Pro-Palestinian protest campaign beats out goal in Wisconsin Democratic primary with more than 47,000 ‘uninstructed’ votes
The campaign opposed to U.S. support for Israel attracted 8.4% of Wisconsin Democratic primary voters
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Fast Forward Herb Kohl, former U.S. senator and Milwaukee Bucks owner, dies at 88
The son of immigrants, whose family founded the Kohl's department stores, loved his hometown so much he bought its basketball team to keep it there.
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Sports Packers running back talks Hebrew schooling in very Jewish podcast appearance
AJ Dillon's got crazy quads, a popping TikTok and ... afikoman prizes?
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Community Morrie Arnovich, not Jacob Steinmetz, was baseball’s first Orthodox player
The Associated Press, the Jewish media and ESPN have all got a sports story wrong. Over the past month, all these outlets have reported that Long Island’s Jacob Steinmetz is, according to an AP headline, “The First Known Drafted Practicing Orthodox Jew,” and that, per JTA, Elie Kligman is the second Orthodox Jew in the…
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News Synagogue vandal in Racine, Wis. called it ‘Operation Kristallnacht’
The trial of a young man accused of vandalizing a synagogue has revealed the thought process behind a neo-Nazi group’s decision last fall to accelerate its activities. Yousef Omar Barasneh, 22, a member of the group known as the Base, pleaded guilty last month to spray-painting anti-Semitic messages and swastikas on the walls of the…
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News A Kenosha rabbi speaks, as violence surrounds her synagogue
The killings in Kenosha, Wis. on Tuesday night of two people protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake happened one block from Kenosha’s historic synagogue. Beth Hillel Temple sits on a park along with a library and other public buildings. The Reform synagogue’s position in the center of this small, lakefront town is no accident….
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi pleads guilty to vandalizing Wisconsin synagogue
(JTA) — A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty to federal charges that he vandalized a synagogue as part of his involvement in a white supremacist and neo-Nazi group. Yousef Barasneh was arrested in January as part of a nationwide investigation into The Base, which planned to carry out coordinated vandalism of synagogues across the country in…
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Fast Forward Jewish groups offer $5K reward for info on Althea Bernstein attack
Jewish groups have raised $5,000 to offer as a reward for information in connection to last week’s alleged attack in Madison, Wisc. on Black Jewish teenager Althea Bernstein, local TV station WISC reported Tuesday. The money is being put up by Mizel Family Foundation and the Center for Combating Antisemitism, which is part of the…
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