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Miami civic leader and banker Abel Holtz, namesake of a children's hospital, dies at 86 Carli Teproff, The Miami Herald Jul. 6—When Abel Holtz came to South Florida from Cuba in 1961, he used his law degree and determination to build a banking empire that would turn him into a multimillionaire. He used his fortune to help the community. He supported arts, sports and children's medical care across Miami-Dade County. A downtown Miami street, a children's hospital at Jackson Memorial and a tennis center in Miami Beach all carried his name. The Miami Beach philanthropist, who fo...

Clemency for more than a dozen Jews   January 29, 2021 (JTA) — In the final hours of his presidency, Donald Trump awarded clemency to more than a dozen Jews who had been convicted of crimes — but not Sheldon Silver, the disgraced former New York State Assembly speaker. Silver was not on the list of 143 people granted clemency, a traditional act for outgoing presidents. That means the former Democratic power broker will continue serving a prison term on corruption charges. The New York Times reported that Trump abandoned a plan to give clemency to Silver at the urging of New York Republic...

Florida businessman convicted of $1BILLION Medicare fraud spent NYE dancing at his daughter's wedding days after Trump commuted his 20-year prison sentence citing his 'declining health' Philip Esformes was among the slew of convicts pardoned by President Trump in the final days of his presidency  Esformes, 51, was convicted on 20 criminal counts in a $1billion Medicare fraud scheme in 2019  The healthcare executive was sentenced to 20 years in prison but only served 4 White House claimed the move had been supported by a number of former attorneys general and said Esformes 'is in declining ...

Jews who made the cut included several whose crimes affected Jewish communities or who had support of Aleph Institute, an organization that works with Jews who are incarcerated

Albert Pirro had been among those expected to be on the list issued in the early hours of Wednesday morning. But when he was not, his ex-wife lobbied Trump directly.