Tag: Florida
Jewish congressional candidate Laura Loomer’s primary victory generates concern over far-right views
The recent primary victory by Laura Loomer, a conspiracy theorist and alt-right activist, in Florida’s 21st Congressional District is generating concern over the candidate’s far-right views.
Loomer, who is Jewish, won against five other GOP...
Florida university student senate votes to keep president with anti-Semitic history
The student senate at Florida State University voted on Thursday morning not to remove its new president, despite his past anti-Semitic posts.
The final tally was not disclosed.
Ahmad Daraldik was selected by the Florida State...
Florida state primary opponent of Jewish candidate takes anti-Semitic pot shots
A Republican primary opponent of a sitting Florida state representative has been accused of engaging in anti-Semitism against the incumbent, who is Jewish.
Randy Fine, who represents the Sunshine State’s 53rd district and is the...
Chabad center in Southeast Florida distributes 50,000-plus masks streetside
A Chabad center in Florida conducted a free drive-through mask distribution and handed out more than 50,000 masks to help people stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic.
Las Olas Chabad Jewish Center in Fort Lauderdale,...
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Covid-19 hits Haredim in Israel, N.Y., N.J., and Florida
It must be a bad dream – the spectacle of police in New York City and Lakewood, N.J., breaking up Orthodox Jewish funerals.
What was a mitzvah a few months ago has morphed into a...
Orthodox Jewish leaders in Florida dissuade Passover visitors due to coronavirus
Ahead of Passover and deep into the coronavirus pandemic, Orthodox Jewish leaders and medical professionals in Florida have warned against an exodus of visitors from their homes to the Sunshine State to celebrate the...
Trump hears from bullied student, issues guidelines on school prayer, federal funds for religious...
During a ceremony in the Oval Office on Thursday in which U.S. President Donald Trump issued a new guidance to better protect prayer in public schools and federal funds for religious organizations, he heard...
Florida Democratic leader: Criticism of Israel’s ‘apartheid policies’ not anti-Semitic
The treasurer of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party in Florida on Tuesday said criticism of Israel’s “apartheid policies” is not anti-Semitic.
“What I will NEVER do is pretend that honest criticism of Israeli apartheid policies is...
Florida high school principal fired after not recognizing Holocaust as fact
The principal of a high school in the heavily Jewish-populated Florida city of Boca Raton has been fired by the school board in Palm Beach County after he declined to recognize that the Holocaust occurred.
The board...
Florida man apprehended for threatening to shoot Jews
A Florida man who threatened to shoot up a local synagogue and has said publicly that he hates Jews was apprehended on Friday by the FBI.
Hanson Larkin, 25, was in an Orlando federal court...