
The man who stood up to the Klan in Palm Harbor
By BOB FRYER
Jewish Press | May 16, 2022
When Palm State Bank President Frank Weaner drove along U.S. 19 on his way to work and spotted a new sign proclaiming an old wood frame building was now state headquarters for the Ku Klux Klan, he knew he had to act – both as a member of the Jewish...

Bennett: Putin apologized for deputy’s remarks on Nazis
By ANDREW LAPIN
JTA news service | May 16, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized Thursday, May 5 to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for comments Putin’s foreign minister made comparing Ukraine’s Jewish president to Adolf Hitler, according to Bennett’s office’s account of a phone call between the two leaders. The purported apology came four days after Russian Foreign Minister...

Rejected math text had bad Jewish joke
By RON KAMPEAS
JTA news services | May 16, 2022
In a purge following accusations that textbook publishers were trying to “indoctrinate” students, Florida rejected dozens of math books from being used in the state’s schools. One of them contained a string of Jewish jokes – including one that a conservative activist flagged as anti-semitic: “Why do Jewish divorces cost...

Tampa’s Jane Castor eyes tech ties on mayoral trip to Israel
By BOB FRYER
Jewish Press | May 16, 2022
Asked her impression of Israel after her first trip there in late March, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor replied, “I was very impressed with the resiliency of the people and found the country to be very open and welcoming.” Castor was among a party of 12 U.S. mayors on a tour...

Late Rebbe honored by Clearwater Council
ohtadmin | May 16, 2022
Tuesday, April 12 marked the 120th birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, and to mark the occasion, Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard issued a proclamation marking the day as “Education and Sharing Day” in the city. At the Clearwater City Council meeting on April 7,...

American Jewish group rushed to aid 15 ‘Righteous Gentiles’ in Ukraine
By STEWART AIN
JTA news service | May 16, 2022
After Russia invaded Ukraine early in the morning of Feb. 24, millions of Ukrainians suddenly had their lives upended. The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous...
Did NYC Holocaust museum ban DeSantis?
By JACOB HENRY
JTA via New York Jewish Week | May 16, 2022
Two leading Jewish conservatives ignited a firestorm Thursday, May 5, when they announced, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, that the Museum of Jewish Heritage...

Joe Biden won’t budge on this make-or-break Iran deal issue, and progressives are furious
By RON KAMPEAS
JTA news service | May 16, 2022
WASHINGTON – An extraordinary debate took place recently in the Senate about whether the United States should remove the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps from its...

Pride month movie to feature Harvey Milk drama
ohtadmin | May 16, 2022
In honor of LGBTQ+ Pride month, the Real to Reel Film series will show the movie “Milk” on Thursday, June 23 at 7 p.m. at...
Make-your-own ice cream kids’ party is June 12
ohtadmin | May 16, 2022
In celebration of Shavuot and the end of the school year, a make-your-own ice cream event at SubZero Nitrogen Ice Cream, 2216 66th St. N.,...

In ‘Ridley Road,’ Jewish woman infiltrates British neo-Nazi group
By ANDREW LAPIN
JTA news service | May 16, 2022
It sounds like it could be the story of Purim: A Jewish woman uses her sex appeal to enter the upper reaches of a group...

Lessons from the ‘Mommy of us all’
| May 16, 2022
Millions of people just celebrated Mother’s Day. Whether it was breakfast, lunch or dinner with mom, or Zoom calls, it’s a holiday looked forward to...
Just a nosh..
| May 16, 2022
Investigators probing Al Jazeera journalist’s death stymied by PA Israeli police armed with batons and stun grenades rushed a crowd of funeral-goers in Jerusalem, nearly...
Obituaries
| May 16, 2022
ROSALIND R. LITT, 89, of St. Petersburg, died May 4. She was originally from New York City, NY. Survivors include her three sons; Jeffery Litt,...