Ohio

Ohio Senate race between Israel supporters becomes proxy battle for AIPAC versus J Street

While Republican Sen. Jon Husted is technically the incumbent, many voters see Democrat Sherrod Brown as the incumbent.

"I Voted" stickers are seen on a table on the last day of early voting at the Cuyahoga Board of Elections on November 1, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio.
People cast their ballots on the first day of early voting for the US midterm elections, in New York, on October 24, 2026.

US midterm elections 2026: Four key House races that could determine control of Congress

US President Donald Trump points toward supporters at the end of a campaign rally for US Senator Jon Husted (R-OH) and gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy in Youngstown, Ohio, US, October 12, 2026

Trump backs Ramaswamy attack ad as Republican Ohio governor condemns it

The headquarters of The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is seen in Washington, D.C. Sunday, 16th May 2021

US government sues Ohio hospital over wrongful firing of surgeon for 'being Jewish'


White supremacists sentenced for plan to attack US electric substations

The two men had joined an online neo-Nazi community before planning the attack.

An electrical substation.

Two men sentenced for planning to attack US electric substations

Their plan was to attack substations with powerful rifles, which they believed would result in millions of dollars in damages while causing civil unrest, but they never carried out any attacks.

 The FBI seal is seen at its headquarters before a news conference by Director Christopher Wray on the US Justice Department inspector general's report about the FBI's actions in the 2016 US election in Washington.

Cleveland rabbi sentenced to prison for soliciting underage sex

Among those who testified on Stephen Weiss’ behalf in a bid for leniency was a prominent rabbi in the Conservative movement.

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Ohio Police Dept. decorates car with quote falsely attributed to MLK

The quote is absent from a Stanford University list of quotes by King regarding the subjects of war and peace.

DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

Ohio is investigating a Nazi homeschooling network that teaches children to love Hitler

The “dissidents” are a group of Nazi parents who share homeschooling lesson plans extolling the virtues of Hitler and white nationalism.

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Expanded cardiovascular benefits shown when wearing tefillin - study

Research from the University of Cincinnati shows health benefits from Jewish tradition.

An illustrative photograph of a man wearing tefillin

New Jersey, Ohio join other states in banning TikTok from state devices

Calls to ban TikTok from government devices gained steam after US FBI Director Christopher Wray said in November it poses national security risks.

TikTok logo is displayed on the smartphone while standing on the US flag in this illustration picture taken, November 8, 2019.

In Ohio, ‘zoombombing’ a religious service can now net jail time

The law, “Increasing Penalties for Disturbing a Religious Service,” passed last week unanimously in the state Senate. It had previously passed in the state House, 95-1.

 A family takes part in a Zoom shiva.

Couple married 79-years passes away within 20 hours of each other

Hubert and June Malicote passed away holding hands after 79 years of marriage out of which they were never apart for 77.

 Hubert and June reminiscing on nearly 80 years together.

Ohio Jews applaud new state penalties for disrupting religious services

Under the bill, which passed the Ohio House in April by 95-1 and is up for approval currently in the state’s Senate, disrupting a religious gathering would become a first-degree misdemeanor.

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