# Fort Lauderdale <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Fort Lauderdale (English)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Broward County, Florida, United States</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>26°07′N 80°08′W</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Fort Lauderdale, a coastal city on the Atlantic in Broward County, was incorporated in 1911 and grew into a major resort, boating, and retirement destination in South Florida. Its Jewish population expanded sharply in the second half of the twentieth century as Jewish retirees and families relocated from the Northeast and Midwest, making Broward County home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the United States. For genealogical purposes it commonly appears as a later-life residence or place of death for immigrants and their descendants who moved south in retirement. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Fort Lauderdale; Jewish Virtual Library — Florida; Jewish Federation of Broward County.</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Moshe Sinnreich (b.1976)]] | Born 1976 | | [[Tzeirah Sinnreich (b.1981)]] | Born 1981 | | [[William Goldfischer (b.1906)]] | Died 01/04/1981 | | [[Kenneth Fischler (b.1985)]] | Born 1985 | | [[Serena Gober (b.1985)]] | Born 1985 | | [[Joplin Gober (b.1987)]] | Born 1987 | | [[Danielle Jaqueline Fischler (b.1988)]] | Born 1988 | | [[Sam Weinberg (b.1918)]] | Died 10/15/1988 | | [[Chelsea Gober (b.1991)]] | Born 1991 | | [[Jennie Leber (b.1905)]] | Died 02/08/1993 | | [[Bernard Knee (b.1924)]] | Died 11/20/1994 | | [[Jean Hertz (b.1913)]] | Died 06/02/2008 | | [[Jean Daniel (b.1921)]] | Died 06/17/2012 |