A man experiencing homelessness pleaded guilty on Tuesday to starting a fire that burned down a synagogue in Minnesota earlier this month, the Duluth News Tribune reported. Matthew Amiot said he was seeking shelter from the cold in a sukkah, a temporary dwelling built behind the Adas Israel Congregation in Duluth. He had tried to…
A U.S. Senate candidate once employed an anti-Semitic trope by accusing Republicans of having “dual loyalties” to Israel, CNN reported. Jason Lewis, a Republican from Minnesota and a former radio talk show host, said on his show in 2013 that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and a “very strong American Jewish lobby” cared about…
(JTA) — The homeless man charged with setting fire to a historic synagogue in northern Minnesota was sheltering in an alcove between the building and its sukkah. Matthew James Amiot, 36, used a lighter to set fire to what the criminal complaint said was “a variety of combustible materials” early on the morning of September…
(JTA) — A suspect was arrested in connection with the fire that burned to the ground a historic synagogue in northern Minnesota. The Adas Israel Synagogue in Duluth, Minnesota caught fire early on the morning of September 9. The building was more than 100 years old. Matthew James Amiot, 36, was arrested on Friday on…
Updated 4:30 p.m. A synagogue in northern Minnesota went up in flames on Monday. Adas Israel Congregation, an Orthodox synagogue in Duluth, Minnesota, was ablaze as of 2:22 Monday morning, the Duluth Fire Department said in a statement. Much of the building has been destroyed and the fire department is working to stabilize the structure…
A soon-to-open LGBTQ bar in Minneapolis has been the subject of heavy criticism in the local Jewish and gay communities after it was revealed that its owner had written several anti-Semitic Facebook posts. Cheers Minneapolis was scheduled to open at the end of the month during the city’s Pride weekend, but after the offending posts…
(JTA) — Al Franken addressed a Jewish group, reportedly the first public speech he has delivered since resigning from the Senate 19 months ago. He spoke on Sunday to the Jewish Family Service of St. Paul, Minnesota Post columnist Eric Black reported. Franken did not discuss the facts and circumstances that led to his resignation…
The regents of the University of Minnesota voted Friday not to re-name four buildings named after past college leaders with racist and anti-Semitic histories. After a two-hour public hearing, the regents voted 10-1 to keep the names of the Coffman Memorial Union, Nicholson Hall, Middlebrook Hall, and Coffey Hall, despite a 125-page report from a…
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