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The New College of Florida Admissions Office. Photo: Michael Miller/Flickr

Campus Jewish life requires education reform

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Does a mob calling for the genocide of the Jews constitute harassment? Maybe, maybe not. It’s complicated. At least, that’s what the presidents of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania told a stunned...
Florida State Reps. Randy Fine (left) and Mike Caruso look down as Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a “public nuisances” bill, HB 269, in Jerusalem on April 27, 2023. Credit: Orthodox Union.

Former DeSantis Jewish outreach chair: ‘I love his words. His actions have broken my...

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Randy Fine, a Florida state representative, served as Jewish outreach chair for the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis. "I am the only Republican Jew elected to the Florida legislature, and you will find few people in...
Arizona license plate, 1980-1996 series, with a March 1998 sticker. Credit: Wikipedia.

Antisemitic incident report: Aug. 5-11

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JNS publishes a weekly listing of antisemitic incidents recorded by Jewish, pro-Jewish and pro-Israel organizations, as well as international news media. By the Anti-Defamation League’s count, an average of seven instances of varying measure...
Surfside, Florida. Credit: Jerome LABOUYRIE/Shutterstock.

Orthodox Jewish mayor of Florida town receives neo-Nazi death threat

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Shlomo Danzinger, the Orthodox Jewish mayor of Surfside, Fla., is reportedly under police protection following a neo-Nazi death threat against him and his family. Danziger received a threatening email on Aug. 4 from someone who...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses a conference in Israel organized by “The Jerusalem Post” and the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance, April 27, 2023. Credit: TPS.

DeSantis campaign fires staffer for video featuring Nazi symbol

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The campaign of Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis fired Nate Hochman, a former writer for National Review, after the speechwriter retweeted a video he had created featuring the Florida governor dissolving into a rotating Sonnenrad. The...
Smartphone with webpage of American financial-services company Morningstar Inc. on screen in front of the logo, Feb. 6, 2022. Credit: T. Schneider/Shutterstock.

Florida to investigate Morningstar for potential BDS practices

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The Florida agency responsible for investing state and local government assets confirmed to JNS that it is opening an investigation into potential boycott Israel (BDS) practices by the investment firm Morningstar and its subsidiary...

Rubio tells media to hold Florida-bound Roger Waters culpable for anti-Semitism

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Florida’s Republican Sen. Marco Rubio went on an all-around attack on Pink Floyd co-founder and longtime anti-Israel activist Roger Waters ahead of his tour of Rubio’s state. Writing in an op-ed for The Floridian, Rubio called Waters out for his recent...
Two of the hate-filled fliers that were left outside homes in Gainesville, Fla., in August 2022. Source: Screenshot/WCJB.

Anti-Semitic fliers dropped at homes in Houston area, second time this year

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Hate-filled fliers from an anti-Semitic group were again left outside of homes in the Houston area. According to the Houston Chronicle, the fliers, which said either “Let’s Go Brandon,” a slogan used to mock U.S. President Joe Biden,...
Orlando, Fla. Credit: Pixabay.

‘Real-time’ testimonials from survivors to highlight new Orlando Holocaust center

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The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida, north of Orlando, will expand, relocate and be renamed as its mission shifts to preserving the testimonials and memories of survivors of the Shoah. The new...
The Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. Source: Screenshot.

Florida man defaces Miami Holocaust memorial with own blood

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Police have arrested a man in Florida who cut his arm open and used his blood to deface the Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. Witnesses saw Christopher Green, 44, dig into his...