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Beachwood High School is located in one of the country's most Jewish suburbs. (Courtesy of the Cleveland Jewish News)
September 27, 2023, 10:13 am
Ohio high school football coach resigns after players use ‘Nazi’ in play calls
Brooklyn High School from Ohio was playing the team from Beachwood, a suburb with the second-highest rate of Jewish residents in the country.
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
(Jose Luis Raota)
August 15, 2023, 9:14 am
Two shuls evacuated during live-streamed Shabbat services as wave of bomb threats enters fourth week
Californian congregations receive the threats according to the Anti-Defamation League.
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
Pittsburgh victims
August 2, 2023, 5:32 pm
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter sentenced to death
The sentence marks an end to the months-long trial of Robert Bowers, who was convicted in June of murdering 11 Jews during Shabbat prayers on October 27, 2018.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
"Brandeis was founded by Jews. But, it’s anything but orthodox," the headline of the two-page ad read. 
June 27, 2023, 11:43 am
University criticised for ‘anything but orthodox’ advert
'Brandeis was founded by Jews. But, it’s anything but orthodox; the headline of the two-page ad in New York Times Magazine read.
By JN Reporter
Joe Biden
June 26, 2023, 3:27 pm
Survey: Jewish voters strongly favour Biden over Trump in possible 2024 rematch
The survey of 800 registered Jewish voters shows Biden leading Trump 72% to 22% among respondents.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Kosher restaurateur Naftali Abenaim at his newest establishment, Mocha Burger Lux in Midtown. (David Beyda)
June 21, 2023, 9:27 am
New kosher restaurant has £137 gold-plated burger on the menu
The 12-ounce short-rib burger is wrapped in leaves of real, 24-karat gold.
By Risa Doherty (JTA/NY Jewish Week)
Anti-government protesters are filmed by UnXeptable activist Shany Granot-Lubaton after being ejected from the Jerusalem Post conference in New York City, June 5, 2023. (Ben Sales)
June 6, 2023, 10:01 am
JPost conference is latest Israeli event in New York to be disrupted by protests
As Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat took the stage to discuss government action to encourage entrepreneurship, the familiar Hebrew chants of “Shame! Shame!” echoed in the room.
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Police tape surrounds an assault rifle magazine in the aftermath of a mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Oct. 18 2018. (U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania Evidence Photo)
June 1, 2023, 10:35 am
In Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial, Jewish rituals feature as prominently as the carnage of the day
The focus of the trial is the gunfire, but for the prosecution, explaining the synagogue — and the practices that take place in it — is also proving to be crucial.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
The Sackler name was on a number of institutions, including this wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City that hours the famed Egyptian Temple of Dendur. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
June 1, 2023, 9:59 am
Jewish family behind OxyContin will pay £4,8 billion in deal that shields them from lawsuits
The Sackler name had been a regular presence in philanthropic circles until the opioid lawsuits began building up in 2019, at which point many cultural institutions began refusing the family’s donations
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
May 31, 2023, 1:11 pm
Jewish doctor accused of using own sperm to impregnate patient dies in plane crash
Dr. Wortman was the target of a lawsuit by a daughter of one his patients who was impregnated in the 1980's, accusing him of donating his own sperm and lying about it.
By JN Reporter
Flowers surround Stars of David outside the Tree of Life Synagogue
May 31, 2023, 11:38 am
Rabbi takes the stand on first day of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial
The defendant, Robert Bowers, is accused of murdering 11 people and wounding six at three congregations that met in the same building — Tree of Life, Or L’Simcha and Dor Hadash.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
New York City Mayor Eric Adams joins the Combat Antisemitism Movement and 55 of their partner organizations to discuss new ways to tackle bigotry and antisemitic hatred. (Photo credit: Combat Antisemitism Movement)
May 24, 2023, 1:18 pm
New York mayor: Do not ‘underestimate’ the damage Kanye West has inflicted
The Combat Antisemitism Movement hosted a forum in New York, attended by Natan Sharansky, to discuss strategies against antisemitism. 
By JN Reporter
(Getty Images)
May 17, 2023, 9:39 am
Jewish teacher arrested for threatening students over swastika drawing
The teacher reportedly started threatening his students, saying he owned 17 guns and was “not afraid to use them,” adding that “all Jews have guns.”
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
The Tree of Life synagogue is surrounded by a chain link fence draped with paintings from schools around the country, in Pittsburgh, April 21, 2023. (Ron Kampeas)
April 25, 2023, 9:42 am
As trial begins in synagogue massacre, Pittsburgh’s Jews struggle with what to reveal and what to conceal
The massacre of 11 worshipers in a synagogue was the deadliest-ever attack on U.S. Jews.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
A 17-year-old autistic Jewish student had a swastika carved onto his back after returning from his school in Las Vegas last month. 
April 24, 2023, 10:33 am
Autistic Jewish student had swastika carved onto his back at Las Vegas high school
"My son is the only student I know of who wears a Kippah at the school," the boy's mother said.
By JN Reporter
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