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U.P. man Seann Pietila guilty after threatening to kill Jews

Originally posted by: Detroit News

An Upper Peninsula teenager accused of posting online threats to attack and kill people at an East Lansing synagogue pleaded guilty to a federal crime Monday amid a rise in antiSemitism nationwide.

Seann Pietila, 19, of Pickford, pleaded guilty to one cou…

Vandals paint swastikas on headstones at Jewish cemetery in Brooklyn

Originally posted by: Cleveland.com

BROOKLYN, Ohio — Several headstones at a Jewish cemetery were desecrated with swastikas in what officials are calling a “cowardly act.”

According to a statement from the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, the vandalism occurred at the Chesed Shel Emet…

OSU adds security after students assaulted in apparent antisemitic attack

Originally posted by: News 5 Cleveland

On Thursday, two students were assaulted near The Ohio State University’s campus in an apparent antisemitic attack, and the school's Hillel center was vandalized, according to OSU President Peter Mohler.

The two students were allegedly assaulted Thu…

IMPD arrest woman for driving car into what she thought was a Jewish school

Originally posted by - Fox59

INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD officers arrested a woman, who they labeled a “terrorist,” after she drove her car into a building that she thought was a Jewish school.

However, the building is used by the Israelite School of Universal and Practical Knowledge which h…

Ohio man arrested after making antisemitic slurs at Jewish family

An Ohio man was taken into custody on Monday after making antisemitic slurs toward two families with Israeli flags displayed on their lawns.

Jacob Reidy, 39, was recorded on a Ring doorbell camera by one of the families before being arrested on charges related to criminal trespassing, accor…