Providence, RI – Brown University Investigating Anti-Semitic Graffiti
Police are investigating anti-Semitic and homophobic graffiti found on a Brown University residential building, Associated Press reports.
Providence, RI – Anti-Semitic Remarks Taunt Orthodox Rabbi After Trump’s Election Win
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A rabbi who leads a Modern Orthodox synagogue said on Wednesday he and his congregants are growing accustomed to the toll of anti-Semitic taunts that have become a “not irregular feature of life” before and after the presidential election.
Providence, R.I. – Testimony Ends In Fight Over Control Of Oldest US Synagogue
Providence, R.I. – Testimony has ended in a bitter fight over control of the nation’s oldest synagogue.
Protests Break Out In California After Police Fatally Shoot Black Man
EL CAJON, Calif. — A black man reportedly acting erratically at a strip mall in suburban San Diego was shot and killed by police after pulling an object from his pocket, pointing it at officers and assuming a “shooting stance,” authorities said.
Protesters, Police Still Clashing Over Disputed North Dakota Pipeline
Police used pepper spray and what they called nonlethal ammunition to remove Dakota Access Pipeline protesters from federal land Wednesday. Demonstrators say they were trying to occupy land just north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation where construction of the controversial pipeline is scheduled.
Protesters Injured In North Dakota Face-off With Private Security and Guard Dogs Over oil Pipeline
A demonstration turned violent as security guards sicced dogs on at least a hundred demonstrators protesting a $3.8 billion oil pipeline through private land in southern North Dakota.
Protesters Denounce Crown Heights Yeshiva For Employing Alleged Child Abusers
CROWN HEIGHTS — Protesters called out one of the neighborhood’s most prestigious yeshivas for what they called a “culture of violence” in a rally at the Eastern Parkway school over the weekend.
Protesters Demand Shin Bet Stop Abusing Jewish Prisoners
Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the house of Shin Bet head Yoram Cohen, demanding the release of the Duma suspects.
Protest In Ramat Gan: Free Fugitive Rabbi Eliezer Berland
About 700 followers of Rabbi Eliezer Berland demonstrated Monday morning outside the South African embassy in Israel in Ramat Gan calling for the release of their leader who is wanted in Israel for suspected sexual assault.
Prostitution In Israel Netted $308 Million In 2014
The first-ever government survey into prostitution in Israel found that annual payments to sex workers amounted to an estimated 1.2 billion shekels ($308.2 million) in 2014.