Guest AuthorDecember 12, 2019
11min1833
I’ve got news for you — there is nothing progressive about anti-Semitism.
Tag: Anti-Defamation League
Guest AuthorDecember 12, 2019
Jacob OglesApril 28, 2019
4min926
Legislation sees new life after anti-Semitic shooting in California.
Peter SchorschJanuary 9, 2018
3min329
Democrat Tina Polsky is entering the increasingly competitive race to succeed outgoing state Rep. Bill Hager in Palm Beach County’s House District 89. Polsky is a mediator specializing in commercial litigation, employment law and elder care issues. She joins two other Democrats and two Republicans in the battle to replace the term-limited Hager, whose district hugs […]
Associated PressOctober 20, 2017
7min369
The hostile audience drowned out white nationalist Richard Spencer with anti-Nazi chants. They booed him off the stage under the watchful eye of police officers in riot gear. In other words, Spencer sees his speech Thursday at the University of Florida as a smashing success. “I’m very happy with what happened in the sense of […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 8, 2017
4min288
Florida is taking extra steps to boost security at Jewish day schools across the state. Lawmakers tucked $654,000 into the fiscal 2017-18 budget, signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott law week, for security funding for Jewish day schools throughout Florida. The request for funding came after a string of bomb threats against Jewish institutions […]
Peter SchorschApril 15, 2017
9min389
Grab your bonnet, pull out the seersucker and get ready for a good-old-fashion Easter egg hunt. Americans are expected to spend about $18.4 billion on Easter this year, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey. That projection is 6 percent higher than last year’s record of $17.3 billion and marks an all-time high in […]
Associated PressApril 5, 2017
1min171
Florida may help beef up security at Jewish day schools around the state. House and Senate budget committees on Wednesday voted to set aside money for security in spending plans being drawn up by the Legislature. The amounts that legislators set aside range between $254,000 and $500,000. Rep. Randy Fine, a Brevard County Republican, says […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 31, 2017
2min333
Though some religious organizations, such as the Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine, liken expanding Jacksonville’s Human Rights Ordinance to the “darkest days of World War II,” other groups have different takes. On Jan. 26, the Anti-Defamation League sent Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry a letter, urging Jacksonville to take a “leadership role by adding sexual orientation and […]
Mitch PerryDecember 2, 2016
7min226
Rick Kriseman’s appointment of former WTFS weatherman Bill Logan to serve in the newly created position of communications director for the public works department is getting (predictably) negative reviews in the Pinellas County GOP world, who think it is more “big government” from the Democratic-leaning administration. It naturally fuels speculation about who will the Pinellas County Republican prop up […]
Mitch PerryNovember 14, 2016
3min314
Donald Trump’s selection of conservative media executive Steve Bannon as senior counsel and chief West Wing strategist is drawing the wrath of the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida. “Do leaders and members of the Republican Party condone white nationalism, white supremacy, and anti-Semitism?,” writes Susan Smith, president of the caucus. “Unless they speak out strongly […]