Minnesota
Homeless Man Pleads Guilty To Starting Synagogue Fire, Says It Was An Accident
Matthew Amiot pleaded guilty, without being offered a deal, because he wanted to be released from jail to attend a meeting to find housing.
GOP Senate Candidate: Republicans Have ‘Dual Loyalties’ To Israel
“You’ve got a number of dual citizens…in any other country that might be seen as a problem, but it’s not here because of that special relationship.”
Homeless Man Who Burned Down Minnesota Synagogue Charged With ‘Negligent Fires’
Matthew James Amiot, 36, was booked on suspicion of arson but the official charge is more lenient; he allegedly told police he set the fire in an
Update: Suspect Arrested In Minnesota Synagogue Fire On Arson Charge
“We wish the Duluth Jewish community a peaceful and restful Shabbat as we continue to offer our full support.”
Fire Destroys 120-Year-Old Minnesota Synagogue, Torah Scrolls Saved
The cause of the fire is unclear.
Minneapolis LGBTQ Bar Sees Protests Over Owner’s Anti-Semitic Facebook Posts
Owner Emad Abed once wrote, “Hitler should have finished them all.” Now, he says, “Most of my friends are Jewish, and I love them.”
Franken Gives First Public Speech Since Resigning To Minnesota Jewish Group
Franken did not discuss the facts and circumstances that led to his resignation from the Senate, as he has not in any forum since his resignation
University Of Minnesota Refuses To Rename Building Honoring Anti-Semitic Dean
Nicholson Hall is named after former dean Edward Nicholson, who shared a list of supposed “Jew agitators” with the F.B.I.
Family Of Businessman Irwin Jacobs ‘Hearbroken’ After Suspected Murder-Suicide
Jacobs’s longtime business partner said that when he spoke to him a few days ago, he seemed “upbeat.”
Businessman Irwin Jacobs, Wife Found Dead In Suspected Murder-Suicide
Jacobs said in 2014 that he expected to die in his house.
