Miami-Dade County’s Jewish mayor faces off against her own son over Israel bonds

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But for her, the personal truly is political: Levine Cava is the mayor of Miami-Dade County, and her son is vocally opposed to her office’s investments in Israel bonds. Ted Cava, a local writer and former labor leader, showed up at a recent county meeting to urge his mother to divest from the county’s Israel bonds. The group says the county should shed what it believes is more than $151 million in Israel bonds. She added, “There are differences, of course.”Shortly after the war’s start, the second-term Democrat announced a boost in the county’s investment in Israel bonds to $76 million. It’s unclear how much sway she could have on the county’s Israel bond investments.