A Republican congressman from North Carolina is asking the federal Department of Education to look into a conference hosted by two North Carolina universities that he claims had a “radical anti-Israel bias,” the Raleigh News & Observer reported. In a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Congressman George Holding asks for an investigation into…
Anti-Semitic posters were found on bookshelves and tables at a library at the University of North Carolina on Wednesday. It’s the second racist incident to occur at the school in the past two weeks. The posters, which warned of an “evil Jewish plot,” were condemned by the university administration. “I am extremely disappointed and appalled…
Members of the Jewish community in Asheville, North Carolina are angry that a local university has invited Women’s March co-president Tamika Mallory to be the main speaker for this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. week activities. “I was greatly dismayed that Dr. King’s legacy would be tainted by having Ms. Mallory, who is a friend…
(JTA) — A local woman has been arrested for vandalizing a Messianic synagogue in Cary, North Carolina, and damaging the property of other people due to her hatred of people of other religions. Lisa Marie Burns, 57, was arrested on Friday for allegedly throwing a rock through the window of Congregation of Shaarei Shalom and…
(JTA) — A synagogue in Cary, North Carolina that has been the target of threats before was vandalized, police said. The vandalism at Congregation of Shaarei Shalom in Cary was reported around 6 p.m. Thursday, CBS17 reported. The synagogue’s front door and windows were damaged. A board member told the television channel that an unidentified person threw…
An evangelical Christian pastor who apparently won a North Carolina congressional seat last month by a razor-thin margin may not be seated as serious voter fraud allegations rock the race. Republican Mark Harris, who infamously said Jews should embrace Jesus if they want peace in the land of Israel, led Democrat Don McCready by just…
Former Jewish Federations of North America chair Kathy Manning is projected to lose her North Carolina congressional race by a margin of 52%-45%. Manning, one of many Democratic Jewish women to run as first-time candidates this cycle, long trailed in the polls against one-term Republican Rep. Ted Budd but had managed to narrow the gap…
A Republican congressional candidate in a competitive race in North Carolina said in a sermon that there would be no peace in Israel unless Jews and Muslims converted to Christianity, CNN reported Friday. Mark Harris, who served as a Baptist pastor in Charlotte until resigning last year to run for office, recounted in 2011 his…
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