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13-year-old accused of plotting mass shooting at Temple Israel synagogue

Originally posted by USA Today

CANTON ‒ A 13-year-old is accused of planning a mass shooting at Temple Israel, a synagogue in Ohio.

The teen faces juvenile counts of inducing panic and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors after the threat was discovered around Sept. 1, according to cour…

Skokie kosher shop EJ's Pizzeria vandalized with swastika

Originally posted by abc7Chicago

SKOKIE, Ill. (WLS) -- The owner of a north suburban kosher pizzeria said he won't be deterred by vandals after an employee discovered a disturbing symbol drawn on the window of his shop.

"One of my workers was back here, cleaning the tables from last night,…

Former Chicago Mayor's Michigan home spray-painted with the word ‘Nazis’

Originally posted by Chicago Sun Times

The fence outside the Michigan vacation home of former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan and one of the nation’s most prominent Jewish political figures, was spray-painted with the word “Nazis.”

Emanuel was not at the cott…

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…