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This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with state Sen. Lori Berman about legislation targeting antisemitic speech and behavior (01:48) and then we discussed a report finding a rise in antisemitic incidents in 2023 with the Florida regional director for the Anti-Defamation League (10:06). Plus, an NPR investigation into the fractured history told by the thousands of historical markers across the country (19:26) and later, we fact-checked President Biden’s speech in Tampa with PolitiFact (38:30).
"Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office was amazing. They were here in moments. They took total control charge, made it so that my students and my staff all go out of the building safely to a safe location and they did a sweep of the building," Feldman said.
On the last night of a Hanukkah season marred by an unprecedented surge in antisemitic incidents, a group of Miami-Dade County mayors is using the occasion to.