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The entrance to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City in 2014. Credit: Beyond My Ken via Wikimedia Commons.
US hospitals fire doctor, nurse for anti-Israel vitriol
Mount Sinai's Lila Abassi said Hamas terrorists were "freedom fighters" while Camesha Hart of Portland called advocates of Israel vermin.
Canaan Lidor
March 31, 2025
The New York Police Department at work in the morning of the first day of the 79th General Assembly Debate on Sept. 24, 2024. Credit: Loey Felipe/U.N. Photo.
Oregon man pleads guilty to bomb threat against Jewish NYC hospitals
“It’s important for Jews and non-Jews to see this kind of case come to closure in this way,” Jessica Anderson, of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, told JNS.
Vita Fellig
Feb. 19, 2025
A gavel. Credit: Pixabay.
Oregon man faces three years after pleading guilty to Reconstructionist synagogue vandalism
On three occasions, Adam Braun, 34, spray painted antisemitic messages on and took a hammer to Temple Beth Israel in September 2023. 
Nov. 13, 2024
An FBI agent listens to the operation pre-briefing for Operation Dead Hand in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 2024. Credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Oregon man faces up to 155 years in prison for bomb threats against NY Jewish hospitals
“These alleged actions incited unnecessary hysteria and redirected limited resources to mitigate a false alarm,” according to the FBI.
Aug. 21, 2024
The mayors of cities in Massachusetts, South Carolina and Oregon visited Israel for four days, where they met with politicians, academics, business leaders, regional experts and the families of hostages being held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, April 2024. Credit: U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Delegation of US mayors visit Israel, talk to families of hostages
Jon Mitchell, the mayor of New Bedford, Mass., said the challenges of the Middle East “are more relevant than ever to Americans.”
April 16, 2024
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) speaks as part of a panel on financial technology at the Brookings Institution's Center on Regulation and Markets on Feb. 8, 2017. Credit: Paul Morigi/Brookings Institution.
Oregon senator slammed for Easter tweet on Israeli ‘indiscriminate’ bombing
“Instead of pushing absurd misinformation, Sen. Merkley should learn why spreading blood libel against Jews is so hateful and dangerous,” said B’nai B’rith International.
April 1, 2024
FBI logo. Credit: Dzelat/Shutterstock.
Oregon man charged with ‘repeatedly’ defacing Reconstructionist synagogue
Adam Edward Braun, 34, was arrested on Jan. 31.
March 8, 2024
FBI logo. Credit: Dzelat/Shutterstock.
Oregon police seize 28 guns from trans woman who allegedly threatened Jews, others
Elizabeth Ballesteros West, 56, is charged with interstate threat, for violent threats against Jews, black people and immigrants.
Jan. 22, 2024
Oregon House of Representatives. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Amendment to Oregon law adds teaching Jewish history in public schools
Although the state requires instruction about the Holocaust, “being Jewish should not be a World War II lesson,” a sixth-grader testified before the state legislature.
March 15, 2023