Tag: Synagogue
Man gets 14 months for role in shotgun attack on Albany synagogue
Andrew Miller, 38, received a sentence of 14 months imprisonment on Oct. 18, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally purchasing a Kel-Tec 12-gauge pump shotgun for Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 28, who still faces...
Long Beach synagogue honors local police with Labor Day barbecue
For the third consecutive year, the Jewish community of Long Beach and Lido Beach on Long Beach Barrier Island in New York have shown their appreciation for the Long Beach Police Department and Nassau...
Judge dismisses murder charge against man accused of killing Samantha Woll
Prosecutors have lost the opportunity to try again in convicting Michael Jackson-Bolanos, 29, following a jury deadlocking last month on two of four charges in the slaying of Jewish community leader Samantha Woll.
Judge Margaret Van Houten sentenced Jackson-Bolanos...
NJ woman charged with embezzling more than $350,000 from shul
Stacy Margaritondo, 51, allegedly embezzled more than $350,000 from a synagogue in Union County, N.J., the U.S. Justice Department said last week without revealing the name of the religious institution.
The defendant allegedly stole the funds between...
Vandals throw rocks at Oakland Chabad center for second time in month, police call...
The frustration is palpable in Rabbi Dovid Labkowski’s voice as he deals with yet another incident of vandalism at the Chabad Jewish Center of Oakland, Calif. After all, it is the second time in...
Pro-Hamas mob attacks Jews outside LA shul
A Pro-Hamas mob on Sunday attacked pro-Israel Jews outside the Adas Torah synagogue in the Pico-Robertson area in western Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Police officer Tony Im said that the riot was initiated by pro-Palestinian protesters, who...
Ex-boyfriends testify in Woll murder trial, no evidence links them
In Detroit, the trial of Michael Jackson-Bolanos, 29, for the slaying of Jewish community leader Samantha Woll revealed details of the investigation to track down the killer.
On Monday, Jeffrey Herbstman, an ex-boyfriend of Woll, testified that he called...
Trial set to begin for accused killer of Samantha Woll
A Detroit man alleged to have stabbed to death a well-known Jewish community leader in Michigan on Oct. 21 will soon face a judge and jury.
The prosecution begins on June 10 against Michael Jackson-Bolanos, 28, who is...
Hochul urges Jewish communal leaders to apply for boosted security grants
New York’s Gov. Kathy Hochul met with rabbis and other Jewish leaders on Wednesday at a roundtable discussion, some of whom grappled with bomb threats over the weekend.
Hochul said she was “outraged by the recent hateful...
To protect Jewish buildings, ‘look at it from the eyes of an attacker’
A 25-year veteran of the FBI, Rusty Rosenthal had a front-row seat to understanding the difference between U.S. and Israeli approaches to security during his 11 years working in the bureau’s Tel Aviv field...