South Floridians Remember, Seek Justice 25 Years Following AMIA Bombing

South Florida Sun Sentinel Sergio Carmona July 18, 2019 A candle lighting ceremony at Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus in North Miami Beach commemorated the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the AMIA, the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Mike Stocker / South Florida Sun Sentinel) More than 700 people remembered and demanded […]

South Florida Jewish leaders react to Gov. DeSantis’ trade mission to Israel

South Florida Sun Sentinel Sergio Carmona May 31, 2019 South Florida Jewish leaders reacted to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent trade mission to Israel. During the mission, DeSantis conducted a ceremonial cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, met with Israeli business leaders, signed a bill banning anti-Semitism in public schools […]

Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis to sign campus anti-Semitism bill, possibly on trip to Israel

Campus Reform Adam Sabes 5/15/2019 Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has indicated that he will sign a bill aimed at combating anti-Semitism in public education, and it could occur during his planned trip to Israel later in the month. DeSantis made this statement during a trip in Miami Gardens, Fla. The bill would bar discrimination […]

Emory Investigation Concludes Mock Eviction Notices Weren’t Anti-Semitic

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 5/9/2019 Emory University’s Senate Standing Committee on Open Expression concluded in an April 15 report that Emory Students for Justice in Palestine’s (ESJP) mock eviction notices were not anti-Semitic. The notices, which found in Emory residence halls April 2, told residents that their suites were “scheduled for demolition in three days.” […]

You Should Know… Nathan Altshuler

Baltimore Jewish Times Susan Ingram May 2, 2019 Nathan Altshuler gets around. Born in Brooklyn, the 27-year-old grew up in North Miami Beach, Florida, where he got partially through high school when his parents moved to Baltimore for his father’s job. Once here, he finished up his last two years of high school at Ner […]

Full Senate embraces anti-Semitism bill

Florida Politics Scott Powers 4/29/2019 The Florida Legislature stands united behind measures to address anti-Semitism in Florida’s schools, colleges and universities. The Florida Senate unanimously approved a bill Monday requiring schools to recognize anti-Semitism as a form of discrimination, and to treat anti-Semitic speech and acts as they would racist speech and acts. In addition, […]

South Floridians react to bill prohibiting anti-Semitism in state’s schools

South Florida Sun Sentinel Sergio Carmona 4/26/2019 South Floridians, including Holocaust educators and leaders of Jewish and Israel advocacy organizations, are reacting to the passage of Florida House Bill 741 that would prohibit anti-Semitism in the state’s public schools and universities. The bill, sponsored by State Rep. Randy Fine (R-Palm Bay), was recently approved in […]

Academic ‘Afikomen’: Apart From Family, Campus Students Create Their Own Passover

The Algemeiner JNS.org/Jewish News Syndicate Deborah Fineblum 4/10/2019 “There’s no place like home,” said Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. But if she’d been Jewish, the heroine would no doubt have said, “There’s no place like home … for Passover.” It’s no contest. Passover (or Pesach in Hebrew), which begins this year at sundown on […]

StandWithUs Southeast hosts Leaders of Tomorrow gala March 9, 2019

Sun Sentinel / Florida Jewish Journal Sergio Carmona March 28, 2019 Tom Tracy Photo StandWithUs Southeast’s recent third annual Leaders of Tomorrow gala drew approximately 300 people. StandWithUs, founded in 2001, is an organization that’s dedicated to educating people of all ages and faiths about Israel and combating anti-Semitism. Its Boca Raton-based Southeast regional office […]

StandWithUs/Southeast Celebrates Its Third “Leaders of Tomorrow” Gala on March 9, 2019

Photo Credit: Tom Tracy Photo Approximately 300 people were greeted by a tapestry of color – flowers, linens and martini’s – as they entered the Hi-Ridge County Club in Lantana, Florida for StandWithUs/Southeast’s (SWU/SE) third annual “Leaders of Tomorrow” gala held on March 9, 2019. SWU/SE Executive Director Sara Gold Rafel greeted her guests and […]

Students stand together against anti-Israel bias at LA conference

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Oren Peleg March 13, 2019 “I support Israel not because Israel needs my support,” Egyptian-born Hussein Aboubakr, 29, proclaimed in front of 500 people, “but because I need to support Israel in order to the best version I can ever be of myself.” Jewish and non-Jewish lay leaders, activists, young professionals, academics […]

Seeing Israel changed mind of Hispanic opponent

San Diego Jewish World Donald Harrison 26 February 2019 Sebastian Parra SAN DIEGO – Although Sebastian Parra grew up in Cali, Colombia, with the words of Genesis 12:3 intoned frequently at his Protestant church, anti-Israel propagandists in the United States knew just how to destroy his faith in God’s declaration to Abram, that “I will […]

Israeli Technion Will Make a Stop in Los Angeles for 2019 Tour

Jewish Journal ERIN BEN-MOCHE 2/15/2019 From Left: Tamar Rott Shaham and Dmitry (Dima) Glinets. Photos provided by Miller Ink. Israeli Technion will once again visit Los Angeles as part of its yearly U.S. tour to spread awareness of Israel’s latest technological advances and start up culture. For more than 25 years, students have traveled to […]