Tag: Austin
SXSW festival bars US Army as sponsor after ‘careful consideration,’ anti-Israel pressure
South by Southwest (SXSW), the more than 35-year-old annual conference and music festival held in Austin, Texas, announced recently that it is revising its sponsorship model “after careful consideration.”
“The U.S. Army, and companies who...
Antisemitism will not be tolerated in Texas. Period,’ governor says
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wrote on Wednesday about arrests that state troopers and riot police made of anti-Israel protesters at the University of Texas at Austin, one of the largest and top-ranked public universities in the...
Austin synagogue arsonist pleads guilty to hate crime
Franklin Sechriest of San Marcos, Texas, pleaded guilty on April 7 to multiple charges in connection with setting fire to Congregation Beth Israel in Austin on Oct. 31, 2021. He faces up to 20 years in prison and...
Teen accused of setting fire outside Austin synagogue faces federal arson charges
The 18-year-old accused of setting the exterior of a synagogue on fire in Austin, Texas, last month is now facing federal arson charges.
In an affidavit, FBI Special Agent Thomas P. Joy laid out the case against Franklin...
Teen arrested in connection to arson at Austin synagogue
An 18-year-old was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly setting a fire in front of a synagogue in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 31 amid a rising number of anti-Semitic incidents in the city over the last few...
Is it Ilhan Omar’s Democratic Party now?
Austin is a Texas college town better known these days for its trend-setting music scene than for being the capital of the Lone Star State. But last week, it also provided a test case...
The New Sefer Torah is the First in Texas Written by Woman
Growing from the motto “Austin Born, Torah Raised,” Congregation Agudas Achim is one of the oldest Jewish communities in the city, founded more than 100 years ago. To fulfill the 613th mitzvah, or commandment, members of...