Ohio

Two antisemitic incidents near Ohio State University within 24 hours

The first of these incidents was an assault on two students "near 15th Avenue and High Street." One of the students was treated at the Wexner Medical Center.

11/11/2023

Abortion rights advocates, Democrats score wins in US elections

Democrats and abortion rights advocates notched a string of electoral victories on Tuesday – including in conservative Ohio and Kentucky.

By REUTERS
08/11/2023

Hebrew Union College to end 4 graduate programs, including 2 in Cincinnati

Rehfeld cited “financial constraints” and enrollment among the reasons for discontinuing the programs.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
25/10/2023

Ohio high school football coach resigns after players use ‘Nazi’ in play calls

In 2021 a Boston-area school was found to have used terms including “Auschwitz,” “yarmulke” and “rabbi” in its own plays for at least a decade.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
27/09/2023
Park Synagogue in Cleveland designed by Eric Mendelsohn.

Violet Spevack, weekly chronicler of Cleveland Jewry for 50 years, dies at 107

Although she came from what she called “the Wild West,” she was passionate about Cleveland.

By BOB JACOB/JTA
09/09/2023

Ohio school board member apologizes for giving Nazi salute at public meeting

The local federation CEO said she did not believe Zakkour “had antisemitic intent.”

By MARSHALL WEISS/JTA
08/09/2023

Neo-Nazis picket Jewish center outside Toledo after first protesting LGBTQ event

They had come directly from picketing Toledo Love Fest, an LGBTQ event. Federation officials said it appeared that their decision to head to the Jewish community immediately after was spontaneous.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
19/07/2023

Man pleads guilty to raping Ohio child who sought abortion in Indiana

Gerson Fuentes, who was the live-in boyfriend of the child's mother, confessed to raping the child in a police interview.

By REUTERS
06/07/2023

Toddler dies after mother left her alone for 10 days to go on vacation

A woman in the US was arrested for murder after leaving her toddler, just a year and a half old, alone at home for 10 days while taking a vacation.

Two-year-old shot, killed his pregnant mother and fetus in Ohio

The mother received an emergency C-section at the hospital that she had been transported to but her unborn son did not survive. Shortly after, the mother also perished.

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