Tag: Indiana
RJC spends $1 million against former Indiana Republican congressman
“Deeply troubled” by John Hostettler’s record, the Republican Jewish Coalition announced a $1 million ad buy against the former Indiana Republican congressman in the state’s Republican primary.
The RJC called Hostettler “anti-Israel” and is supporting...
Indiana governor should veto ‘toothless’ Jew-hatred bill, attorney general says
Indiana state senators have turned a bill, which was originally written to protect Jewish students from “ruthless, antisemitic attacks that have increased since the horrific slaughter of Israelis on Oct. 7,” into “a toothless...
Indiana Jew-hatred bill heads to governor without IHRA examples
The Indiana state House voted unanimously on Friday to approve an amended antisemitism bill, which includes the text of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism but not its accompanying 11 examples.
House Bill 1002, which now...
Indiana man arrested for antisemitic threats
Jeffrey Stevens, 41, allegedly sent messages to the CIA and to the Fort Wayne Police Department, in Indiana, threatening to murder Jews and pro-Israel government officials.
According to a complaint, filed on Feb. 12 with...
Indiana University Hillel distributes free mezuzah cases to students, faculty
Hillel at Indiana University launched a project to distribute free mezuzah cases on campus as a show of solidarity with the Jewish community against anti-Semitism.
The red mezuzahs, which have a sticker on them that says “I stand...
Indiana’s expansion of school-choice program to empower Jewish parents, students
Jewish day-school advocates are among those celebrating Indiana’s expansion of its school-choice programs to allow some 90 percent of families in the Hoosier state to receive state-funded vouchers.
As part of the new budget, families...
Yad Vashem and University of Notre Dame to advance Holocaust studies
Yad Vashem in Jerusalem is scheduled to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indiana-based University of Notre Dame and its global network to increase and encourage advanced Holocaust education and research across...
Man sentenced to three years in prison for vandalism at Indiana synagogue
A 21-year-old man was sentenced on Monday to three years in prison for vandalizing a synagogue last year in Carmel, Ind.
Nolan Brewer pleaded guilty to the federal hate crime for spray-paintinga large Nazi flag and...