University of Cincinnati ‘repeatedly misapplied’ law addressing campus bigotry The U.S. Department of Education's review of the roughly two dozen complaints made against the school “raised concerns that university practices did not appear designed to remedy any hostile environment.” Dec. 23, 2024
FBI offers $10,000 for tips leading to arrest of Ohio cemetery vandals U.S. President Joe Biden said the "despicable" and "vile" desecration of graves at two Jewish cemeteries "is antisemitism." July 5, 2024
Ohio AG: Hebrew Union plan to sell rare books may break law “Their sale would not only betray donor trust but also may violate legal restrictions placed on the gifts,” said Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. June 10, 2024
Efforts underway to launch new seminary for Reform movement in Cincinnati “It’s not a challenge. It’s a crisis,” Micah Greenstein, senior rabbi at Temple Israel in Memphis, Tenn., said of the struggle to replace retiring rabbis. June 5, 2024
MLB’s first Israeli coach brings attention to hostages Stitched onto Alon Leichman's glove are the words "Bring Them Home Now!" April 1, 2024
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Ohio museum is free “Just as hatred can be taught, so too can humanity,” said Kara Driscoll, marketing and events director at the Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center. Menachem Wecker Jan. 10, 2024
Johnny Bench apologizes for ‘insensitive’ Jewish penny-pinching remark The baseball legend cracked what he considered a joke at a Cincinnati Reds ceremony over the weekend. July 17, 2023
Reform movement to end rabbinical training program in Cincinnati The movement will continue to train rabbis at its campuses in New York and Los Angeles. April 13, 2022
Russian-American attacker on the lam, wanted by FBI, aims to ‘slaughter’ Jews Izmir Ali Koch, 34, was sentenced in July to two-and-a-half years behind bars for assaulting what he assumed as a Jewish man outside the Mirage Mediterranean Restaurant in Cincinnati on Feb. 4, 2017. Sept. 11, 2019