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Cameron Kasky's one-sided anti-Israel activism is not moral courage - opinion

Cameron Kasky’s anti-Israel stance and secret West Bank trip drew backlash, raising questions about his leadership and judgment.

Cameron Kasky, a junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School speaks, during a rally with Thurgood Marshall Academy students in advance of Saturday's March for Our Lives event in Washington, US March 22, 2018.
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

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

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


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.

Space debris crashes into Florida home, family sues for damages

The space agency said they will continue to investigate why the hardware did not burn up during entry and update their systems so it does not occur again. 

The space debris that impacted the home in Naples, Florida on March 8, 2024.

Miami bagel shop vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti for the fourth time since October 7

The owner of Holy Bagels & Pizzeria has had his shops vandalized four times since the October 7 massacre, according to local media.

 A flag from a Miami eatery was defaced on June 16.

'I am racist, I am pro-Palestinian': Jewish man verbally accosted at Florida pharmacy

In the video, the stranger can be heard saying, "What kinda (sic) Jew are you? Are you one of those Jews that steals land?"

  Bottles of medications line the shelves at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 21, 2017.

Wing of Trump's Boeing plane hit a corporate jet at West Palm Beach airport, source says

Trump purchased his $100 million Boeing 757 in 2010 and includes gold plated accents, two private guest rooms, three bathrooms, dining and conference areas and an extensive entertainment system.

 Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he boards his plane to depart from Eastern Iowa Airport after campaigning in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US October 7, 2023.

Florida student openly admits to being 'anti-Jewish' at panel event

"And we as Arab, Palestinian, Muslim and anti-Jewish students, are we not worth protecting?"

 U.S. Democratic House Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) visits the student protest encampment as protests continue at Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 25, 2024.

Florida woman comes to Israel so often she ends up making aliyah

"Every time I left Israel, I always felt I would come back." Jordan Weil's aliyah journey.

 Jordan Weil, 29 From Florida to Tel Aviv, 2022

$16 million: Tom Brady's "divorced apartment" is up for sale

After his divorce from Gisele at the end of 2022, Tom Brady rented a Tampa Bay Beach Florida condo that is now up for sale. What is in it and how much did he pay for it?

   The apartment where Tom Brady lived after the divorce from Gisele

Florida Chabad synagogue and community center set aflame in arson

Las Olas Chabad seeks to raise a million dollars to rebuild the center.

 Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue combat the fire at the Florida Las Olas Chabad Jewish Center. March 18, 2024.

18th-century British warship found off coast of Florida

After the ship was wrecked, about 300 crewmembers managed to survive 66 days stuck on what is now known as Garden Key, the second largest island in the Dry Tortugas.

A National Park Service diver documents one of five coral-encrusted cannons found during a recent archeological survey in Dry Tortugas National Park.