Six weeks ago, Judith West, who is in her 80s, lost her husband. For any adult, that kind of transition can be isolating and anxiety-inducing. But for West, the loss was exacerbated by the rapid escalation of coronavirus and its associated restrictions. “For me personally, it’s a double whammy,” she said in an interview. “Now,…
(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…
(JTA) — An Ohio man was arrested after he appeared in a post on Instagram to threaten an attack on a local Jewish Community Center. James P. Reardon Jr., 20, was arrested early Saturday in connection with the threat on the Youngstown JCC. He is being held on charges of telecommunications harassment and aggravated menacing,…
A basketball coach at a Jewish community center on Long Island was arrested and charged with assault and endangering the welfare of a child after allegedly punching a 10-year-old, News 12 Long Island reported Monday. The incident allegedly took place at the Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center in Greenvale. According to police, the boy said…
LeBron James is still grateful for his high school coach — whom he first met at his local Jewish Community Center, the Wall Street Journal reported. After getting fired from Central Michigan University, the only coaching job Keith Dambrot could get was at the Akron, Ohio, JCC. He offered free clinics on Sundays, which soon…
Updated 5:15 p.m. A Jewish community center in southern California is evaluating an allegation that a top official at a summer camp it was associated with had sexual encounters with an underage female camper for several years more than 35 years ago, the Forward has learned. The Alpert JCC in Long Beach is investigating the…
The Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia was vandalized with 19 spray-painted swastikas early Saturday morning. JCC employees discovered the vandalism when they were opening up the building that day. Security footage captured a suspect spray-painting the swastikas at around 4:30 a.m. Police are working to identify the culprit. The JCC was also hit with…
(JTA) — A Wisconsin man was charged with mailing threats to a Jewish Community Center in the state. A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Chadwick Grubbs, 33, for mailing threats on three different days in May to the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. Grubbs already is…
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