ST. PETERSBURG — Police are investigating the spraying of graffiti outside the Florida Holocaust Museum on 5th Street S. The message, spray painted in black, included a swastika and anti-semitic language. Officers responded to the building at about 4 a.m., and sanitation workers were called to paint over it. Elizabeth Gelman, the executive director of...
Hate crimes are likely being underreported because of language and cultural barriers, according to an FBI official. The bureau’s New York Field Office is trying get a more accurate representation by reaching affected communities in their native languages. “I don’t think the data that we have is an accurate representation of everything that is happening...
A rabbi at the Chabad center said that suspect is among many who have committed antisemitic acts recently, using the conflict between Israel and Hamas as a reason to vent hatred. In the security camera video, a man police say is Jeffrey Fleming looks disturbed about something, waving his arms around, apparently yelling threats and...
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This is just one of many rallies that has taken place all over South Florida following tensions in the Middle East and attacks against people of Jewish descent Hundreds of supporters of the Jewish community in South Florida came together to rally in Hallandale Beach Sunday afternoon in support of peace in the Middle East....
A Jewish family faced antisemitic abuse in Bal Harbour, Florida this week in the days before a ceasefire was agreed between Israel and Hamas after 11 days of violence. Eric Orgen and his family arrived on May 12 and were visiting South Florida for a week’s vacation. They were staying with a friend and the...
HALLANDALE BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) – Police are investigating after, they said a man hurled antisemitic remarks to a rabbi outside a Hallandale Beach synagogue and later emptied a bag of human feces, the latest in a string of incidents that have raised concerns in South Florida’s Jewish community. Cellphone video captured the man on an...
