC DOC, who unfortunately is currently in search of a living donor for a kidney. We ask that you consider signing up with Renewal.org to become a living donor. We also ask that you please share this email to help save lives. Thank you!

05/25/2026

Memorial Day is a day of solemn reflection dedicated to honoring the brave men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military.

While Memorial Day is not a day to honor the wonderful and brave veterans who served and continue to serve, we remind you to please thank those who serve as today, and every day, they are reminded of their military brothers and sisters, men and women are not with us today.

05/17/2026

See you at the member meeting on Zoom at 10am today