Ohio
As Ohio again tries to block Hebrew Union College’s restructuring, a new rabbinical school emerges
Ohio Attorney-General Dave Yost takes legal action to prevent the closure of Hebrew Union College’s Cincinnati campus, citing donor intent and history.
Legal brief filed to support case of Ohio Orthodox Jew banned from holding minyan in home
Long lost luxury steamer Lac La Belle found in Lake Michigan
Suspect smashes windows at JD Vance's Cincinnati residence, arrested by US authorities
Michele Weiss and Justin Brasch mark milestones as first Orthodox Jewish mayors in their cities
The inaugurations of Michele Weiss in University Heights, Ohio, and Justin Brasch in White Plains, New York, this week marked a milestone for Orthodox representation in local politics.
Hebrew Union College, Ohio AG reach deal to protect 600,000 rare books, papers in Jewish collection
The collection contains Biblical codices, illuminated manuscripts, communal records, legal documents, scientific tracts, and incunabula.
Cleveland and Kissufim mark October 7 as almost all kibbutz members prepare to return by summer
The ceremony with the Jewish Federation of Cleveland saw 1,200 people gather to remember those who lost their lives in the Hamas-led 2023 attack.
Ohio auction house halts sale of paintings looted during Holocaust, billed as ‘unclaimed property'
Two 17th-century paintings looted by Nazis were pulled from an Ohio auction after a Holocaust art restitution group confirmed their rightful heirs.
Ohio senator cancels planned trip to Israel over fears of being used as ‘propaganda’
“My goal was to ask tough questions,” said Ohio Sen. Beth Liston, who canceled her Israel trip after constituent pressure.
Ohio man pleads guilty to assaulting students because they were Jewish
Timur Mamatov, 20, pleaded guilty to assaulting two Jewish OSU students in a hate crime that left both hospitalized with serious injuries, the DOJ said Friday.
Ohio police arrest man for allegedly running Jewish Congressman off the road, antisemitic slurs
Feras Hamdan, 36, of Ohio, was charged with aggravated menacing and ethnic intimidation.
Most people overrate their moral resistance, says Ohio State study
Philip mazzocco said, 'social pressures are way more powerful and impactful than we give them credit for'.
Cleveland Heights council advances loss of confidence resolution over mayor’s alleged antisemitism
This is due to a civil-rights complaint accusing the mayor's wife of calling Jewish officials “that Jewish b—h” and referring to an Orthodox commissioner as a “broodmare,” as reported by 3News.
Man burns books on Jewish history, including Anne Frank’s diary, in Jewish suburb of Cleveland
"Whoever perpetuated the idea that you can burn us out of Cleveland... deny our ideas or press us and frighten us, picked the wrong community," said local Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk.
