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The campus of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 21, 2019. (Warren LeMay via Creative Commons)
May 28, 2026, 3:20 pm
A rabbinical school turf war brews in Ohio over Hebrew Union College’s assets
The College for Contemporary Judaism files a motion in a state lawsuit in hopes of taking over the Cincinnati campus.
By Andrew Lapin
The campus of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 21, 2019. (Warren LeMay via Creative Commons)
April 16, 2026, 1:06 pm
As Ohio tries to block closure of Reform seminary, a new rabbinical school emerges in Cincinnati
The College for Contemporary Judaism pledges to fill a role soon to be vacated by the Reform movement’s historic midwest flagship.
By Andrew Lapin
he Klau Library on the Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. (Credit: Klau Library/Wikipedia)
April 15, 2026, 1:38 pm
Ohio attorney general sues Hebrew Union College again
“We’re suing to keep these assets in Cincinnati where they belong,” the state prosecutor’s office said of the school’s shuttering Cincinnati campus.
By Mike Wagenheim
Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) sign at its headquarters building entrance in Washington, D.C. DC Stock Photograph/Shutterstock.
February 25, 2026, 4:15 pm
ADL ‘appalled’ CAIR leader invokes blood libel before Ohio state Senate
The antisemitic group's Ohio executive director accused Israel of operating the "largest human skin bank in the world."
Ohio State University (Robert Chriss, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)
August 19, 2025, 11:28 am
Man admits to hate crime for antisemitic attack on Jewish students at Ohio State
A Title VI complaint against OSU alleged that assailants shouted “free Palestine” during the November 2023 incident.
By Grace Gilson
The antisemitic grafitti at an Applebee's in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. (Courtesy of April Dunn)
April 28, 2025, 3:51 pm
Ohio Applebee’s defaced with antisemitic graffiti reading ‘Jews work here’
The CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton called the vandalism “devastating.”
By Grace Gilson
The skyline of Cincinnati (Getty Images); inset: Rabbi Ari Jun. (Courtesy)
March 9, 2025, 12:38 pm
Cincinnati rabbi disinvited from rally against Nazis over his support for Israel
Rabbi Ari Jun is a self-described liberal Zionist who has advocated for the Palestinians.
By Sam Fisher and Lonny Goldsmith
A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon. (Photo by NASA/Aubrey Gemignani via Flickr at https://rb.gy/7f5sna)
March 28, 2024, 5:49 pm
Path of totality is leading locals to Ohio for April 8 eclipse
Next time it will be this good in Cleveland is 2444
By Adam Reinherz
Rabbi William Lebeau (right) provides a character witness testimony on behalf of Rabbi Stephen Weiss (left) at Weiss' sentencing hearing for crimes of soliciting underage sex, Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 27, 2023. Weiss was sentenced to six months in prison. (Screenshot)
March 2, 2023, 11:16 am
Cleveland rabbi sentenced to prison for soliciting underage sex
A prominent Conservative rabbi was his character witness.
By Andrew Lapin
Rabbi Alexander Popivker (right) with his wife, Sarah, mounting a pro-Israel display on the campus of Cleveland State University. (Courtesy of Alex Popivker)
February 16, 2023, 3:44 pm
Rabbi arrested for his anti-Palestinian activism
He confessed on Instagram that he had stolen a Palestinian banner from the student center at Cleveland State University.
By Andrew Lapin
Butler County Courthouse in Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. 28, 2015. (Greg Hume via Creative Commons)
February 7, 2023, 12:30 pm
Was this Ohio magistrate fired for being Jewish? A federal jury said yes.
The jury took less than a day to deliberate.
By Andrew Lapin
A group of men protest outside of Rep. Casey Weinstein’s home. (Courtesy of Cleveland Jewish News)
February 15, 2022, 2:15 pm
‘Christian veterans’ protest outside Jewish politician’s home as priest compares vaccine mandates to Nazis
Weinstein: “They are a political operation masquerading as a church. They are anti-vax and their ‘pastor’ spoke vehemently against our schools last cycle."
By Stephen Langel, Ron Kampeas and Andrew Lapin
July 24, 2019, 10:35 am
Ohio man accused of ‘inappropriate behavior’ with minors
Sues rabbis and synagogues for defamation
By Ed Carroll
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