Travis Garland was charged with civil rights intimidation, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said Jan. 27 in a news release. Wearing a fake beard and unnatural lock curls, a Tennessee man entered a Jewish community center as part of an “internet prank” that ultimately landed him in jail, police said. As 31-year-old Travis Garland walked...
A portion of Southwest 2nd. Avenue was officially named in honor of Isidor Cohen, one of Miami’s first Jewish settlers, merchant and civic booster, in a ceremony that highlighted the shared history of Miami’s Jewish and Black communities. The event was held at the Center for Jewish Life at Beth David Synagogue and celebrated Cohen’s...
The blizzard of executive orders and policy changes enacted by President Donald Trump in the first 10 days of his second administration have, as a New York Times headline put it, left many liberals and Democrats “dazed and on the defensive.” But when it comes to the issue the president campaigned the hardest for—enforcing the law to stop...
Tampa’s City Council rejected a plan Tuesday evening that would have allowed Congregation Rodeph Sholom and the Related Group to move forward with a new tower built on the synagogue’s land along Bayshore Boulevard. Tampa City Council members voted 4-3 against a mediated settlement that would have allowed for a rezoning of the property to...
Randy Fine, a Jewish Florida state senator whose bruising demeanor has made him a new favorite on the right, easily won the Republican primary for an open House seat. An Associated Press estimate showed that Fine took more than 80% of the GOP vote on Tuesday. The district is deep red, making his victory in...
A Shloshim Memorial Service honoring the life of Lois May Jaffin Levine, the mother of Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, was held this week at Chabad Chayil in Miami-Dade North.The program began with a heartfelt performance by children from Chabad’s CHAP program, a daily after-school program for Jewish public school students. The children sang a...
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, officially informed the members of the UN Security Council that, within 48 hours, the State of Israel will cease cooperation with UNRWA – the UN Relief Workers Agency that works with people in Gaza. “UNRWA must stop its activities and evacuate all its facilities in Jerusalem,” he...
Netanyahu is the first foreign leader invited to the White House during Trump’s second term.
The State Department has suspended the processing of passport applications that selected “X” as their gender following an executive order from President Donald Trump making it government policy to only recognize male and female sex in the country. Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed the State Department last week to suspend all current passport applications...
Today, Plaintiff Students Against Antisemitism and Harvard University announced that they have reached an agreement to resolve Students Against Antisemitism’s claims against Harvard. As part of the settlement, Harvard has agreed to undertake important actions to combat antisemitism on its campus, building on measures it has implemented over the past year. This resolution aligns with...
