Tag: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s presidential primary conflicts with Passover
Pennsylvania State Rep. Jared Solomon doesn’t want to have “to choose between celebrating Passover and going to the polls.”
The Jewish Democrat, who represents Philadelphia in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly, is one of many prominent voices in the...
Pennsylvania announces first Jewish Legislative Caucus
For the first time, Pennsylvania’s state legislature has created a Jewish Legislative Caucus to advance issues of concern to the keystone state’s Jewish community. State Rep. Dan Frankel (D-Allegheny) and State Sen. Judy Schwank...
Pennsylvania man sentenced to 18 months in jail for online threats against Jews
A man from Lehighton, Pa., was sentenced by a U.S. District Court judge to 18 months in prison for making Internet threats against Jews.
Corbin Kauffman, 32, received his sentencing on Tuesday after pleading guilty to one...
Lawyer cites satire in defense of Dickinson student’s anti-Semitic Holocaust video
The lawyer representing a student who attends Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., now under investigation by the school for anti-Semitic comments he made in a video praising the Holocaust, said the clip was meant to be...
Pennsylvanians glory in their election role
It is almost all up to the surviving Pennsylvanians whose votes have yet to be counted. That means me.
My head swelled for awhile as Joe Biden, Donald Trump and their surrogates traversed Pennsylvania’s 46,000...
Orthodox synagogue in Harrisburg is defaced with swastika
Police in Harrisburg, Pa., are investigating the vandalism of a local synagogue.
Swastikas were spray-painted on the exterior of Kesher Israel Synagogue, an Orthodox congregation. The graffiti was removed shortly after it was found on...
Pennsylvania state lawmaker apologizes for comparing Wolf administration to Nazis
A Pennsylvania state representative apologized on Tuesday for comparing the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf to the Nazis and other repressive regimes as part of his accusation that the governor was not being transparent...
Gov. Wolf to carry Tree of Life ‘mezuzah’ to Holocaust memorials in Eastern Europe
When visiting Holocaust memorials in Lithuania and Poland this week, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf will bring along the mezuzah hat was on the office door of Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue...
Hundreds of Jewish students, parents, administrators urge Pennsylvania lawmakers to increase security funding
Hundreds of students from Jewish day schools and yeshivahs descended on the Pennsylvania’s state capital in Harrisburg recently as part of the Orthodox Union’s Teach PA delegation to advocate for increased security funding for nonpublic schools...