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Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek in Lima, Ohio. (Screenshot: Google Street View)
February 11, 2019, 10:56 pm
Dozens of bullet holes found in Ohio synagogue
Community rabbi says nobody was in the building at time of incident, urges congregation to ‘focus inward, on our own rest and renewal’
By Marcy Oster
Damon Joseph, arrested on December 7, 2018, faces federal terrorism charges for plotting to attack a synagogue in Toledo, Ohio. (US Department of Justice)
December 10, 2018, 9:40 pm
US man arrested for plotting synagogue attacks in Toledo, Ohio
FBI says Damon Joseph planned to carry out mass shooting during Shabbat services on behalf of Islamic State, told undercover agent he was inspired by Pittsburgh massacre
By TOI staff and JTA
South Euclid Police SWAT Team on the scene where two persons of interest were found dead, August 11, 2018 (YouTube screenshot News 5 Cleveland)
August 14, 2018, 1:14 am
2 men found dead after standoff were sons of slain Cleveland Jewish doctor
Medical examiner says Mark Warn, 29, and his brother, Michael, 31, died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds; body of their father discovered in his home Thursday
By TOI staff and AP
Columbus Bureau Chief Amanda Koehn and Publisher and CEO Kevin S. Adelstein hold up the inaugural issue of the new biweekly Columbus Jewish News, which debuted August 9. (Cleveland Jewish News via JTA)
August 12, 2018, 6:51 pm
Ohio gets new Jewish newspaper
Columbus Jewish News, replacing recently closed Ohio Jewish Chronicle, debuts with 44-page full-color issue
By JTA
South Euclid Police SWAT Team on the scene where two persons of interest were found dead, August 11, 2018 (YouTube screenshot WKYC Channel 3)
August 12, 2018, 11:20 am
Cleveland Jewish doctor found dead from multiple gunshot wounds
Body of Dr. Richard Warn discovered in his home Thursday evening; two men described as persons of interest in investigation found dead after 12-hour SWAT standoff
By TOI staff and AP
Campaign sign for Jewish Ohio congressional candidate Lawrence Cohen was defaced with a swastika in May 2018. (Screen capture: Ohio Channel 10 News)
May 10, 2018, 5:51 pm
Campaign sign for Ohio Jewish candidate defaced with swastika
Lawrence Cohen, running for Ohio’s 12th Congressional District, says it was ‘a hate crime and it’s extremely disturbing’
By JTA
A photo collection of 'GOY' license plates spotted by Marshall Weiss. (Courtesy)
August 30, 2017, 1:46 am
Bureau of Motor Vehicles sends a Jew on a ‘goy’ ride
Amid a climate of ‘hate-baiting’ in the US, a bizarre choice of license plate numbers is driving one reporter up the walls
By Marshall Weiss
Emily Pomeranz’s dying wish was for a very specific milkshake. (Facebook)
August 3, 2017, 4:43 am
Milkshake travels 400 miles to fulfill hospice patient’s last wish
A good friend and a restaurant owner in Cleveland team up to put a big smile on the face of 50-year-old Emily Pomeranz
By Marcy Oster
Ohio House of Representatives Chamber. (Wikipedia/Joshua Rothaas/CC BY 2.0)
December 2, 2016, 2:38 am
Ohio House of Representatives approves anti-BDS bill
Measure sails through with 81-13 vote, celebrated by sponsor as bolstering state’s economy
By JTA
Woosh co-founder and CEO Itay Tayas-Zamir (L) with Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley at the launch of Woosh Water Stations at Sinclair Community College in Dayton on February 1, 2016. (Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer)
February 11, 2016, 1:12 am
Ohio campus goes beta over Israeli start-up water system
In what it hopes will be a cascade of cooperation, the Dayton Region Israel Trade Alliance brings Woosh water stations to Sinclair Community College
By Marshall Weiss
June 13, 2014, 4:26 am
Ohio breaks own Israel Bonds buying record
Buckeye State sinks $47.8 million in investment into Jewish state, shatters 2013 buy of $42 million
By JTA
President Shimon Peres meets with Marcia Fudge, chair of the US Congressional Black Caucus, at the president's residence in Jerusalem, February 18, 2014. (photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO/Flash90)
February 21, 2014, 4:15 am
From small-town mayor to pro-Israel congresswoman
A pro-Israel group brought Marcia Fudge to Israel when she was still the mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio. Today she heads the Congressional Black Caucus
By Raphael Ahren
The Obamas light a menorah for Hanukkah 2009 (photo credit: whitehouse.gov)
December 9, 2012, 1:30 am
Obama congratulates Jews as Hanukkah festivites commence worldwide
President evokes ‘the powerful story of the Maccabees’; Netanyahu lights menorah, says Israel ‘a steadfast light for the Jewish people’
By TOI staff and AP
Poland's chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, center, lights the first candle celebrating the beginning of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, on Grzybowski square in Warsaw, Saturday. (photo credit: AP/Alik Keplicz)
December 8, 2012, 9:29 pm
Hanukkah festivities begin with candle-lighting worldwide
As New York City Jews usher in the start of the holiday with the ceremonial lighting of 32-foot menora, Jews elsewhere celebrate in different ways
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