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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 627

Ohio Jewish Community

Aliza Sherman, left, seen here in an undated photograph, was murdered in 2013. An arrest was made in the case in April 2025 (Facebook via JTA)
May 6, 2025, 6:05 pm
Divorce lawyer for Aliza Sherman, murdered in Ohio in 2013, arrested over her killing
Jewish community had pressed for answers in cold case following shocking death of mother of four; suspect Gregory J. Moore has already served time for lying during investigation
By AP and ToI Staff
Rabbi Cary Kozberg, right, sits with Temple Sholom President Laurie Leventhal inside the synagogue's Springfield, Ohio, sanctuary in 2016. (Courtesy Dayton Jewish Observer/via JTA)
September 23, 2024, 11:36 pm
Springfield, Ohio, rabbi will meet local Haitian leaders after disparaging community
Cary Kozberg, whose remarks come after Trump alleged migrants were eating their pets, says he ‘misspoke’ and has ‘modified’ his opinions; will remain employed with his congregation
By Andrew Lapin
Rabbi Cary Kozberg of Temple Sholom in Springfield, Ohio, in 2016; a mural in Springfield, Sept. 16, 2024. (Courtesy of Dayton Jewish Observer; Luke Sharrett/Getty Images via JTA)
September 21, 2024, 4:59 am
Springfield’s Trump-voting rabbi claims Haitian immigrants lack ‘Western civilized values’
Reform Rabbi Cary Kozberg admits there is no basis to the former president’s claims that Haitian townsfolk are eating resident’s pets, but complains they are not trying to assimilate
By Andrew Lapin
Gravestones vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 1, 2024. (Courtesy of Cincy Jewfolk via JTA)
July 2, 2024, 8:26 pm
176 gravestones vandalized in 2 Jewish cemeteries in Ohio
Jewish community groups slam ‘act of antisemitic vandalism’; most headstones pushed over face down, making it difficult to notify families amid police probe
By Andrew Lapin
A hate group flies a swastika flag outside an LGBTQ event in downtown Toledo, Ohio, before heading to a nearby Jewish community complex, July 15, 2023. (JTA Screenshot via WTOL11)
July 18, 2023, 1:33 pm
Anti-LGBTQ protesters in Ohio target local Jewish community offices
About 20 picketers move from the Toledo Love Fest to the deserted parking lot of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo
By Canaan Lidor
A ceremony takes place at Bedford Ohio's Kol Israel Holocaust Memorial after it received federal recognition as a national memorial, December 30, 2022. (Screen grab from YouTube used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 1, 2023, 9:54 am
Ohio Holocaust monument designated as national memorial by US government
Site built in 1961 has ashes, artifacts belonging to Jews killed in concentration camps; is officially recognized as part of $1.7 trillion package signed by Biden
By Ash Obel
Rabbi Stephen Weiss (Courtesy of Cleveland Jewish News, via JTA)
April 22, 2022, 8:25 pm
‘Horrible and disgusting’: Conservative groups decry Cleveland rabbi over sex crimes
Rabbi Stephen Weiss resigns from his synagogue after being charged with attempting to solicit sex with a minor online; he faces maximum of 3.5 years in prison
By Andrew Lapin
A view of the Columbus Torah Academy in Columbus, Ohio. (Google Maps via JTA)
April 4, 2022, 7:29 am
Security guard at Ohio Jewish school arrested for threats against students, parents
Thomas Develin, who worked at Columbus Torah Academy, posted images on social media threatening to turn a playground at the school ‘into a self defense situation’
By Shira Hanau
Rabbi Eric “Yitz” Frank addresses the City Council of University Heights, Ohio, on Sept. 9, 2021, saying women and children were traumatized by the presence of an unmarked SUV outside a local Orthodox synagogue on the first day of Rosh Hashanah. (Screenshot via Cleveland Jewish News/JTA)
September 18, 2021, 5:48 am
Ohio synagogue outraged as city officials use PI to investigate COVID violations
University Heights sends hired detective to monitor Orthodox congregants entering and leaving Aleksander Shul during Rosh Hashanah services
By JANE KAUFMAN
Cuyahoga Councilwoman and congressional candidate Shontel Brown speaks during a Souls to the Polls rally at Sanctuary Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio on August 01, 2021. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
August 4, 2021, 5:59 am
In upset, pro-Israel-backed candidate wins Ohio Democratic congressional primary
Progressive Squad-backed Nina Turner saw her massive lead shrink in recent weeks as more centrist Shontel Brown emerged from crowded pack of candidates with help of Jewish groups
By Jacob Magid and JTA
Nina Turner (L) and Shontel Brown, who square off in the Democratic primary for Ohio's 11th District on August 3, 2021. (AP, Shontel Brown For Congress Facebook Page)
August 3, 2021, 9:48 pm
In Ohio Dem primary, Jewish groups seek to help moderate push past progressive
Squad-backed Nina Turner sees her massive lead shrink in recent weeks as more centrist Shontel Brown emerges from crowded pack of candidates with help of DMFI and JDCA
By Jacob Magid
Shontel Brown poses with former US President Barack Obama in an undated image from her congressional campaign website. (Courtesy)
February 16, 2021, 6:51 pm
Divides on Israel among Democrats highlighted in Ohio special congressional race
Pro-Israel PAC endorses Shontel Brown as some express worry over progressive-left candidate Nina Turner’s critical stance on Jewish state
By Ron Kampeas
This undated photo provided by the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office shows James Reardon Jr. Police say Reardon, accused of making what they believe was a threat to a Jewish center in Ohio on Instagram, was arrested August 17, 2019, on telecommunications harassment and aggravated menacing charges. (Mahoning County Sheriff's Office via AP)
September 29, 2019, 10:54 pm
Ohio man indicted on federal charges for threatening shooting at JCC
FBI says video uploaded by James Reardon to social media showed he had access to weapons and posed a threat to a Jewish community center in Youngstown
By Marcy Oster
This undated photo provided by the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office shows James Reardon Jr. Police say Reardon, accused of making what they believe was a threat to a Jewish center in Ohio on Instagram, was arrested August 17, 2019, on telecommunications harassment and aggravated menacing charges. (Mahoning County Sheriff's Office via AP)
August 29, 2019, 8:25 pm
Ohio man charged with threatening mass shooting at Jewish center
Anti-Semitic materials found at home of James Reardon, 20, who posted a video of himself firing a rifle with a caption about a shooting in Youngstown Jewish Community Center
By AP and ToI Staff
Screen capture of the Youngstown Jewish Community Center in Ohio. (Google Maps)
August 18, 2019, 12:59 pm
Ohio man arrested for implied shooting threat to Jewish center
James Reardon posts video of gunfire and screams, tags it with name of Youngstown community building; police find guns, anti-Semitic and white nationalist propaganda in his home
By Stuart Winer
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