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Florida House adopts bill to ban use of West Bank term in official documents

At the House Government Operations Subcommittee on Tuesday, the bill received 16 yes votes and 1 no, making it adopted.

An Israeli border policeman runs as a pro-Palestinian Jewish activist holds a sign during a protest against Jewish settlements in Salfit in the West Bank, December 3, 2020
Left to right: Dan Señor, Sylvan Adams, and Ron Dermer

Sylvan Adams warns of coordinated global Antisemitism campaign

Okotch Mondoh, Robert Weinger, Sarah Boulos, Rory Kaye, and Stephanie Bahn Poteet, with a red, white and blue shofar, at the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast, Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, January 14, 2025.

Iran's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to address Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast's Mar-a-Lago event

Blue and White leader MK Benny Gantz attends a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 17, 2025

Gantz urges Israel to topple Iran’s regime, says historic opportunity may not return


Front row seat at a hurricane: Memories of a storm battering Florida - comment

The memories of Hurricane Wilma are again flooding back (sorry for the metaphor) as Floridians now deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Milton’s devastation.

 SATELLITE IMAGE from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Wilma from space, October 23, 2005.

As Florida braces for Hurricane Milton, this rabbi is defying an evacuation order so he can help

Minkowicz was far from the only local Jewish leader trying to negotiate the demands of Judaism’s holiest day with the danger posed by the oncoming storm.

 Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz of Chabad of Southwest Florida posted a video showing storm preparations as Hurricane Milton bore down on the region, Oct. 8, 2024.

Monstrous Hurricane Milton targets Florida, triggering evacuations from storm-weary coast

Hurricane Milton, set to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record, is headed for Florida.

 A satellite image shows whirlwind formation of Hurricane Milton, October 7, 2024, in this screen grab obtained from a handout video.

Academia’s ‘no comment’ capitulates to terrorism  - opinion

Universities adopting neutrality on Israel's war with Hamas are capitulating to terror and radicals, failing to stand against antisemitism and crimes against humanity.

 PROTESTERS MARCH out of Kings College Circle after leaving an anti-Israel student encampment at the University of Toronto, following an Ontario judge order for the protesters to leave their two-month-old encampment, in July.

Trump safe after attempted assassination near his Florida golf course

Donald Trump was unharmed after gunfire near his Florida golf club, following a Pennsylvania assassination attempt in July.

 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures at a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. September 13, 2024.

Boteach's daughter receives disturbing non-Kosher pizza delivery in Florida, FBI complaint file

Rochel Leah Taktuk reported a threatening pizza delivery to the FBI, escalating tensions in the Boteach-Owens feud over antisemitism.

 Mystery non-Kosher pizza delivered to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's daughter, Rochel Leah Taktuk, August 22, 2024.

Yair Netanyahu's building in Miami locked down after suspicious object identified - report

Residents received a cryptic message from the building management and police department telling them to stay in their apartments and not go near the windows.

Yair Netanyahu

Jordanian citizen attacks Florida power facility for supporting Israel

A solar power facility in Orlando was one of many businesses targeted for supporting Israel by a Jordanian citizen residing in Florida.

 Attorney General Merrick B. Garland speaks at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C, October 13, 2022

'Second biggest financiers of terrorism,' Yair Netanyahu accuses Qatar during conference

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son, Yair, slams Qatar for allegedly being "the second biggest financiers of terrorism." He further claims that left-wing groups use Israel as an "experiment."

 Yair Netanyahu

In a one-‘clown’ Off Broadway show, an actor takes the stigma out of mental illness

The New York Jewish Week talked with Ehrenpreis, 45, to hear about why this feels like the right time to tell his story, what he sees in clowns, and what he hopes audiences get out of the play. 

 A collection of clown figurines is part of the backdrop for “Clowns Like Me,” Scott Ehrenpreis’ autobiographical one-man show.