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News 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….
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News 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? Even the most cynical observers were caught off guard by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis Dec. 23 announcement that the state’s vaccination priority would directly contravene Center for Disease Control guidelines. After frontline…
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News In Florida, progressive Jews still scored wins, despite Trump
So, in the wake of Election Day, is Florida still good for the Jews – at least those who call themselves liberal? Are lefty bubbies and retired blue Boomers safe in their South Florida shtetls? On Nov. 3, Trump carried the state by nearly 400,000 votes. Republicans also defeated Democrats down the ballot in the…
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Fast Forward Flyer Posted At University Of Central Florida Claim ‘Jews Attack Campus Free Speech’
Flyers posted around campus at the University of Central Florida claimed that a recent state law against anti-Semitism would restrict criticism of “the role of Jews in the United States.” The flyers referred to a state law that was signed in June adopting the State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism for the purposes of determining anti-Jewish…
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Fast Forward Florida Official Joel Greenberg Under Fire For Islamophobic Facebook Post
An elected official in the Orlando area is facing calls to resign after he wrote a post on Facebook questioning whether Muslims add anything to society. “Very simple question,” Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg wrote on Saturday. “Name just ONE society in the developed world that has benefited in ANY WAY from the introduction…
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Fast Forward Jewish Ex-Con Gets 30 Years for Torching Florida Mosque
(JTA) — A Jewish ex-convict was sentenced to 30 years in prison for setting fire to a mosque that the Orlando nightclub shooter occasionally attended. Joseph Schreiber, 32, pleaded no contest Monday in a hearing in the district courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida, and was also ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution. He had confessed to police that…
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