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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

Florida Jews

An undated aerial view of Miami Beach, Florida. (Envato)
April 9, 2025, 9:57 am
Southeast Florida Jewish population is growing and getting younger, study finds
Community has grown by 7% to 130,100 members over past decade, with number of Jewish children rising 13%, amid COVID-era spike in Orthodox population
By Grace Gilson
Rep. Randy Fine, R-South Brevard County, closes on a gambling bill during a special session, May 19, 2021, in Tallahassee, Florida. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)
April 2, 2025, 12:50 am
Could Randy Fine lose? In Florida, Jewish Trump favorite faces unexpectedly close race
The bombastic state senator was favored to easily win the sixth congressional district on Tuesday, but is now only a few points ahead of a Muslim opponent who’s highly critical of Israel
By Andrew Lapin
Rep. Randy Fine, R-Palm Bay, at an Appropriations Committee meeting, February 6, 2023, in the Knott Building at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida. (AP Photo/ Phil Sears)
January 29, 2025, 9:35 pm
US Jewish lawmaker Randy Fine, a Trump favorite, wins Florida GOP House primary
Combative pro-Israel figure will replace Michael Waltz, who left Congress to become Trump’s national security adviser
By Andrew Lapin
Nikki Fried, chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party, holds a press conference criticizing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his response to the recent flooding on April 18, 2023. (Joe Raddle/Getty Images via AFP)
October 31, 2024, 8:50 pm
Florida Dem chair says many Jews have started to ‘question the Democratic Party’
Chairwoman Nikki Fried, who is Jewish, says Biden admin response to anti-Israel campus protests alienated some Florida Jews; says she told VP Harris that Jewish voters felt unseen
By Ron Kampeas
Members of the media work in flooded streets after Hurricane Milton made landfall in the Sarasota area on October 09, 2024, in Fort Myers, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)
October 10, 2024, 7:40 pm
Hurricane Milton disrupts Yom Kippur plans for Florida Jews
Most rabbis and congregants heed evacuation orders, taking synagogues’ Torah scrolls with them; Chabad of Southwest Florida opts to stay open, serving as shelter for the displaced
By MARIAM FAM, GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO and holly meyer
Illustrative: Members of the Florida Army National Guard check for any remaining residents in nearly deserted Bradenton Beach, where piles of debris from Hurricane Helene flooding still sits outside damaged homes ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton, October 8, 2024, on Anna Maria Island, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
October 9, 2024, 4:45 pm
As Florida braces for Hurricane Milton, rabbi defies evacuation order so he can help
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz of Fort Myers plans to host Yom Kippur services as local Jewish leaders try to negotiate the holiday amid the storm’s dangers
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rabbi Chaim Slavaticki stands next to the fire-damaged Las Olas Jewish Center on March 18, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (AP Photo/Terry Spencer)
March 19, 2024, 12:52 pm
Suspect charged with arson, but not hate crime, over Florida Chabad center blaze
No injuries reported, but parts of building badly damaged; congregants say homeless man arrested for attack should face hate crime rap
By Andrew Lapin
US Rep. Randy Fine in the Knott Building at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, February 6, 2023. (Phil Sears/AP)
November 8, 2023, 11:58 am
Florida House passes measures to support Israel, secure Jewish institutions
Lawmakers pass bill to provide $45 million to safeguard Jewish community sites; Rep. Randy Fine warns ‘the fight is not just over there, but the fight is right here at home’
By AP and ToI Staff
Brother John Muhammad declined to vote on a St. Petersburg, Florida, City Council resolution adopting a definition of antisemitism during a meeting on Sept. 14, 2023. (Screenshot from livestream)
September 16, 2023, 3:57 am
Farrakhan follower on Florida city council skips vote on antisemitism resolution
Brother John Muhammad acknowledges ‘urgent need to combat antisemitism’ but expresses concerns over free speech and ‘loose’ definitions
By Andrew Lapin
Aerial photo of Miami Beach. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
June 8, 2023, 3:18 am
Miami Beach to pay $1.3 million to settle Jewish congregation’s discrimination suit
Orthodox synagogue accused city of prejudice by sending inspectors more than once a week on average, for two years; congregation agrees to change noise, parking practices
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The title pages of a Nazi-published version of 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,' an antisemitic text, circa 1935. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images via JTA)
May 26, 2023, 6:03 am
Florida mom who sought to ban Amanda Gorman poem sorry for ‘Protocols’ Facebook post
‘I love the Jewish community,’ says Daily Salinas, adding that English isn’t her mother tongue and she believed she was sharing an anti-Communist message
By Andrew Lapin
Surrounded by state legislators and Jewish leaders, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, holds up two bills that he signed on June 14, 2021, at The Shul of Bal Harbour, a Jewish community center in Surfside, Florida. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
May 24, 2023, 10:40 pm
What Jewish voters should know about GOP presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis
Florida’s governor supports Israel and Jewish groups, but his conservative culture war policies have limited Holocaust education, and far-right activity has spiked under his watch
By Ron Kampeas
Counter-protesters at a planned neo-Nazi demonstration in Ormond Beach, Florida, thank Volusia County Sheriff Michael Chitwood 'for standing against antisemitism,' April 22, 2023. Chitwood has had white supremacists who have threatened him online arrested and extradited to his county. (Nadia Zomorodian, courtesy of Volusia County Sheriff via JTA)
May 1, 2023, 5:36 am
A Florida sheriff is on the warpath against neo-Nazi ‘scumbags’ who want him dead
Mike Chitwood says he’s coming after the Goyim Defense League, one of the most prominent antisemitic organizations in the US, after its leaders move to his area
By Andrew Lapin
The Chabad of Cape Coral is housed in a shopping center on a main thoroughfare at the center of the Florida city. (Google Maps via JTA)
April 27, 2023, 8:34 am
Florida man arrested for attacking Cape Coral Chabad center in March
Conspiracy theorist charged with attempted burglary and criminal mischief, tells investigators Jews are colluding with government ‘to keep medical marijuana down’
By Andrew Lapin
Brother John Muhammad (Courtesy)
December 8, 2022, 4:30 am
Despite push, Jewish leaders can’t keep Farrakhan follower off Florida city council
Pressed on his views at a council vote in which he was ultimately approved 4-3, Brother John Muhammed refuses to condemn the Nation of Islam leader’s antisemitism
By Andrew Lapin
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