Jesse SchecknerJune 24, 2024
5min0
The measure comes as acts of antisemitism have been on the rise.
Tag: Jewish day schools
Jesse SchecknerJune 24, 2024Jesse SchecknerMarch 5, 2024
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The bill’s passage in the Senate was far less divisive than in the House.
Jesse SchecknerFebruary 22, 2024
7min0
The bill itself contains no monetary commitment.
Drew DixonJanuary 30, 2024
1min0
DeSantis gives go ahead to funding designed to combat antisemitism at Florida Jewish day schools.
Jesse SchecknerFebruary 1, 2023
7min0
The Sunshine State has seen increased antisemitism in recent years.
Peter SchorschApril 14, 2021
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Kudos to everyone involved for putting Florida children front and center.
Jacob OglesNovember 1, 2018
5min332
Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday called on law enforcement in Florida to assess the security at religious institutions in Florida, the same day an accused shooter entered a not-guilty plea in federal court to charges he killed 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue. He also called on the Florida Legislature to double Jewish Day School security […]
Scott PowersMarch 21, 2018
3min551
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 […]
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 […]