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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
Florida head coach Todd Golden does the Gator Chomp after cutting down the net after defeating Texas Tech in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 29, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
November 2, 2025, 7:14 pm
After topping other Jewish NCAA coaches, Gators’ Golden shoots for title repeat
Over a decade after playing basketball for Israel, Todd Golden says the country remains on his mind, though his focus now is on defending last year’s collegiate championship for Florida
By Jon Marks
The University of Florida Levin College of Law. (Screenshot via JTA)
June 24, 2025, 6:49 am
Antisemitic law student at U of Florida awarded for paper defending white supremacy
Campus roiled by paper, whose author has called Jews ‘the common enemy of humanity’ who must be ‘abolished by any means necessary’
By Grace Gilson
People sit in front of a makeshift memorial outside the student union at Florida State University, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Tallahassee, Florida following a campus shooting. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)
April 22, 2025, 9:57 am
Florida university shooting suspect used neo-Nazi imagery on social media, ADL finds
Phoenix Ikner, 20, had cartoon of Hitler as profile picture on XBOX Live, also used emblem of white supremacist Patriot Front; April 17 shooting at FSU killed two, wounded six
By Andrew Lapin
Florida head coach Todd Golden celebrates after Florida beat Houston in the national championship at the Final Four of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 7, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
April 8, 2025, 10:48 am
Florida wins NCAA title as team with Jewish coach bests Israeli guard in final moments
Houston narrowly misses victory in men’s college basketball tournament; Florida’s Todd Golden was one of three Jewish coaches to lead teams in this year’s Final Four
By ToI Staff and AP
Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl walks to practice during media day at the Final Four of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson )
April 5, 2025, 6:55 pm
Bruce Pearl a vocal leader of trio of Jewish coaches at Final Four
Pearl has been unabashedly pro-Israel since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, and has spoken out for the hostages held by Hamas
By JIM VERTUNO
From top left clockwise: Florida head coach Todd Golden celebrates with his player after defeating Texas Tech on March 29, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP/Godofredo A. Vásquez); Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl celebrates after beating Michigan State, March 30, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP/George Walker IV); Duke head coach Jon Scheyer waves the net after Duke defeated Alabama on March 29, 2025, in Newark, N.J. (AP/Frank Franklin II); Emanuel Sharp shoots the ball against the Tennessee Volunteers on March 30, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images/AFP)
March 31, 2025, 6:50 pm
Three Jewish coaches lead hoopsters to NCAA tourney’s Final Four
Todd Golden, Bruce Pearl and Jon Scheyer secure championship bids for top March Madness seeds Florida, Auburn and Duke, along with Houston team featuring Israel-born Emanuel Sharp
By Ben Sales
The Smathers Library at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, May 8, 2021. (Steven Martin via Creative Commons/via JTA)
March 27, 2023, 2:24 pm
Florida bill attacking critical theory in higher education has Jewish profs worried
Opponents say bill could make teaching courses in Jewish studies impossible — and would also outlaw many other academic fields
By Andrew Lapin
Blood runs from the lip of a man wearing a shirt with swastikas after he was punched by a protester outside a University of Florida auditorium where white nationalist Richard Spencer was preparing to speak on October 19, 2017 in Gainesville, Fla. (Will Vragovic/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
October 19, 2017, 11:53 pm
White supremacist leader shouted down at University of Florida
Decrying ‘Nazi hate,’ hundreds of protesters rile Charlottesville rally organizer Richard Spencer as he attempts to address supporters amid heavy security
By ToI Staff and Agencies
White supremacist leader Richard Spencer, center, and supporters clashing with police after the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia., was declared unlawful, August 12, 2017. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
October 18, 2017, 2:16 am
Florida U, home to largest Jewish student body in US, braces for Richard Spencer
Students worry that upcoming speech by leading US white supremacist could spur anti-Semitism at campus with over 20 percent Jewish enrollment
By Josefin Dolsten
Illustrative: Richard Spencer speaks at the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas on December 6, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
October 17, 2017, 3:10 am
Florida declares emergency over Richard Spencer event
Governor Rick Scott vows zero tolerance to violence ahead of speech by alt-right leader at University of Florida on Thursday
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Yale University campus (CC BY-Poldavo/Flickr)
December 18, 2015, 5:07 am
7 revealing facts about Jews at American colleges
University of Florida has largest Jewish population, and school in Canada with the most Jews has the motto ‘All things cohere in Christ’
By Gabe Friedman
Producer Nancy Spielberg, second from left, monitoring filming action at the Hatzerim Air Force base in southern Israel. (photo credit: Courtesy Nancy Spielberg/JTA)
April 14, 2013, 10:41 pm
Israel’s first flyboys soar again in celluloid
In telling the story of the volunteers who made up some 90% of the fledgling Israeli Air Force, three filmmakers are going their own ways
By Tom Tugend
Matt Bycer hopes to turn his etrog farm in Scottsdale, Ariz.., into a lucrative competitor to its industry-leading counterparts in Israel. (Chavie Lieber/JTA)
September 30, 2012, 2:02 am
Meet America’s next top etrog farmer
A lawyer by day, Matt Bycer has high hopes for his Sukkot citrus, which he grows organically and warms with Christmas lights during the winter
By Chavie Lieber
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