The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/arkansas/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:39:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Arkansas | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/arkansas/ 32 32 ‘Return to the Land’: White supremacists building whites-only settlement in Arkansas https://www.timesofisrael.com/return-to-the-land-white-supremacists-building-whites-only-settlement-in-arkansas/ Sat, 26 Jul 2025 20:37:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3606818 Sky News visits 40-member community that claims its classification as a Private Members Association allows it to circumvent civil rights legislation

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]]> US Muslim inmate who won beard case claims retaliatory transfer by Arkansas officials https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-muslim-inmate-who-won-beard-case-claims-retaliatory-transfer-by-arkansas-officials/ Sat, 12 Jul 2025 07:08:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3596408 Gregory Holt, also known as Abdul Maalik Muhammad, was supported by Orthodox Jewish and other groups in 2015 Supreme Court case that upheld his right to maintain half-inch beard

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]]> Anti-Israel protesters disrupt Hanukkah event attended by Trump’s pick for ambassador https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-israel-protesters-disrupt-hanukkah-event-as-trumps-pick-for-ambassador-attends/ Sat, 28 Dec 2024 16:29:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3448538 Mike Huckabee takes part in Arkansas gathering hosted by Chabad; activists say they are protesting Huckabee's 'Christian Zionism'

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]]> In reversal, Arkansas pays Jewish doctor who rebuffed pledge not to boycott Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-reversal-arkansas-pays-jewish-doctor-who-rebuffed-pledge-not-to-boycott-israel/ Fri, 02 Jun 2023 05:03:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3026229 Dermatologist Steve Feldman, a Palestinian rights activist, plans to donate the $500 withheld from him to anti-Zionist Jewish Voice for Peace

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]]> Arkansas Jewish doctor denied payment over failure to promise not to boycott Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/arkansas-jewish-doctor-denied-payment-over-failure-to-promise-not-to-boycott-israel/ Thu, 04 May 2023 06:02:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3008344 In keeping with state law, $500 withheld from dermatologist Steve Feldman, a Palestinian rights activist, who gave Zoom university lecture but refused to sign pledge

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]]> US Supreme Court keeps Arkansas anti-BDS law in place, declining to intervene https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-supreme-court-keeps-arkansas-anti-bds-law-in-place-declining-to-intervene/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 18:53:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2957479&preview=true&preview_id=2957479 Justices reject appeal on behalf of an Arkansas newspaper that objected to a state law that reduces fees paid to contractors who refuse to sign pledge not to boycott Israel

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]]> US rights group petitions Supreme Court to overturn law barring Israel boycott https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-supreme-court-petitioned-to-strike-down-arkansas-law-against-israel-boycotts/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 23:32:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2856022 ACLU says state laws outlawing boycott of Jewish state violate 1st Amendment protections, threaten right to protest

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]]> US appeals court rules that laws against Israel boycotts don’t violate Constitution https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-appeals-court-rules-that-laws-against-israel-boycotts-dont-violate-constitution/ Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:46:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2785983 Ruling by St. Louis-based Eighth Circuit court is a major victory for pro-Israel activists who have pushed some 30 states to adopt anti-BDS laws

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]]> At least 50 feared dead in Kentucky tornadoes as powerful storms rip across US https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-least-50-feared-dead-in-kentucky-tornadoes-as-deadly-storms-rip-across-us/ Sat, 11 Dec 2021 10:53:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2664545 Governor says state's death toll 'probably closer to somewhere between 70 and 100'; deaths reported in Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri; roof collapses at Amazon warehouse in Illinois

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]]> Trump’s former press secretary Sarah Sanders running for Arkansas governor https://www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-former-press-secretary-sarah-sanders-running-for-arkansas-governor/ Mon, 25 Jan 2021 06:25:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2475385 She joins a crowded field of candidates hoping to replace Gov. Asa Hutchinson in the staunchly Republican state

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]]> Ginsburg: Work on court ‘saved me’ during cancer treatment https://www.timesofisrael.com/ginsburg-work-on-court-saved-me-during-cancer-treatment/ Wed, 04 Sep 2019 02:52:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2141819 13,000 turn out to listen to US Supreme Court justice in Arkansas; 'All of us hope that she will stay on the court forever,' says Bill Clinton, who nominated her

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]]> White supremacists crash Arkansas Holocaust memorial event https://www.timesofisrael.com/white-supremacists-crash-arkansas-holocaust-memorial-event/ Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2072989 Protesters in Russellville carry anti-Semitic signs, including one calling Shoah a hoax, in demonstration ostensibly aimed against ADL

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]]> Arkansas university accused of honoring Holocaust denier with new scholarship https://www.timesofisrael.com/arkansas-university-accused-of-honoring-holocaust-denier-with-new-scholarship/ Sat, 20 Apr 2019 06:17:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2060950 ADL, Jewish faculty at Arkansas Tech University say late professor who contributed to school had history of anti-Semitic teachings; institution says claims lack evidence

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]]> Judge lets Arkansas law against Israeli boycotts stand https://www.timesofisrael.com/judge-lets-arkansas-law-against-israeli-boycotts-stand/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 03:47:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2004879 Ruling says such a boycott is not protected by the First Amendment; similar measures have been blocked in Arizona and Kansas

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]]> US officials mull possible migrant site near former Japanese internment camp https://www.timesofisrael.com/possible-migrant-site-near-former-concentration-camp-for-japanese/ Sat, 23 Jun 2018 05:51:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1876133 Arkansas politicians object to setting up shelter for immigrant children at base 2 miles from where thousands of Japanese-Americans were held in WWII

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