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Chef Raz Shabtai celebrating his Michelin star at Mutra in Florida on May 28, 2026. (X/Screenshot/Hen Mazzig)
May 29, 2026, 1:43 pm
Miami chef earns first Michelin star ever for kosher restaurant
‘Growing up in Jerusalem, I was surrounded by incredible flavors, spices and food that told stories,’ says Raz Shabtai, whose restaurant, Mutra, is also the first anywhere to get a 2026 Michelin star
By ToI Staff
US Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., holds up a Trump Bible as he questions Attorney General Pam Bondi in the House Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington, February 11, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
May 19, 2026, 1:16 pm
Rep. Jared Moskowitz becomes latest US Jewish lawmaker to reveal antisemitic threats
Florida Democrat shares hate-filled messages he’s gotten, such as ‘US government needs to kill Jews,’ ‘Zionist Jew f-cking pig’; says US has ‘passed a Rubicon’ of anti-Jewish hate
By Grace Gilson
Rabbi Joel Fleekop points to a monument marking the 1878 consecration of Temple Beth El in Pensacola, Florida. (Larry Luxner/ JTA)
April 25, 2026, 1:40 am
As Pensacola’s oldest synagogue turns 150, locals celebrate the community’s rich history
Far from most of Florida’s three-quarters of a million Jews is a small pocket of 1,800 that significantly predates its southern counterparts – and, locals say, is ripe for a renaissance
By Larry Luxner
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference on August 12, 2025, in Tampa, Florida. (AP/Chris O'Meara, File)
April 7, 2026, 5:32 am
Florida governor signs law letting state officials blacklist groups as terror organizations
Free speech and Muslim advocacy groups oppose legislation, say it raises free speech and due process concerns; DeSantis casts it as framework to combat extremism
By Kanishka Singh
Lev Parnas testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
March 7, 2026, 8:53 am
Lev Parnas, Trump ally turned critic, announces run for US Congress as Florida Democrat
Soviet-born former Giuliani associate, who in 2021 was convicted of federal campaign finance violations, enters crowded primary aiming to unseat GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar
By Grace Gilson
FILE - The Old Capitol and current Florida Capitol buildings are seen, February 8, 2023, in Tallahassee, Florida. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)
March 7, 2026, 6:40 am
Florida politicians slam Miami young Republican leaders over antisemitic group chat
The chat group, which included remarks about ‘reverse Zionism’ to a Nazi paradise, is second in recent months revealed to have Nazi jokes and racist comments
By Andrew Lapin
Basilios Grayeb (Courtesy/Miami-Dade Corrections)
February 18, 2026, 4:30 pm
Israeli arrested aboard cruise ship in Florida over child sex abuse material
Basilios Grayeb, 29, from Haifa held on $2,500 bond after police find video on his phone; ICE issues immigration hold
By ToI Staff
Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate James Fishback references the antisemitic term 'goyslop' during a campaign event at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, February 4, 2026. The crowd applauded his use of the term. (Screenshot via X)
February 12, 2026, 9:17 pm
Florida anti-Israel GOP candidate James Fishback rants about ‘goyslop.’ What does it mean?
The 31-year-old outsider in the Republican gubernatorial primary is an admirer of antisemite Nick Fuentes – and is helping vault a hate-filled expression to prominence
By Andrew Lapin
Law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Routh, the man suspected in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, in Martin County, Florida, September 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
February 4, 2026, 10:44 pm
Man who tried to assassinate Trump at his Florida golf course gets life sentence
‘Your plot to kill was deliberate and evil,’ judge tells Ryan Routh, 59, giving him no possibility for parole; Routh shot at then-presidential candidate in September 2024
By DAVID FISCHER
A staff member assists a resident of the Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, on June 6, 2025. (Saul Martinez for The Washington Post via Getty Images/JTA)
January 31, 2026, 8:53 am
Jewish seniors offer to hide carers as 350,000 Haitians face deportation from US
CEO of Florida aged care home says residents, some of them Holocaust survivors, share ‘kindred bond’ with Haitian staff, who will lose right to work and live in US from Tuesday
By Andrew Lapin
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Evangelical community leaders in Florida on December 31, 2025. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
January 1, 2026, 8:31 am
PM tells Evangelical leaders Israel is part of effort to protect Christians worldwide
Netanyahu doesn’t name the countries involved; PM says fight for support among young conservatives in US amid increased antisemitism, anti-Israel sentiment is an 8th front in war
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference on August 12, 2025, in Tampa, Florida. (AP/Chris O'Meara, File)
December 9, 2025, 11:09 pm
Following Texas, Florida governor designates CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood as terror groups
Order says Brotherhood’s ‘ideology is irreconcilable’ with US values, accuses CAIR, a leading US Muslim group, of having ties to terrorism; CAIR calls move ‘Israel First stunt’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, September 10, 2011. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
December 3, 2025, 6:45 pm
U of Florida must readmit student banned for antisemitic posts, US federal judge rules
Judge orders Preston Damsky, expelled for posts including calling for Jews to be ‘abolished,’ be allowed back to school on free speech grounds, says posts didn’t constitute threat
By Grace Gilson
This courtroom sketch shows Ryan Routh trying to stab himself in the neck with a pen, after being found guilty of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course last year, September 23, 2025, in Fort Pierce, Florida. (Lothar Speer via AP)
September 24, 2025, 2:08 am
Man convicted of attempting to assassinate Trump tries to stab himself after verdict
Ryan Routh found guilty on all counts; source says pen he used to try to stab himself didn’t puncture skin as it was designed so those in custody can’t use it as weapon
By DAVID FISCHER
Firefighters respond to a blaze at the Chabad of Charlotte County, Florida, on September 19, 2025. (Punta Gorda Police Department)
September 23, 2025, 4:49 pm
Suspect detained for alleged arson at Florida Chabad center, local police say
Friday night blaze at Chabad of Charlotte County being investigated as a hate crime, did not result in any injuries, Punta Gorda police say
By JTA and ToI Staff
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