Cleveland
Cleveland Heights council advances loss of confidence resolution over mayor’s alleged antisemitism
This is due to a civil-rights complaint accusing the mayor's wife of calling Jewish officials “that Jewish b—h” and referring to an Orthodox commissioner as a “broodmare,” as reported by 3News.
Man burns books on Jewish history, including Anne Frank’s diary, in Jewish suburb of Cleveland
Swastikas found on gravestones at Cleveland Jewish cemetery
Violet Spevack, weekly chronicler of Cleveland Jewry for 50 years, dies at 107
Rabbi arrested, banned from Cleveland universities over his anti-Palestinian activism
The rabbi stole a banner which read "CSU Solidarity for Palestinian Rights” from the Palestinian Human Rights Organization.
Cleveland officer who posted 'salute to Hitler the great' won't be fired
The Cleveland mayor and police chief have also issued a statement on Quran's behavior.
'Salute to Hitler the great:' Cleveland 'cop of the year' investigated for antisemitic posts
"[Hitler] said 'I would have killed all the Jews of the world, but I kept some to show the world why I killed them,'" read a meme allegedly posted by a Cleveland police officer.
First Druze Jewish Agency envoy to the US spoke about Israel's fallen soldiers
Kamal Mreeh - the first senior Druze envoy of the Jewish Agency - spoke about the unique relationship between the Druze and Jewish populations in Israel.
US rabbi arrested for soliciting investigator posing as underage boy
The arrest comes amid a spate of recent revelations about misdeeds by rabbis in Ohio.
Cleveland Jewish News expands into Akron with acquisition of local paper
CJN’s publisher, the Cleveland Jewish Publication Company, announced Dec. 21 its plans to begin serving the Jewish population of Akron, Ohio.
If you want this delectable Jewish pastry, you’ll have to go to Cleveland
Even though Salon published a lively discussion in 2011 about the origins of Russian tea biscuits, the pastry’s full story remains a mystery
A private investigator observed a US synagogue during the High Holy Days
A private investigator was hired by an Ohio city to observe Jews entering and exiting a synagogue on Rosh Hashanah as part of an ongoing lawsuit and worshippers are outraged.
Jewish transgender transformation explored in new book
An observant Jewish kid's life is upended by two major life events: his parents’ accidental deaths followed by an act of terrorism that results in his bold decision to transition from male to female.
Man leaves $3,000 tip for a beer at Cleveland restaurant closing for virus
The restaurant owner called the "incredibly kind and grand gesture" unbelievable, but "symbolic of the kind of quality folks we have known at Nighttown all these years."
Suspects arrested in antisemitic vandalism of Cleveland Jewish buildings
"The University Heights Police Department condemns antisemitism and acts of ethnic intimidation."
