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DeSantis announces an additional $40 million to protect Jewish day schools, HBCUs
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DeSantis announces an additional $40 million to protect Jewish day schools, HBCUs

Governor DeSantis speaks at the University of Florida campus. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced additional funding aimed at securing Jewish day schools and historically Black colleges and universities. In January, the DeSantis administration announced 134 Jewish day schools in the state had received $25 million to increase security measures on campuses. The move followed...

Cop Car Shot Outside NMB Jewish Center
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Cop Car Shot Outside NMB Jewish Center

North Miami Beach Police are on the scene where shots were fired at an officer’s vehicle in the area of NE 27 Ave/NE 163 ST…outside the Kabbalah Jewish Center. One suspect fled the area at a high rate of speed. Minutes later, there was a two vehicle crash just blocks away, where one of drivers...

Biden administration delays weapons shipment to Israel, U.S. officials say
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Biden administration delays weapons shipment to Israel, U.S. officials say

May 7 (UPI) — The Biden administration delayed the shipment of thousands of precision weapons to Israel to pressure the U.S. ally not to invade Rafah, according to reports Tuesday citing U.S. and Israeli officials. It would be the first time the United States has withheld weapons from Israel since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, as the Biden...

Shots fired outside Jewish center in North Miami Beach
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Shots fired outside Jewish center in North Miami Beach

MIAMI — Miami-Dade police are investigating shots fired overnight outside a Jewish center in North Miami Beach. Reportedly, a police vehicle was hit at the scene.  Kabbalah Center members said since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, they’ve increased their security. “It’s terrible,” said Mike Weiss, “It’s tough to stomach. So, but it’s gonna happen. You...

‘Violent’ Columbia protester is heir to ad empire, has mansion, model babymama — and long rap sheet
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‘Violent’ Columbia protester is heir to ad empire, has mansion, model babymama — and long rap sheet

One of the most violent leaders of the Columbia University riots is allegedly a professional agitator and limousine liberal — the scion of millionaire ad execs who owns in a $3.4 million Brooklyn townhouse, has a model babymama and a stepmom dating John Cougar Mellencamp. James Carlson, aka Cody Carlson, aka Cody Tarlow, is “a...

DeSantis Offers Out-of-State Jewish Students Incentives to Transfer to Florida Colleges
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DeSantis Offers Out-of-State Jewish Students Incentives to Transfer to Florida Colleges

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis offered incentives for Jewish students worried about antisemitism to attend the state’s universities, extending a key pro-Israel theme of his long-shot US presidential campaign. Florida’s public colleges will waive minimum credit requirements and offer in-state tuition for financially strapped Jewish students who want to transfer from schools in other states, according...

Milei reveals family Jewish link as he visits US for meeting with Musk
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Milei reveals family Jewish link as he visits US for meeting with Musk

Libertarian leader, who was joined in Miami by his girlfriend Fátima Florez, reveals previously unknown familial tie to Jewish faith as he receives award from religious organisation; High expectation ahead of meeting with Elon Musk in Texas as plans are drawn up for mogul’s 2025 visit to Argentina. President Javier Milei departed Argentina midweek for...

Speaking at Miami synagogue, Argentina’s Javier Milei reveals he has Jewish heritage
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Speaking at Miami synagogue, Argentina’s Javier Milei reveals he has Jewish heritage

(JTA) — Javier Milei’s fondness for Judaism has been a defining element of his public persona. Now, Argentina’s Catholic president says he has Jewish heritage of his own. Milei made the revelation while speaking Wednesday night at the Shul of Bal Harbor, a large Chabad synagogue in the Miami area that was honoring the right-wing politician as...