Pennsylvania

Haverford College settles antisemitism suit with Jewish group over post-Oct. 7 actions

"Harassing, excluding or seeking to silence Jewish community members on the basis of their beliefs, or any other element of their Jewish identity... is anathema to the College's core principles."

President of Haverford College Wendy Raymond testifie during a hearing before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 7, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Sally Reidman.

Sally Reidman came to Israel with a massage table - and built a healthcare empire

HEROIC SUPPORT: Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (C) applauds as US President Donald  Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress, in Washington, Feb. 24.

'Our special ally': Fetterman says he will leave Democratic Party if it stops supporting Israel

Goldie Falafel, owned by Michael Solomonov, was the target of a pro-Palestinian protest in Philadelphia, Dec. 3, 2023.

Michael Solomonov’s restaurant group says anti-Israel boycott did not cause closure of 6 locations


Pennsylvania Jews rally against antisemitism after graffiti at synagogue

A red swastika was spray painted on a sign sitting outside the synagogue and "free Gaza" was written on the building of a Jewish-owned eatery.

 A man walks past graffiti reading 'Free Palestine', amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Dublin, Ireland, November 15, 2023.

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.

 A grave is desecrated with a swastika at the Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen, near Strasbourg, France, December 4, 2019.

More than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Pennsylvania Capitol - report

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

 A general view of the Pennsylvania State Capitol, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US, January 17, 2021.

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’

 UPenn professors tour Israel's south, January 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.

 U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) walks through the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2023.

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