So long, Shylock!
by Dara Kam | March 24th, 2009
The Florida Senate voted unanimously to strike “Shylock” from state laws relating to loan-sharking.
Sen. Eleanor Sobel, a Jewish Democrat from Miami, sponsored the measure (SB 318) because the language is offensive to Jews, she said.
The term dates back to the 1596 Shakespearean play, “The Merchant of Venice,” in which Jewish money-lender Shylock demands a pound of flesh from a merchant who cannot repay a loan.
The House companion is headed to the floor.
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