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A teacher at a South Florida Chabad Lubavitch school was in custody for allegedly inappropriately touching a student
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Fast Forward Florida sees drastic increase in antisemitic incidents in 2020
From antisemitic Zoom-bombing at Florida International University to graffiti at a Broward County construction site reading “The Jews did 9/11,” Florida saw a troubling 40% increase in antisemitic incidents in 2020. While the United States saw an overall decrease in antisemitic incidents last year, Florida was the site of 127 antisemitic incidents involving harassment and…
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News Antisemitism rises among Hispanic Miami’s right wing
The graffiti messages scrawled around Miami in March, on the eve of Passover and Holocaust Remembrance Day, were shocking: “The Jews are the Problem” “Zionism is Satanism.” Most ominously in this city filled with Cubans and other Latin Americans who fled communist governments, was this one: “Communism is Judaism.” The phrase echoed a trend towards…
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News As Aaron Rajman’s attackers head for trial, his rabbis remember a sweet ‘Tough Jew’
As more of Aaron Rajman’s accused murderers face trial, the slain young man’s rabbi remembers him a contradiction, a sweet but fierce cage fighter, a proud Jew with a puzzling dark side that led to his death. With two of the perpetrators in prison after taking plea deals, Palm Beach County prosecutors expect the remaining…
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News Meet Larry Jaffe, the 98 year-old first-time Jewish producer of a hit Christian movie
Miracles abound in the Christian faith-based movie “The Girl Who Believes in Miracles,” but perhaps the most miraculous thing about the movie, which opened just before Easter, is its producer: Larry Jaffe. Jaffe is 98-years-old, and this was his first-ever foray into movies. Oh, and he’s Jewish. “I have many Jewish friends who have seen…
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Fast Forward The Miami Jewish Film Festival goes hybrid for 2021
The world’s largest Jewish film festival will get even larger this year. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the Miami Jewish Film Festival will be a hybrid live and virtual event this year. This new format will enable a potentially nationwide audience the opportunity to view some of the festival’s 145 selected films online for free. Miamians…
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News In tony Seven Bridges, it’s the Hatfields vs. the McCoysteins
A prime time-worthy drama has blown up in a posh gated community in West Delray Beach, featuring language that would make the Real Housewives blush, like “stupid shiksa,” “Jewish call girls” and “white supremacist.” The social media-fueled feud pits eight Jewish women of Seven Bridges against a Christian family. The family has filed a $7…
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Fast Forward 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. “Everyone thinks that with a name like Joel Micah Greenberg that he’s a member of the Tribe, but he’s not,” said Dictor, a liberal Democrat…
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