(JTA) — A Little Caesars restaurant in Brook Park, Ohio, has fired two employees who made a swastika out of pepperoni slices on a couple’s pizza. So my husband stopped at #LittleCaesars for a quick bite, husband brings this home! I’m truly disappointed. This is truly saddening and disturbing and not funny at all! These…
(JTA) — Amy Acton, the Jewish Department of Health director in Ohio who came under fire for the stay-at-home orders to stem the coronavirus crisis, including armed protesters carrying signs with anti-Semitic messages, has resigned. Acton, whose resignation was official on Thursday, will become the chief health adviser to Gov. Mike DeWine. Since the start…
(JTA) — The director of the Health Department in Ohio has taken heat for her stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic, with comparisons to Nazi Germany and protests at her home referencing a New Testament passage about the Jews plotting Jesus’ death. Now the state’s House of Representatives has passed a bill that limits the…
Protesters gathered in front of the home of Dr. Amy Acton, the head of Ohio’s health department, on Saturday afternoon to push back against state rules that are keeping businesses closed in order to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. Protesters and politicians who oppose the state rules have targeted Acton, who is Jewish,…
(JTA) — A park in suburban Cleveland was vandalized with swastikas and anti-Jewish statements. The graffiti on Veterans Memorial Park in Parma also included obscene images, racist epithets, the Confederate flag and the words “I love Hitler,” “F**k the Jews” and “Jewish Nazi Anne Frank.” A Jewish woman from Cleveland first noticed the vandalism in…
An Ohio man who was convicted of an anti-Semitic hate crime has gone missing before he was supposed to report to prison. The FBI issued an arrest warrant for Izmir Koch and is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to his detention, Fox 19 in Cincinnati reported Monday. Koch was convicted in December 2018…
A doctor whose job offer was withdrawn after the hospital discovered her history of anti-Semitic tweets is seeking a hearing with the State Medical Board of Ohio, the Cleveland Jewish News reported Monday. An attorney for Dr. Lana Kollab confirmed that she had requested a board hearing but declined to reveal what course of action…
(JTA) — An Ohio man who identifies with the white nationalist movement pleaded not guilty to charges related to threatening a local Jewish community center in a video posted on social media. James P. Reardon Jr., 20, appeared in court on Monday after being arrested early Saturday in connection with the threat on the Youngstown…
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