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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement official

US arrests leader of MS-13 gang in Virginia, known as worst of worst

By NOA FEIGENBAUM

Police vehicles are seen parked near a park where, according to the police, a gunman opened fire, in Richmond, Virginia U.S. JUNE 6, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video

Couple sentenced to multiple life sentences in prison after keeping adopted black kids as slaves

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Ken Marcus, founder and chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law.

‘A present and violent threat’: Ken Marcus urges political unity in fight against antisemitism

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

FBI van in Texas

'Largest seizure of explosive devices in FBI history' found in a Virginia home

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Mahaz’s farms sit in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where fellows are taught skills related to regenerative agriculture and homesteading arts—all in a Jewish context.

How Mahaz brings Jews back to the beauty of Jewish farming and agriculture

By HOWARD BLAS

A woman looks on during a rally held by American Muslims for Palestine calling for a ceasefire in Gaza in Washington, US, October 21, 2023

Court orders American Muslims for Palestine to give Virginia AG documents over alleged Hamas ties

By MICHAEL STARR

U.S. President Joe Biden remains in the nearly empty chamber greeting members of Congress following his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2024.

In Virginia primary between hardline candidates, Republican Jews bottom line is support for Israel

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

Democratic delegate Eileen Filler-Corn speaks after being sworn in as the first woman Speaker of Virginia's House of Delegates, as the General Assembly convenes in Richmond, Virginia, US.

Two proud Jews compete for Virginia Democratic congressional primary

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

Hanukkah

Virginia festival cancels Menorah lighting due to Israel-Hamas war

Neonatal incubator (illustrative).

Stolen child reunites with birth mother after 42 years apart

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iranian pro-government protesters burn an U.S. flag as they attend a demonstration in Tehran, Iran

Elderly Virginia man imprisoned for conspiring with Iran

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Jake Gelof playing for the University of Virginia, April 10, 2022.

Jewish University of Virginia star Jake Gelof selected in second round of MLB Draft

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

Law enforcement officers investigate at the scene after a gunman opened fire in a park as high school graduates and their families emerged from a theater where commencement exercises had just concluded, in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. June 6, 2023

Two people killed in Virginia high school graduation shooting

By REUTERS

White nationalists participate in a torch-lit march on the grounds of the University of Virginia ahead of the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 11, 2017.

Court orders defendants in Charlottesville neo-Nazi lawsuit to pay nearly $5m.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

Police vehicles are seen parked outside Richneck Elementary School, where according to the police, a six-year-old boy shot and wounded a teacher, in Newport News, Virginia, US, January 6, 2023, in this screen grab from a handout video.

Six-year-old boy shoots and gravely wounds teacher in Virginia school

By REUTERS

A memorial for Heather Heyer, who was killed. On August 12, 2017, a car was deliberately driven into a crowd of people who had been peacefully protesting the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one and injuring 28.

Judge slashes Charlottesville penalties by 90%

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA