Pennsylvania

Penn calls gov't demand for list of Jewish employees ‘disturbing and unconstitutional'

"Singling out organizations and individuals for such an invasion of privacy based on their actual or presumed religious affiliation would be deeply troubling,” the university wrote.

A view from the University of Pennsylvania on April 18, 2025.
AMBASSADOR DEBORAH Lipstadt, US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism speaks during 'March For Israel' at the National Mall on November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Jackson synagogue arsonist unconnected to pro-Palestinian movement

 Dividing cancer cell

Arizona couple admits in court to faking cancer-curing 'smart chip' device

A DELTA Air Lines plane prepares to take off during a winter storm at Greater Rochester International Airport in Rochester, New York, US, December 26, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Winter weather in US Northeast leads to thousands of flight delays, cancellations


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.

 JULIE PLATT, chair of the Jewish Federations of North America.

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.

 US Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) walks through the Senate subway of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US, November 9, 2023.

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.

 The body of "Stoneman Willie", a jailed thief that died in a Pennsylvania prison in 1895 and was accidentally mummified by undertakers, lies on display at the local funeral home that has been his resting place for 128 years in Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 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.

Roger Waters, draped with a Palestinian keffiyeh

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.

 Sarah and Liva, the missing US-Israeli girls

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.

Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Pennsylvania bus driver accused of duct-taping 10-year-old to seat

Juliet Pratt, 54, is charged with unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, endangering the welfare of a child and assault. 

 Illustrative image of an American school bus.

Tree of Life shooter facing death penalty in Pittsburgh federal trial

The man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue shooting is facing dozens of federal charges.

 A "Pittsburgh Strong" ornament is hung a block away from the the shooting scene at the Tree of Life synagogue, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 3, 2018.

US arrests man with explosive device in luggage at Pennsylvania airport

Transportation Security Administration officials located a suspicious item inside the suitcase that appeared to be a live explosive device.

Main terminal at the Lehigh Valley International Airport

Bob Born, Jewish maker of Peeps marshmallow candies, dies at 98

Birn was the former president of Just Born Quality Confections, the 100-year-old family-owned candy company in Pennsylvania.

 Memorial Candles