Tag: Kentucky
Rep. Massie accused of antisemitism after sharing controversial meme
An image shared on social media featuring rapper Drake rejecting one idea while embracing another—often used to identify alleged hypocrisy—has generated condemnation across the political spectrum after a Republican legislator used it to claim that Congress...
In aftermath of deadly flooding, Kentucky governor cancels planned trip to Israel
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and his wife, Britainy, canceled a planned trip to Israel after devastating floods hit the eastern part of his state late last week, killing at least 37 people, including four...
Jewish groups provide relief, physically and emotionally, after tornado devastation in Kentucky
The last time Rabbi Shlomo Litvin, co-director of Chabad of the Bluegrass, had been in Hopkinsville, Ky., he was joined by thousands of other people to see a total eclipse.
He returned to the area...
Kentucky Rep. Massie tweets out analogy between mask-wearing and Holocaust
A member of the U.S. House of Representatives is under fire for a tweet that compared coronavirus restrictions to the murder of 6 million Jews during the Holocaust.
The black-and-white image posted by Rep. Thomas...
After facing threats, Kentucky rabbi set to offer educational courses on anti-Semitism
After denouncing racist, anti-Semitic fliers left around his community earlier this month and then being threatened by a neo-Nazi leader, Rabbi Shlomo Litvin of Lexington, Ky., aims to educate others on what Judaism and...