The pernicious belief that Christianity replaced or supplanted Judaism is known as Christian supersessionism. Christian supersessionism has not only fed into negative perceptions of Jews and Judaism since antiquity, but has also incited violence against Jews.
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With Median Rent Now at $1,760 a Month, Tenants Across Florida Are Struggling to Afford Housing Costs
Florida’s rental market has become problematic for many families and workers battling to afford surging rent prices over the past two years, with median rent prices jumping from $1,340 in February 2020 (right before the pandemic) to just over $1,760 in February 2022, a 31.4 percent increase over two years, according to a new report by Florida TaxWatch.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, April 16, 2022
Egg hunts for adults and children in Bunnell and Palm Coast, easter services at the local Catholic churches, the Invictus Games for recovering servicemen and women begin today at The Hague in the Netherlands, today begins National Park Week, remembering Henry Mancini and a few words from Barry Lopez.
Jackie Robinson Was a Radical. Don’t Fall for the Sanitized Version of History.
Though Robinson was a fierce competitor, an outstanding athlete and a deeply religious man, the aspect of his legacy that often gets glossed over is that he was also a radical. Celebrations of his career risk downplaying his activism during and after his playing career.
A Year After Giving Up on It, Flagler Beach Is Crushing Back Into Glass Recycling with $200,000 Machine
The glass-crushing machine, nicknamed “Big Blue” by the city, will transform residents’ recycled glass into useable products, but it’s also the reason residents are paying an additional $2 recycling fee. The machine will help reduce the city’s glass-garbage volume and turn pulverized glass to numerous other uses.
Sheriff’s Office Is Flush With New Deputies, a New Operations Center and a New Mobile Command Center Ahead
The sheriff’s annual address gave him a chance to boast of a crime index 53 percent lower than when he took office in 2017, to summarize the past year in policing, explain current initiatives and project some of what’s ahead, including the big-ticket items–a new mobile command center and the opening of the Sheriff’s Operations Center later this year–and another big ask from the County Commission.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, April 15, 2022
Good Friday has courts, schools (for students, not teachers, who have a workday), county, city and law enforcement offices closed. Time to use the day to make good on your Carver Center auction bids.
Elon Musk Claims Twitter’s Better Off Going private. Corporate Governance Experts Disagree.
A big problem with private companies is they lack the safeguards of public corporations – like outside ownership and independent oversight. As such, they escape the scrutiny of these public overseers. The CEO of a public company is subject to an array of constraints and a varying but always substantial degree of oversight. Not so the CEO of a privately held company.
DeSantis Signs 15-Week Abortion Ban Into Law During Quasi-Religious Ceremony
Gov. Ron DeSantis went to church Thursday to sign a 15-week abortion ban into law during a ceremony bearing many of the accoutrements of a worship service. The American Civil Liberties Union immediately promised to challenge the law in court.
The Charmette’s Annual Women in Red Luncheon at Hilton Garden Inn Features Pearl Roziers
The St. Johns-Putnam-Flagler County Chapter of the Charmettes Inc. invites the community to its Annual Women In Red Luncheon on May 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Hilton Garden Inn, 55 Town Center Boulevard, in Palm Coast.