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Scott PowersMarch 21, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott condemned the boycott-Israel movement as anti-Semitism as he signed House Bill 545 in Orlando Wednesday, outlawing Florida governments from doing business with any entities boycotting Israel. Scott’s bill-signing ceremony Wednesday at the Orlando Torah Academy, a Jewish day school, also served to allow him to tout the $2 million that was included in the state […]

Scott PowersOctober 24, 2017

The Libertarian Party of Florida is struggling again with its own principal of inclusion, this time leading to the protest resignation Sunday night of Paul Stanton, last year’s U.S. Senate candidate. Stanton submitted his resignation in a letter alleging that one of the rising stars in the state party is a white supremacist leader who […]

Scott PowersOctober 19, 2017

Immediately surrounded by 50 shades of cuteness but more broadly surrounded by deep worries about anti-Semitic violence and growing anti-Semitic sentiment, Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday pushed his proposal to include $1 million in his 2018 budget proposal to help Florida’s Jewish community centers, schools and day care centers further secure against attacks. Scott’s visit to […]

Associated PressAugust 18, 2017

Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz says the events surrounding a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend have put the “moral fiber” of the country in question. Schultz said at an employee forum in Seattle on Tuesday that he has “profound concern about the lack of character, morality, humanity,” displayed at the rally, according to […]

Associated PressApril 5, 2017

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 […]

Scott PowersFebruary 22, 2017

U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy called Wednesday for federal authorities to respond swiftly and strongly to threats made to Jewish centers throughout the nation and got more than 150 of her colleagues to sign on. Murphy and U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley, a New York Democrat who chairs the House Democratic Conference, sent the letter to Homeland […]

Associated PressFebruary 21, 2017

President Donald Trump on Tuesday denounced recent threats against Jewish community centers as “horrible” and “painful.” He said they are a “very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil.” Trump made the remarks after touring the newly opened National Museum of African American History […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 17, 2016

When asked about Sen. Tim Kaine during the presidential campaign, Sen. Marco Rubio never had a negative word. Though Kaine eventually took aim at Rubio on behalf of Patrick Murphy, that clearly was just campaign rhetoric. On Thursday, Rubio and Kaine came together to introduce an important bill in the United States Senate taking aim at anti-Semitism in Europe. […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 10, 2016

Senate Bill 86, the “Scrutinized Companies” bill that cleared the Senate unanimously and got just two no votes in the House, was signed into law Thursday by Gov. Rick Scott. The bill bans public investment in companies that boycott Israel. Scott, in a release announcing his signing of the bill, said that boycotts of Israel […]

Martin DyckmanNovember 23, 2015

The letters, mailed from Vienna in the summer of 1938, spoke of enthusiasm and hopefulness at the prospect of coming to the United States. Nothing revealed the reason except for the stationery that had been hand-altered to show a new address. It was a few months after Hitler had taken over and life was becoming […]

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Rick Scott condemns Israel boycotts as anti-Semitism

Paul Stanton resigns Libertarian Party sparking discussion of white supremacists

Rick Scott touts $1M proposal to secure Jewish centers

Starbucks chairman questions country’s ‘moral fiber’

Florida may spend money to boost security at Jewish schools

Stephanie Murphy unites 150+ Congress members calling for response on Jewish centers threats

Donald Trump denounces ‘horrible’ threats against Jewish centers

Marco Rubio, Tim Kaine file bill combatting European anti-Semitism

In support of Israel, Gov. Scott signs Scrutinized Companies bill

Martin Dyckman: They pander the repulsive to the bigoted