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As Confederate symbols topple, area memorial gets scant attention
By BOB FRYER
Jewish Press | July 20, 2020
Statues and memorials to Confederate figures – Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis. Stonewall Jackson and others – have come tumbling down at the hands of protesters or removed and put in storage by governmental agencies at a rapid pace since protests over racial injustice began in late May. As for...
JEWS OF COLOR
By BOB FRYER
Jewish Press | July 20, 2020
The slaying of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis sparked rage and protest throughout the country and prompted discussion of systemic racism, along with calls for reform of police departments and the criminal justice system. The Jewish Press sought out several Tampa Bay area Jews of color to offer their...
Jamal Stafford: Battling racism ‘like screaming into an abyss’
| July 20, 2020
“When I first heard about Floyd, I was numb to it,” says Jamal Stafford. While he says he senses “something in the air” this time that may actually bring about real change, his hopes for that have risen and fallen in the past, so he was not ready to join...
Benjamin Bowen: Growing up Latinx in a white family
ohtadmin | July 20, 2020
When Deborah and Phil Bowen adopted a baby boy in Guatemala and brought him home to America, they knew raising a dark-skinned Latinx child would be challenging, but they still felt they could offer him a better life than he would have in Guatemala. The adopted boy is Benjamin Bowen,...
Michele Norris: ‘If ever there was a time to act, it is now’
| July 20, 2020
Michele Norris, a real estate professional who says her conversion to Judaism “is a love story,” believes the rise of anti-Semitism is a cause for great concern among Jews, but adds, “With the awareness of increased racial injustice, many in our community have lifted up their voices to advocate for...
World News
Netanyahu admits Israel’s economy reopened ‘too soon’
ohtadmin | July 20, 2020
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that the reopening of the economy amid the coronavirus occurred “too soon. ”Facing a surge in COVID-19...

Bari Weiss, opinion editor with anti-Semitism focus, resigns from The New York Times
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN
JTA news service | July 20, 2020
Bari Weiss, the Jewish opinion writer and editor who has been a lightning rod for left-wing critics, has resigned from The New York Times. The...
Cannon apologizes for anti-Semitic remarks on podcast
Jewish Press wires and staff | July 20, 2020
African American actor and television host Nick Cannon offered his “most deepest and sincere apologies” to the Jewish community for the “hurtful and divisive words”...

Boston Jews create memorial to those claimed by virus
| July 20, 2020
BOSTON (JTA) – The coronavirus pandemic is still unfolding, but a permanent memorial to its Jewish victims has already gone up in Boston. The city’s...
Despite pressure from progressives, no major changes in Democrat’s platform on Israel
By RON KAMPEAS JTA news service | July 20, 2020
WASHINGTON— Centrists on the platform-writing committee of the Democratic National Committee overrode progressives who wanted the platform to condemn Israel’s occupation of the West Bank....
Culture
Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival draws viewers from near and far
| July 20, 2020
With advance planning complete and the March 29 opening night approaching, the coronavirus pandemic swept in and forced cancellation of the 24th Annual Tampa Bay...
Rabbinically Speaking

The whole world is a narrow bridge
| July 20, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced all of us to live through an unwanted traumatic experience on so many personal and communal levels. This is not...
Obituaries
Obituaries
| July 20, 2020
ELLEN RITA DUBOFF, 74, of Land O’Lakes, died July 10. Originally from Connecticut, she was a graduate of William Hall High School in West Hartford,...
