5783 Community Year in Review

September 2022

The Jewish community along with the rest of the world mourned the death by natural causes of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8, 2022. Just as September was about to leave, Hurricane Ian struck, causing massive flooding and power outages across Central Florida. Most severely harmed was the Fort Myers area. Federations doubled down on providing their community with food and emergency assistance.

October 2022

Lots of changes happened in October. Kinneret apartments, collectively known as Kinneret Inc., were sold to Fairstead for $57 million. Fairstead plans to preserve the affordabilit...