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- 6 European countries join forces to do business with Iran (and throw Israel under the bus)
- "President Joe Biden's Iran policy was conceived and is being implemented by the same people who negotiated the JCPOA under Obama, who argued in favor of empowering Iran"
- "Israel-US dialogue is necessary about Iran’s nuclear program, since a good agreement with Iran is a clear Israeli interest. But Israel must be prepared with a military option against Iran, as a last resort"
- "Military, defense minister believe a credible threat of an Israeli attack on Tehran’s nuclear facilities is only way US will be able to negotiate better deal with Islamic Republic"
- EVENT Israel Bonds Chicago with The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
- Heard in Jerusalem: "Hasbara" has become something resembling a dirty word
- "Those experiences gave Thomas the fortitude to do something truly courageous: risk her friendships, face her misconceptions, and change her mind"
- EVENT 2nd Annual Kosher Chicago BBQ Festival Competition to benefit Maot Chitim
Tag Archives: Florida
Florida won’t tolerate discriminatory DEI, critical theory and antisemitism in higher ed.
WALL STREET JOURNAL The Stop WOKE Act Makes Florida Campuses Safe for Jews Marc Sarnoff August 22, 2025 …In Florida, free speech doesn’t mean the right to shut down classes or menace classmates. In early 2024 Mr. DeSantis warned administrators … Continue reading
“Some guy thought we were Palestinians and he just started shooting”
JNS Jewish Florida man charged with shooting Israelis he mistook for Palestinians February 18, 2025 A 27-year-old Jewish plumber is accused of firing 17 times from a semiautomatic handgun at two vacationing Israeli tourists, whom he mistook for Palestinians, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Florida, Palestinians
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DeSantis went wrong almost immediately by choosing the wrong strategy
REAL CLEAR POLITICS DeSantis Has Only One Path Back From Failed Launch Charles Lipson August 1, 2023 Two decades before “Mad Men”-era advertising executives downed their martinis and bedded their secretaries, a brilliant predecessor came up with a powerful idea … Continue reading
“Like Reagan Democrats once upon a time, these voters have already reshaped the political landscape in Florida. Can they do the same nationally in 2024?”
FREE PRESS The Rise of the DeSantis Democrats Olivia Reingold December 19, 2022 …Williams is one of the DeSantis Democrats: Florida voters who, until recently, identified as Democrats but in November opted to reelect Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis—he who resisted … Continue reading
New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage bans the Florida governor to promote ‘its message of inclusivity.’
WALL STREET JOURNAL Ron DeSantis Is Persona Non Grata at a Holocaust Memorial Elliott Abrams and Eric Cohen May 5, 2022 …A few years ago, we helped launch the Jewish Leadership Conference, an annual gathering to consider the challenges facing … Continue reading
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Tagged Florida, Museum of Jewish Heritage, Ron DeSantis
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“A wave of refugees is washing up on Miami’s shores, only now it’s disgruntled New Yorkers, fleeing the city’s draconian COVID restrictions and pessimistic politics”
TABLET MAG Miami’s New Diaspora by Armin Rosen August 31, 2021 …Glutted with former Gothamites, Miami is now one the best and most natural places to ruminate on the fate of New York, and on the meaning of its downward … Continue reading
Florida-bound Jews: “Good jobs, cheap housing and a unique school choice program have many families heading south”
WALL STREET JOURNAL Why Orthodox Jews Are Leaving Brooklyn for Florida by Allan Jacob August 6, 2021 What would motivate a Hasidic rabbi and his followers to leave a Brooklyn enclave where they’ve lived for generations and establish a quickly … Continue reading
Collapse of Champlain Tower South renders traditional practices for burying Jewish dead impossible to perform
JTA For Jewish burial societies, Surfside disaster presents a grim and complex task by Shira Hanau June 25, 2021 Among Rabbi Mayer Berger’s first thoughts on seeing the 12 stories of the Champlain Tower South pancaked upon themselves: This is … Continue reading
“We are stronger together. We’ll be around as long as it takes, supporting and in solidarity with this amazing community and people. Our friendship is solid and everlasting,” posted Israel Consul General to Miami Maor Elbaz-Starinsky
JNS As South Florida grapples with loss, Jewish community props up first responders, family by Faygie Levy Holt June 25, 2021 …Hatzalah is currently mandating a shift schedule to allow its members to get some rest. “A lot of our … Continue reading
“We hear a lot of the talk about how the deaths in Florida were ‘preventable’. What about the ones in Illinois?”
FEDERALIST Why Is Big Media Hiding That Illinois Has Far More COVID Cases Than Florida? Because Illinois Has A Democrat In Charge And Tighter Lockdowns by Jordan Davidson November 27, 2020 …Months after outlets such as CNN, NPR, the Washington … Continue reading