Ohio

Several wounded in Ohio shooting near festival, police seeking suspect

The shooting occurred near the Old West End festival, a two-day event featuring live music and home tours in the city's historical district.

OLD WEST End Festival 2010.
The interior of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple in Beachwood, Ohio, designed by the architect Percival Goodman. The building has been sold and the property is slated to become senior housing.

Cleveland-area Jews are about to lose an iconic mid-century synagogue building - opinion

Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Casey Putsch during an interview on NBC4 Columbus, May 1, 2026.

Casey Putsch, candidate who asked Grok to praise Hitler, loses in Ohio GOP primary

The campus of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019.

As Ohio again tries to block Hebrew Union College’s restructuring, a new rabbinical school emerges


Jewish activists working to ‘get out the vote’ in vital battleground Ohio

Trump is currently leading Biden in the Buckeye State, giving him a chance of 58 out 100 to win there again.

Campaign signs supporting U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden are displayed on a lawn in Cleveland, Ohio, US, October 25, 2020.

Iranian diplomat turned US professor accused of crimes against humanity

Mahallati’s aim at the UN was to "obfuscate and lie to the international community about mass crimes perpetrated by the Iranian regime.”

Jafar Mahallati speaks at TEDxTehran

Swastika, other graffiti spray-painted on Jewish buildings in Cleveland

Graffiti also was discovered on a supermarket across the street that has been vandalized previously.

A swastika and other rude and antisemtic phrases spray painted onto buildings, including the Waxman Torah Center in Cleveland, Ohio, July 27, 2020.

Ohio Rep. tells constituents to 'STOP GETTING TESTED' for COVID-19

"Are you tired of living in a dictatorship yet?" Vitale said. "It is giving the government an excuse to claim something is happening that is not happening at the magnitude they say it is happening."

Nursing students graduate from OSU during an online commencement ceremony amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Columbus.

Ohio city vows to take in unwanted statues amid calls to topple them

Calling itself a Statuary Sanctuary City, Newton Falls has promised to be a home for any statues of historical figures with legacies marred by racism or slavery.

A sign reading "Hate Has No Home Here" hangs by the statue of Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee, ahead of the one year anniversary of 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" protests, in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 10, 2018

Jewish health official resigns after antisemitic backlash amid COVID-19

Acton, whose resignation was official on Thursday, will become the chief health adviser to Gov. Mike DeWine.

A militia group from Ohio protests against the state's extended stay-at-home order to help slow the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) demonstrate at the Capitol building in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. April 20, 2020.

Ohio state senator blames COVID-19 on 'colored' pop not washing hands

Huffman was fired from his job as an emergency room physician following his highly controversial remarks.

The US Senate Session Chamber

US Neo-Nazi member at Columbus protest tried to attack Jews at Kent State

The report also noted that the man is alleged to have a long history with antisemitic and white supremacist activity.

A member of a Neo-Nazi group attends the "Day of Honour" in Budapest, Hungary, February 10, 2018, as he commemorates the breakout attempt by Schutzstaffel (SS) troops from Soviet-surrounded Budapest during World War Two.

Could the coronavirus have hit the US in early January?

“We have found five cases now that the date of onset of symptoms was in January. Five different cases so far, five different counties.”

3D medical animation still shot showing the structure of a coronavirus

Jewish health chief’s support for reopening plan compared to Nazi Germany

“You don’t issue people certificates to be able to function … This actually feels like Hitler’s Germany where you had to have blonde hair and blue eyes to be able to function anywhere."

A militia group from Ohio protests against the state's extended stay-at-home order to help slow the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) demonstrate at the Capitol building in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. April 20, 2020.