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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, who leads a movement that mixes racism, white nationalism and populism, 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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