Illinois

Experts at Sotheby's verified the plate is from around 1775.

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has agreed to extend its nondiscrimination policies to protect Jewish students from harassment based on Zionist aspects of their identity.

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"We might be tired the next day, but they won’t stop us from proudly being Jews."

One man told the council he "saw a rabbi crawl out of a sewer with blood on his face."

The students will engage in various volunteer activities, including working on farms, providing support to families of soldiers, assisting in hospitals, and preparing care packages for the military.

The lapse of the program is drawing criticism from Jewish leaders in the state, including some who initially did not go to bat for it.

"Detectives were able to determine that both victims in this brutal attack were targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict," according to local sheriffs.

71-year-old Joseph Czuba is believed to have killed the 6-year-old in a hate crime motivated by the ongoing conflict in Israel.

The latest FBI statistics revealed 101 reported hate crimes in 2020, targeting various communities, marking an 80% increase from 2020.