Ohio

US Supreme Court agrees to hear case of Ohio Jew forbidden from holding home minyan

"If local governments can shut them down with a cease-and-desist order before anyone can challenge them in court, every single one of those gatherings is at risk," the Alliance Defending Freedom said

An illustrative photograph of a man wearing tefillin
OLD WEST End Festival 2010.

Several wounded in Ohio shooting near festival, police seeking suspect

The interior of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple in Beachwood, Ohio, designed by the architect Percival Goodman. The building has been sold and the property is slated to become senior housing.

Cleveland-area Jews are about to lose an iconic mid-century synagogue building - opinion

Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Casey Putsch during an interview on NBC4 Columbus, May 1, 2026.

Casey Putsch, candidate who asked Grok to praise Hitler, loses in Ohio GOP primary


Ohio boy who planned synagogue attack ordered by judge to write book report

The judge sentence the boy to a year of probation and ordered that he submit a book report to the probation department about Carl Lutz.

 Ohio state flag

Ohio boy, 13, faces hearing on charges of planning mass shooting at synagogue

The plan was allegedly posted on the messaging platform Discord and subsequently reported to law enforcement.

Skyline of Akron, Ohio.

Ohio church shows its love for the IDF, Cincinnati Bengals NFL team

“Who Dey,” to football cognoscenti, is the iconic cheer used by fans of the Bengals to indicate their approval when the team scores or wins a game.

 HAMMER presents an Israeli flag to Pastor Ray Phillips (Stratford)

Ohio couple moves to Israel to make a dent, and couldn't be happier

The Jerusalem residents, who made aliyah in February, started making a dent in Cincinnati, Ohio. Now they're trying to do the same in Israel.

 NELLIE NEEMAN-BOCHNER, 57, AND GLENN BOCHNER, 61 FROM CINCINNATI TO JERUSALEM, FEBRUARY 2023

Jewish students assaulted and Hillel targeted at Ohio State

The attackers uttered the words “K–e Zionist” and asked the victims what their religion was.

 Ohio State University

Swastikas found on gravestones at Cleveland Jewish cemetery

The Cleveland Jewish Federation called the vandalism "absolutely sickening."

Swastika on a wall (illustrative)

Two antisemitic incidents near Ohio State University within 24 hours

The first of these incidents was an assault on two students "near 15th Avenue and High Street." One of the students was treated at the Wexner Medical Center.

University Hall on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio (United States).

Abortion rights advocates, Democrats score wins in US elections

Democrats and abortion rights advocates notched a string of electoral victories on Tuesday – including in conservative Ohio and Kentucky.

 Abortion rights protesters participate in nationwide demonstrations following the leaked Supreme Court opinion suggesting the possibility of overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, in Atlanta, Georgia, US,  May 14, 2022

Hebrew Union College to end 4 graduate programs, including 2 in Cincinnati

Rehfeld cited “financial constraints” and enrollment among the reasons for discontinuing the programs.

 The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019. Under a new proposal, HUC is considering ending its rabbinical program in Cincinnati but maintaining the archives.

Ohio high school football coach resigns after players use ‘Nazi’ in play calls

In 2021 a Boston-area school was found to have used terms including “Auschwitz,” “yarmulke” and “rabbi” in its own plays for at least a decade.

 Beachwood High School is located in one of the country's most Jewish suburbs.