Antisemitism

Images projected onto a building without permission, like this antisemitic scroll on the side the Daytona International Speedway in February, will be illegal under a bill passed by the Florida Legislature. As of Wednesday, it awaited the governor's signature.

Legislature passes bill to fight antisemitic activity

Joe Byrnes

Florida had a 42% increase in antisemitic incidents last year, including a rash of incidents in Jacksonville, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

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IamJax: Unity campaign seeks to counter hate messages

Marilyn Parker - News4Jax

A community campaign to unify Jacksonville, called IamJax, aims to highlight how our differences can bring us together.

Members of the white nationalist group National Socialist Florida use a laser projector to display white nationalist and anti-LGBTQ images on the side of the CSX building and other high-rise buildings in Jacksonville, Fla.

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In Jacksonville, far-right groups look to seize the moment

Sergio Olmos

A far-right group in Jacksonville has been regularly projecting hate symbols onto Downtown buildings. Groups like this look to capitalize on what they see as a favorable political climate.

Jacksonville residents light candles during a vigil to push back against antisemitism in November 2022.

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State law would combat antisemitic acts like Jacksonville's

News Service of Florida

Proposed legislation would define certain acts as hate crimes and increase criminal penalties. That would include projecting images onto buildings.

CSX Transportation spokesman Bryan Tucker, at the podium, denounced anti-Semitic images that were projected on his office building behind him in mid-January. City Council members LeAnna Cumber, left in white, and Matt Carlucci, right, announced a bill making any projected images illegal without the property owner's permission.

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Projected messages outlawed in Jax. But could the new law be challenged?

Dan Scanlan

The law — conceived as a way to attack antisemitic displays — could face issues if challenged in court, attorneys say.

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Jacksonville may outlaw hate speech displays

Michelle Corum

City Councilman Rory Diamond is proposing a law that would ban anyone from projecting images onto someone else's building — a response to several antisemitic displays in Jacksonville.

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CSX contributes $100,000 to fight anti-semitism

Will Brown - Jacksonville Today

VyStar, Florida Blue and the Jaguars are among a number of other large businesses in the region that have contributed to the Together Strong Community Fund.

Members of the audience at Thursday's OneJax vigil begin lighting candles at a ceremony meant to push back against groups who malign those of the Jewish faith.

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Candlelight vigil fights rash of antisemitic messages

Dan Scanlan

More than 300 people assembled Thursday night for a Downtown vigil co-hosted by OneJax and the Jewish Federation & Foundation of Northeast Florida to peacefully protest recent antisemitic messages displayed in Jacksonville.

David Miller, founder of Brightway insurance.

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$1 million fund established to combat antisemitism

Business executive David Miller and the Miller families established the Together Strong Community Fund to address the root causes of bias in the Jacksonville area.

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Police confronted antisemitic protesters on I-10, report shows

Dan Scanlan

The report for the first time publicly identified the group responsible: National Socialist Florida, known as NatSoc Florida or NSF, an extremist group with a growing presence in Jacksonville.