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Indiana governor should veto ‘toothless’ Jew-hatred bill, attorney general says

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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

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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

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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...
Landmark campus clock and logo on the campus of the University of Indiana. Credit: Ken Wolter/Shutterstock.

Indiana University Hillel distributes free mezuzah cases to students, faculty

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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...
The Indiana state capitol building. Credit: SJ Harris/Shutterstock.

Indiana’s expansion of school-choice program to empower Jewish parents, students

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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...
The “Hall of Names” commemorating victims of the Holocaust at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Photo: David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons.

Yad Vashem and University of Notre Dame to advance Holocaust studies

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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...
A Nazi swastika and iron crosses spray-painted on Congregation Shaarey Tefilla in Carmel, Ind. Credit: Debby Barton Grant via Facebook.

Man sentenced to three years in prison for vandalism at Indiana synagogue

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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...