Even though I vividly recall being called antisemitic names in youth sports and the swastikas that vandalized my Jewish primary school, you do not make the leap to a gunman who would massacre Jews in a synagogue simply for being Jewish.
This October marks the fifth anniversary of the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting at Tree of Life. It was the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history. Hear from American Jews and allies about how the tragedy still impacts their day-to-day life, and why we need to fight antisemitism and all hate to create a safer world.
The 2018 Startup Nation Conference recently hosted by The Idea Center at Miami-Dade College in collaboration with Tel Aviv University in Israel highlighted emerging innovations from local innovators and Israeli entrepreneurs in the high-tech industry.
Notably, nearly $290 million of Florida’s trade was with Israel, making it one of the top U.S. states doing business with the Jewish state. And that’s a relationship that can expand exponentially, as evidenced by the focus on the emerging high-tech sectors in Florida and in Israel during the large trade mission that Gov. Rick Scott led to Israel in December.