Tag: Arson
Arson, vandalism, RJC video ramp up tensions in Jewish community
Jewish community tensions are being ramped up with news of an arson fire at the Chabad House at the University of Delaware, vandalism at a Reform synagogue in Kenosha, and a video from the...
Biden calls arson attack at University of Delaware Chabad ‘deeply disturbing’
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden came out loudly against the arson attack this week at the Chabad House at the University of Delaware in Newark, calling it “deeply disturbing.”
The former U.S. vice president graduated from the...
Investigators confirm arson as cause of fire at University of Delaware Chabad
A fire at the Chabad House at the University of Delaware in Newark has been ruled an arson, according to investigators.
The building was set ablaze on Tuesday at about 11 p.m. Damages were estimated...
Incendiary balloons plague Israeli land near Gaza border, sparking new fires
Footage showing the aftermath of an incendiary-balloon attack from Gaza on the fields of Kibbutz Nir Oz has emerged, as local volunteer and professional firefighters have been rushing to put out at least four...
Groups decry reported arson at Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Iran, urge investigation
Several Jewish organizations have expressed concern and condemnation over a purported arson attack on the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamedan, Iran.
Conflicting information surrounds the extent of the attack on the Jewish shrine....
Third recent arson attack results in significant damage to Russia synagogue
A northern Russian synagogue was severely damaged on Sunday, during the holiday of Passover, in what was an apparent arson attack, according to the local Jewish community.
Although no one was hurt in the fire,...
Arson balloon attacks on southern Israel resume
A fire that broke out on Wednesday in the Gaza-adjacent Simhoni forest was the result of an arson balloon flown over the Gaza border fence, an arson investigator from the Ashkelon Fire and Rescue...
Israel’s fire authority declares all blazes, both wildfires and arson, have been extinguished
Israel’s National Fire and Rescue Authority announced on Saturday night that it had succeeded in containing the massive rash of fires which ripped through the country in recent days, causing the evacuation of 3,500...