Combative Jewish lawmaker Randy Fine, a Trump favorite, wins Florida GOP House primary
Fine, who is expected to win election easily, courted controversy for tweeting what observers said was a threat against Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar
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Fast Forward As Florida braces for Hurricane Milton, this rabbi is defying an evacuation order so he can help
The Category 5 storm comes close on the heels of Helene, which caused catastrophic damage in the region and beyond
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Fast Forward Hurricane Milton forces Florida Jews to rethink Yom Kippur plans
As the hurricane tracks toward St. Petersburg and Tampa, Jews and rabbis seek higher ground for the High Holidays
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Opinion Why Florida’s charge to scrutinize university syllabi for ‘antisemitism or anti-Israel bias’ is a joke
You could say the effort smacks of Orwell — if anyone in charge actually knew who Orwell was
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Fast Forward California woman sentenced for hundreds of phone threats to Tree of Life synagogue
Melanie Harris, 59, began menacing the synagogue within months of the attack
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News How one public official made Palm Beach County the largest holder of Israel bonds
The Israel Bonds organization, an arm of the Israeli government, announced it has sold more than $3 billion in bonds since Oct. 7, nearly three times its normal annual total
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Books Prominent Jewish book-ban advocate says Florida’s crackdown on ‘frivolous challenges’ won’t deter him
'To just show up and object to every single book under the sun, that is not an appropriate situation,' Gov. Ron DeSantis said last week about abuses of his signature initiative
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Politics DeSantis to Jewish college students fearing ‘persecution’: Come study in Florida
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, while strongly pro-Israel, has taken heat for campaigning with an anti-Israel congressman and failing to call out antisemitism in his state
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Opinion Yes, Trump’s Gaza plan is outrageous. It could also be just what the Middle East needs
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Opinion Why does Trump’s Gaza plan sound so familiar? Because the Nazis tried it first
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