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JTA โ As he leads the police response to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel is likely enduring some of the toughest days of his career. And heโs probably looking to his Judaism to guide him through it.
Israel is the countyโs first Jewish sheriff, and itโs an identity he has embraced. A 2016 campaign flier reported on that year by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel centers on the role that faith in general, and Judaism in particular, plays in his life.
โMy Jewish faith is a central part of my entire life,โ the flier quotes Israel as saying. โMy late father Sonny Israel fought in the Korean War and became a police officer because he believed in the call from the Talmud that โWhoever saves one life saves an entire world.โ Those words guided my brother and I, as we also became police officers.โ
https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-jewish-sheriff-at-florida-shooting-cites-talmudic-verse-as-his-motivation/
Florida's Senate voted Wednesday to confirm the removal of Scott Israel from his position as sheriff of Broward County. In January, days after being sworn in, Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Israel, charging him with incompetence and dereliction of duty for actions before and after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland last year.
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/23/772844540/suspension-of-sheriff-after-high-school-shootings-confirmed-by-florida-state-sen
But alas, he's a Jew, so he shapeshifts into a new job..
Former Broward Sheriff Scott Israel Named Opa-locka Police Chief
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/former-broward-sheriff-scott-israel-named-opa-locka-police-chief/2754315/
How great of a guide must the Talmud be?