Boca Raton

Boca Raton:

Florida Jewish community on political mission

Senior Rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue, Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, urges congregants to register as Democrats to block anti-Israel candidate.

Mechanical failure

Three killed in Florida plane crash

Small aircraft crashes near Military Trail in Boca Raton shortly after takeoff, killing all three people on board. One person on the ground injured. Authorities believe mechanical failure may be to blame.

Antisemitic attack in Florida:

Man arrested for pulling off Jewish man’s kippah, punching him

Elderly Jewish man attacked in Boca Raton Walmart by antisemite who spits on his kippah and punches him twice.

Florida Jewish retirement community targeted with swastika

Police investigating after antisemitic graffiti at largely Orthodox gated community singles out homeowner association president.

Op-ed:

From Babylon to Boca

Rabbi Kook writes that a person engaged in the mitzvah of settling the Land of Israel is first in receiving a Divine blessing.

Florida:

HOA sues resident whose gate made it easier to get to synagogue

Boca Raton homeowners association accused of discriminating against Jewish residents who use gate as shortcut to synagogue on Shabbat.

Boca Raton receives new Hatzalah ambulance

Ambulance equipped with the latest high tech devices will serve the growing Jewish community in the Boca Raton, Florida area.

Neo-Nazi van harasses pro-Israel supporters in Boca Raton, FL

Van with anti-Semitic phrases on it circles event, shouting anti-Jewish slurs at demonstrators, live streaming to white supremacist site.

FL principal who said he had to be neutral on Holocaust fired

High school principal in Boca Raton, Florida who told parent 'Not everyone believes Holocaust happened' dismissed.

Florida principal removed after Holocaust denial

Boca Raton high school removes principal who told a parent he needed to remain neutral on whether or not the Holocaust occurred.

3 Florida teens charged in murder of Orthodox Jewish MMA fighter

Jewish professional mixed martial arts fighter shot to death in his Boca Raton home.