Pennsylvania

What I told my children when our synagogue was graffitied with a swastika

Swastika vandalism shocks PA synagogue community, sparking reflection on antisemitism and support for Israel.

By ERIN BESER/JTA
02/04/2024

More than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Pennsylvania Capitol

All protesters were ordered by officers to disperse before being taken into custody, and many protestors wore shirts saying "divest from genocide."

UPenn professors embark on high-level faculty solidarity mission to Israel

‘We sought to bear comfort to our brothers and sisters in Israel and to more fully absorb the depth of this trauma’

By ATARA BECK
04/01/2024

John Fetterman: Hamas must go, I would be 'last man standing' for Israel

As an advocate of healthcare as a right and criminal justice reform, Fetterman says "I would be the last man standing to be absolutely there on the Israeli side on this with no conditions.

JFNA's Julie Platt to serve as Penn interim chair amid antisemitism probe

University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill and previous chair Scott Bok resigned after facing criticism over their handling of antisemitism issues.

10/12/2023

WATCH: Senator John Fetterman waves Israeli flag in front of pro-Palestinian protesters

Some of the demonstrators protesting against Israel were arrested at the scene.

Pennsylvania mummy 'Stoneman Willie' to receive proper burial after 128 years

In 1895, a Pennsylvania mortician accidentally mummified an unidentified alcoholic from the local jail. More than a century later, Reading, PA's 'friend Willie' is finally being laid to rest.

By REUTERS
03/10/2023

Jewish orgs bashing UPenn’s ‘Palestine Writes’ fest split on response

Jewish organizational responses have ranged from a call on the university to condemn the conference to a demand that the university shut the conference down or face legal consequences.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
18/09/2023

Israeli-American sisters vanish in suspected kidnapping by mother

After arriving in Israel in order to bring the girls back to the US, the father discovered that his daughters had vanished without a trace.

By ALON HACHMON/MAARIV ONLINE
26/08/2023

Cold case solved: Retired US pastor charged with 1975 murder, kidnapping of young girl

The accused was a pastor at Trinity Christian Reformed Church where the Bible camp was held, and he was the one who reported her disappearance to the police.

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