Amir Tibon wins Sami Rohr Prize for dramatic chronicle of Oct. 7

Florida primaries to test antisemitism's reach in both parties

Tuesday’s Florida primaries are shaping up to be the starkest test yet of how widespread the scourge of antisemitism and extreme anti-Israel views are within both parties.&nbsp; On the Democratic side, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), one of the remaining pro-Israel stalwarts within his party, and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), a pragmatic Jewish lawmaker who is running in a new district after GOP redistricting chopped up her old seat, are both facing serious primary threats from their left flank. Moskowitz is facing the more direct threat, going up against a Democratic Socialists of America-backed challenger in Oliver Larkin, who is running... <a href="">Read More</a>

Republicans face the implications of a fractured media world

TAMPA, Fla. – The crosswinds buffeting the Republican Party and conservative media ecosystem over Israel and antisemitism blew through Tampa earlier this month at the National College Republicans convention, and both the politicians who addressed the gathering and the young Republicans themselves had their collars turned up.&nbsp; Gubernatorial candidate Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) warned the... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/profiles/eve-rosenbaum/">Read More</a>

Florida Jewish Democrats look to fend off DSA-aligned primary challengers

Reps. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), two Florida Jewish Democrats known as champions of Israel, are facing primary battles on Tuesday against Democratic Socialists of America-aligned candidates who have made criticism of the incumbents’ stances on Israel major planks of their campaigns. Moskowitz, running in a heavily Jewish south Florida district, faces... <a href="">Read More</a>

Sephardic rabbis and leaders gather in New York to build a stronger voice in Jewish institutional life

Some 150 rabbis, communal leaders and young professionals from a dozen countries will convene in Manhattan on Monday and Tuesday for the second annual Sephardic Rabbinic Conference, a gathering aimed at strengthening a Jewish community that organizers say has long operated in a Jewish institutional landscape shaped by Ashkenazi-dominated institutions. The conference, titled “The Art... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2024/04/iran-foreign-minister-hossein-amir-abdollahian-u-n-u-s-visa/">Read More</a>

Rick Scott: We have to ‘fight, fight fight’ antisemites running in the Republican Party

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) expressed confidence ahead of Florida’s primary elections on Tuesday that voters will reject the Republican candidates who have embraced blatantly antisemitic messages as part of their campaigns.&nbsp; In an interview on Friday with Jewish Insider, the Florida senator specifically called out James Fishback, who is running against Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL)... <a href="">Read More</a>