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Midterm Elections 2018
Meet Carlos Lopez-Cantera: Florida’s first Jewish governor (for five days)
19.11.2018
“Now, you may not have known this from my name, Lopez-Cantera, but I’m Jewish. My father came from Cuba, but he married a nice Jewish girl in Miami, and I followed suit,” says Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera.
Fla. Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera; to his left is Florida Gov. Rick Scott, soon to be senator. Credit: Screenshot.
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Florida governor-elect Ron DeSantis: ‘I will be aggressive against BDS’
Boaz BismuthIsrael Hayom08.11.2018
He spoke with Israel Hayom in what was his first foreign media interview as governor-elect. If there’s one takeaway from this interview, it is that, beginning in January 2019, Israel will have friend in the Florida Governor’s Mansion.
Republican Ron DeSantis squares off in a Florida gubernatorial debate with Democrat Andrew Gillum. Credit: Screenshot.
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FSU SJP member arrested for throwing chocolate milk at college Republicans
06.11.2018
“You are supporting Nazis,” student Shelby Shoup said in the video posted online. “Do you understand that?”
Shelby Shoup, an intern for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum’s campaign and a member of FSU's Students for Justice in Palestine, was arrested and charged with battery for throwing chocolate milk at a group of college Republicans tabling on campus. Credit: Screenshot.
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As Hurricane Michael spins into Florida, new rabbi spins up aid
Faygie Levy HoltChabad.org/News10.10.2018
“We have been in touch with people we know in the community to make sure everyone is safe, and so that we can check in with them after the storm,” said Rabbi Mendel Danow.
A view of the Gulf of Mexico and Hurricane Michael preparing to hit Florida. Credit: National Hurricane Center.
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Midterm Elections 2018
Florida lieutenant governor candidate blasted for college comment to Jewish students
28.09.2018
“I was nailed to the cross,” Chris King told the Newhouse News Service. “And most of the editorial staff that was so hard on me, the vast majority were Jewish.”
Chris King, the Democratic candidate for Florida lieutenant governor. Credit: Screenshot.
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Midterm Elections 2018
Florida gubernatorial candidate linked to Dream Defenders, whose founder has ties to Palestinian terror group
Jackson Richman27.09.2018
This development comes amid Gillum’s opponent, Rep. Ron DeSantis, attacking the Democrat in a TV campaign ad for having “anti-Semites around him.”
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, the Democratic candidate running for governor of Florida. Credit: Facebook/Gillum Campaign.
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Florida Democrat faces primary challenge over support for anti-BDS legislation
Jackson Richman24.08.2018
Imtiaz Mohammad is running against Florida Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz because of the state legislator’s sponsorship of an anti-BDS bill that became law in 2016.
Florida State Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Coral Springs) speaking on the floor on the Florida House of Representatives in 2016. Credit: Florida House of Representatives.
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Five Jews among slain in Florida high school mass shooting; shooter purportedly trained with white supremacists
15.02.2018
The Jewish community in Parkland, Fla., was plunged into mourning Wednesday when an ex-student opened fire on students, killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, with four Jewish students and one Jewish teacher among the dead.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. (2008) Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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