Gaetz crony Joel Greenberg is only Jewish ‘as a prop’ say his critics
Some critics of indicted former tax collector Joel Micah Greenberg — and there are many — are confused about whether or not he is Jewish. Lynn Moira Dictor is not.
At CPAC, Jewish Republicans are (still) all in for Trump
The Young Jewish Conservatives’ Purim luncheon at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) had everything: a speed reading of the Megillah by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, hamentaschen, a kid from Brooklyn dressed in a red squid costume, a comedian in a Rush Limbaugh sweatshirt, and a comparison of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar to Haman.
Critics find plenty wrong in DeSantis vaccinating Holocaust survivors first
Noble act of mercy or “venal political maneuver?” A number of observers— including one of the nation’s leading medical ethicists — are criticizing the decision by Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, to move an estimated 750 of the state’s Holocaust survivors and their spouses to the front of the COVID-19 vaccine line.
I live among evangelicals, and admired them. Now I think a reckoning is due.
I have lived among evangelicals, and raised my family in their company. For decades, I have defended these good people.
I got the vaccine, but did I deserve it?
What is the ethical thing to do when a politician acting on the most cynical of motives throws you a pandemic lifeline?
After an online ‘onslaught’ over exhibit on racial justice, a Florida Holocaust museum vows not to back down
A Florida Holocaust museum stands by ‘George Floyd’ exhibit.
In Florida, progressive Jews still scored wins, despite Trump
There was one, lonely ray of sunshine for Florida progressives, many of them Jews, on what was otherwise a disastrous Election Day.
As seniors turn against Trump, are old Florida Jews among them?
As seniors turn against Trump, are old Florida Jews among them?
In Florida, Democrats focus on coronavirus, Republicans on Israel
“There seems to be a standard formula for politicians courting the Jewish vote: talk about Israel. Yet it’s a mistake to make it the only issue.”
This isn’t the first time Trump has used the Bible as a prop
Unlike many Republican — and Democratic — politicians, Trump rarely quoted Scripture in his campaign appearances.