By Sam Fisher, Cincy Jewfolk A Springboro man faces charges of ethnic intimidation and menacing following an incident outside a Jewish school in Golf Manor. Jackson Mettler, 19 of Springboro, was charged in connection with a May 4 incident at Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati on Section Road. “A Jewish child should

By Casey Couch, Cleveland Jewish News The Anti-Defamation League’s annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents found that antisemitic incidents across Ohio dropped sharply in the last year, falling 47% from 394 incidents in 2024 to 209 in 2025, according to data released on May 6. In a statement, ADL Regional Director

Miami Valley Jewish Genealogy & History, a project of the Jewish Federation, will cohost two programs to help Jewish genealogy researchers at all levels. In partnership with the newly revived Greater Cincinnati Jewish Genealogical Society, Miami Valley JG&H will cosponsor its inaugural event, Ancestry Meets AI: Tracing Your Roots Using

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Nearly every seat in Beth Boruk Temple’s 100-seat sanctuary was full: a rarity these days. It was the first bar mitzvah at the Richmond, Ind. congregation in more than a decade. The dozen or so congregants here in Wayne County just across the

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer The owner of Middletown Plaza shopping center removed from a vacant area of the property a tractor trailer on Nov. 18 that was tagged with “Was Hitler Right” and a swastika. Middletown Police received reports about the tagged truck the previous weekend. “Once

An interview with Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center CEO Jackie Congedo By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer With more than 500 original artifacts from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland and 20 institutions around the world, the exhibition Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. makes a Midwest stop

Dayton-area rabbi and mom says children at her congregation have heard antisemitic comments from classmates returning from LifeWise. By Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal LifeWise Academy, a Hilliard-based religious instruction program, will be in almost half of Ohio’s public school districts this school year. The academy will now be in

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Aug. 19 upheld the $1 million verdict in favor of a former Butler County Common Pleas Court magistrate who claimed she was fired because she’s Jewish, the Hamilton Journal-News reported. A U.S. District Court jury in Cincinnati sided with Kimberly Edelstein in the

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Richmond, Ind. Police believe the swatter who called in a bomb threat that evacuated Richmond’s Walmart July 19 is the same individual who, beginning June 24, placed multiple swatting calls claiming to hold Jewish hostages in Richmond, that he was armed with firearms

A Title VI complaint against OSU alleged that assailants shouted “free Palestine” during the November 2023 incident. By Grace Gilson, JTA A Tipp City man pleaded guilty Aug. 15 to a federal hate crime for assaulting two Jewish students at The Ohio State University in November 2023 after asking if