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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks at the national leadership summit of the Jewish Democratic Council of America in Washington, DC, May 13, 2026. (Joseph Strauss/JTA)
May 14, 2026, 5:44 am
At Jewish Dems event, Minneapolis mayor says anti-Zionism can blur into antisemitism
Asked about rising anti-Israel sentiment in his party, Jacob Frey says his ‘deep concern right now is that people don’t have the guts to tell their own side what they don’t want to hear’
By Joseph Strauss
A man is tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance on US Rep. Ilhan Omar during a town hall on January 27, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)
January 28, 2026, 8:09 am
Man arrested after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis event
Journalist describes vinegar-like smell after man pushed syringe; prior to assault, lawmaker had called for ICE to be abolished in wake of deadly shootings of two residents
By LAURA BARGFELD and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
New York City police commissioner Theodore Alfred Bingham (left) with then-Mayor George Brinton McClellan Jr. in an undated photograph. Bingham served as police commissioner from January 1, 1906, to July 1, 1909. (Bain News Service/Library of Congress via JTA)
January 18, 2026, 3:09 am
A century before Trump targeted Somalis, New York’s Jews faced an antisemitic crime libel
In 1908, NYC’s police commissioner falsely attributed half the city’s crime to ‘Hebrews.’ Today, the Jewish mayor of Minneapolis says an entire community shouldn’t be charged for the crimes of a few
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds a news conference as Police Chief Brian O'Hara listens, on January 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
January 13, 2026, 3:57 pm
Online ICE fundraiser calls Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey a ‘Jewish traitor’
Now deleted, the attack appeared on a page soliciting donations for the agent who killed Renee Good, reportedly launched by a social media user with an antisemitic history
By Andrew Lapin
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey talks during a news conference after winning a third term in the city's ranked-choice voting election, November 5, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)
January 9, 2026, 12:39 am
Jewish mayor of Minneapolis returns to the spotlight after deadly ICE shooting
Jacob Frey, whose city was epicenter of 2020 unrest amid George Floyd killing, calls on federal immigration agency to ‘get the f–k out’ after woman shot dead by officer
By Grace Gilson
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks at an Election Night party on November 4, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images/AFP)
November 5, 2025, 9:25 pm
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey wins re-election, fending off socialist challenger
Somali-American Omar Fateh, a democratic socialist, fails to unseat Jewish Democrat Frey, who led city through turmoil of George Floyd’s death and subsequent protests
By AP
Parents await news of their children after a mass shooting at Annunciation Church on August 27, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)
August 27, 2025, 8:59 pm
Two children killed in shooting at US Catholic school; shooter takes his own life
17 injured in attack on Minnesota church during a Mass at the beginning of the school year; police chief: ‘absolutely incomprehensible’
By Agencies
Undated photo of Omar Fateh, who won the endorsement of the local Democratic Party in the Minneapolis mayoral race in 2025. (Courtesy Fateh campaign via JTA)
July 24, 2025, 10:01 am
Israel critic Omar Fateh wins Democratic endorsement for mayor of Minneapolis
Muslim candidate has promised a more progressive approach than the incumbent Jewish mayor, Jacob Frey
By JTA and ToI Staff
Cars drive past City Hall, June 28, 2023, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Trisha Ahmed, File)
February 9, 2024, 9:18 am
Minneapolis approves resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire, overriding mayor’s veto
Mayor Jacob Frey says he supports ceasefire, but language of resolution was too ‘one-sided’ amid concerns over rising antisemitism nationwide
By AP
New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams smiles at supporters, Nov. 2, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
November 3, 2021, 9:14 am
Eric Adams easily wins NYC mayor race, as Michelle Wu makes history in Boston
Former police captain triumphs in New York; Boston elects its first woman and Asian American mayor; incumbent Jacob Frey battles to survive in Minneapolis
By Michelle L. Price
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey looks on during a demonstration calling for the Minneapolis police department to be defunded, June 6, 2020. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images via JTA)
July 9, 2020, 8:45 am
‘As a Jew,’ Minneapolis mayor supports reparations for African-Americans
Jacob Frey, whose extended family were victims of the Holocaust, says he aligns with bloc of Southern mayors who back compensation for descendants of US slaves
By Penina Beede
Protesters rally together outside the First Police Precinct Station on June 11, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP)
June 13, 2020, 2:27 am
Minneapolis council votes to replace police with new community safety department
After George Floyd’s killing, city leaders approve resolution launching year-long research process ‘to create a transformative new model for cultivating safety’
By AFP
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (left) leaves a demonstration calling for the Minneapolis Police Department to be defunded on June 6, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images/AFP)
June 7, 2020, 10:31 pm
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey booed at rally for refusing to defund police
Protester threatens Jewish city chief with removal from office in next elections if he doesn’t commit to cutting funding from force, whose officers last month killed George Floyd
By Marcy Oster
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (left) leaves a demonstration calling for the Minneapolis Police Department to be defunded on June 6, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images/AFP)
From the WebJune 7, 2020, 1:35 pm
Minneapolis mayor booed after refusing to commit to defunding, abolishing police
New York Times reports Jacob Frey under increasing pressure in wake of George Floyd killing by police officers
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on May 28, 2020 in Washington, DC (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images/AFP)
May 29, 2020, 10:43 am
Trump says violent protesters in Minneapolis ‘thugs,’ mayor a ‘weak leftist’
President warns that ‘when the looting starts, the shooting starts,’ leading Twitter to once again flag his tweet
By AP and ToI Staff
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