Tennessee

Jewish Rep. Steve Cohen will not run for reelection after Tennessee GOP redraws his district

Rep. Steve Cohen, whose Memphis-area district is being splintered into three different districts, is one of a handful of Jewish Democratic casualties of the mid-decade redistricting sprint.

Rep. Steve Cohen  gestures during a news conference in his office on Capitol Hill on May 15, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Memphis Grizzlies power forward Brandon Clarke (15) warms up before the game against the Washington Wizards at FedExForum, Dec 20, 2025.

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke dies at age 29

The SpaceX building, as the company prepares to file for an initial public offering (IPO), in Hawthorne, California, April 23, 2026.

SpaceX warns that inquiries into sexually abusive AI imagery may hurt market access

The Tennessee State Capitol building pictured in 2022.

Tennessee legislature passes bill mandating Judea and Samaria terminology in state communications


Tennessee Jews to sue after being denied adoption due to their faith

Tennessee court rules couple has the right to sue state after foster care agency denied them services because they are Jewish.

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Jewish communities must bolster security against antisemitic attacks - opinion

Jewish communities and facilities are frequently targets of antisemitic attacks but we don't have to be victims.

 A Memphis police cruiser.

Memphis Jewish school shooting suspect saw cops kill his father in 2003

The man who tried to enter Margolin Hebrew Academy with a gun was Joel Bowman, who saw his father killed by Memphis police in 2003.

 Memphis, Tennessee (illustrative).

Rabbi Craig Lewis: Classy reform rabbi in Chattanooga

Lewis: “In Chattanooga, we do have very strong synagogues, a very strong federation and a lot of folks committed to it.”

 Rabbi Lewis and his wife, Jennifer, celebrating with their son Eden as he became bar mitzvah on June 12, 2021.

'Queen of rock 'n' roll' Tina Turner dies at 83

Turner began her career in the 1950s during the early years of rock and roll and evolved into an MTV phenomenon.

 Tina Turner performs during her "Wildest Dream" tour concert in Basel, Switzerland July 5, 1996.

In Tennessee, guns are winning and children are losing - opinion

Even common-sense reforms like red flag laws, background checks, raising the minimum age for gun purchases and assault rifle bans are apparently too radical.

 PROTESTERS GATHER outside the Tennessee State Capitol to call for an end to gun violence and stronger gun laws, after a deadly shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, last month.

Tennessee Democratic lawmakers expelled over gun-control protest hope to reclaim seats

Representatives Jones and Pearson hoped to be reappointed by their districts to serve in their seats until they could run again in special elections

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville shooting spurs US schools to review security -- again

Ron Avi Astor, a University of California, Los Angeles professor who studies school violence said small schools in vulnerable Jewish and Muslim communities have created subtle barriers to entry.

 Children run past an ambulance near the Covenant School after a shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, US March 27, 2023

7 dead after school shooting in Nashville, officials say

Two officers from a five-member team shot the assailant in a lobby area, and the suspect was pronounced dead by 10:27 a.m.

 Police officers arrive at the Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, after reports of a shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, US March 27, 2023

Jews responsible for slavery, antisemitic flyers at US university claim

The watchdog organization StopAntisemitism wrote on Twitter, "this is the EXACT hateful rhetoric that Kyrie Irving helped spread."

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