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US Border Patrol field leader Gregory Bovino arrives for a news conference on January 20, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
January 31, 2026, 8:46 pm
‘Chosen people’: Controversial US Border Patrol officer said to mock Jewish prosecutor
Gregory Bovino complained that US attorney in Minnesota Daniel Rosen — an Orthodox Jew — was difficult to reach during Shabbat, New York Times reports
By ToI Staff
Daniel Rosen, US Attorney for Minnesota (Government photo via JTA)
January 31, 2026, 5:52 am
Top US attorney in Minnesota was once on board of Jewish group now protesting ICE
Daniel Rosen, whose office is involved in several controversial cases relating to Trump’s immigration enforcement push, was confirmed in part for his leadership on Jewish issues
By Andrew Lapin
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks during a news conference in Blaine, Minnesota, January 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
January 28, 2026, 8:47 am
‘Anne Frank was in Amsterdam legally’: Trump antisemitism envoy refutes Walz ICE comparison
Kaploun says Minnesota governor’s comment over crackdown ‘cheapens the horror of the Holocaust’; US Holocaust Museum blasts ‘false equivalencies’
By Andrew Lapin
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
A person holds a sign of Alex Pretti during a protest outside the office of US Senator Amy Klobuchar on January 26, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
January 27, 2026, 6:48 am
US Jewish groups speak out against latest ICE killing in Minneapolis
American Jewish Committee says that ‘regardless of one’s views… the deaths of two US citizens are a grave outcome that highlights need for a full review’ of immigration policy
By Grace Gilson
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks during a news conference in Blaine, Minnesota, January 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
January 27, 2026, 5:15 am
Minnesota gov. invokes Anne Frank while decrying ICE, draws rebuke from Holocaust Museum
Without naming Walz, museum notes Anne Frank ‘was murdered solely because she was Jewish,’ says drawing ‘false equivalencies to her experience for political purposes is never acceptable’
By JTA and ToI Staff
US federal immigration officers deploy pepper spray at observers after a shooting, January 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
January 24, 2026, 10:51 pm
US immigration officers kill man in Minnesota, apparently falsely saying he brandished a gun
Video shows ICU nurse Alex Pretti, 37, was holding a phone, not a firearm, when officers accosted him and then shot him dead; local cops describe him as a lawful gun owner
By AP
A line of interfaith leaders protest Immigrations and Customs Enforcement at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport, Jan. 23, 2026. Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman was arrested and briefly detained during the demonstration. (Courtesy of Rabbi Aaron Weininger via JTA)
January 24, 2026, 5:23 am
Minnesota rabbi among dozens arrested in faith leaders’ anti-ICE protest
Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman briefly detained while trying to disrupt operations at airport that fellow rabbi says ‘is being used to deport folks’
By Andrew Lapin
Rabbi Tamar Magill-Grimm, of the Conservative Beth Jacob Congregation in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, speaks out with other faith leaders against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the Twin Cities at a press conference at a Lutheran church in St. Paul, January 20, 2026. Local cantors Tamar Havilio and Rachel Stock Spilker are behind Magill-Grimm to the right. (Courtesy of TC Jewfolk via JTA)
January 23, 2026, 2:33 pm
Invoking the Torah, Minnesota Jews are mobilizing against ICE operations
Jewish groups of all denominations opposed to the aggressive surge in immigration enforcement sign open letters, help plan protests and aim to mend frayed interfaith partnerships
By Andrew Lapin
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
People walk through the streets to protest against ICE after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 10, 2026. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
January 11, 2026, 9:15 am
Tens of thousands protest in Minneapolis after immigration officer kills woman
More than 1,000 ‘ICE Out For Good’ rallies to take place nationwide after fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, which Trump administration claims was in self-defense
By Renee Hickman and Nathan Layne
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
Conservative Judaism has been trying to chart a middle path between Jewish tradition and acceptance of the reality of interfaith families. (Stock photo/Burke/Triolo Productions via Getty Images via JTA)
July 3, 2025, 3:34 pm
In first, US Conservative synagogue allows clergy to participate in interfaith weddings
While the policy change at Adath Jeshurun, a large Minneapolis-area congregation, goes against rules set by the denomination, top leadership has refrained from condemning it
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
This photo made available by the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office shows Vance Luther Boelter, the man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, as he was arrested, June 15, 2025. (Ramsey County Sheriff's Office via AP)
June 16, 2025, 10:02 am
US police arrest, charge suspect in fatal shooting of Minnesota lawmaker and husband
Suspect accused of murdering state’s top Democrat, plus attempting to murder 2nd lawmaker and wife; is tied to evangelical ministries, claims to be security expert with Gaza experience
By Nathan Layne and Tom Polansek
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