At the Board of County Commissioners meeting on May 2, 2023, Mayor Weiss presented a proclamation declaring May 2023 as Jewish American Heritage Month in Palm Beach County. Jewish immigrants in America, since their arrival to our shores in the 17th century, have played a central role in the creation, growth, freedom, prosperity and strength of the United States of America, and the American Jewish community has since grown to more than six million. Jewish citizens, who settled in West Palm Beach in 1892, played a central role in political, economic and social development and served in the Armed Forces of the United States and Florida National Guard. With the recent rise in local hate crimes, the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners adopted an ordinance prohibiting the unauthorized projection of text, graphics, logos or artwork onto a building, structure or any other place (including public spaces) without the consent of the owner or person in control of the building, and Florida House Bill 269 is a bipartisan bill targeting antisemitic incidents that was signed into law by the governor on May 1, 2023.
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