Tag: Synagogue
Police look for vandal of Nebraska synagogue who photographed his own grafitti
Police are searching for a man for who spray-painted a swastika and racial slur on a synagogue in Lincoln, Neb., and then took a picture of his “work.”
According to surveillance video footage, the vandalism at...
Restoring synagogues means never having to say you’re sorry
To much fanfare last week, the largest synagogue in the Middle East was reopened in Alexandria, Egypt. Some 300 guests, including Egyptian Antiquities and Tourism Minister Khaled al-Anany, were on hand for the festive occasion.
The event...
Historic Sixth & I Synagogue vandalized with graffiti
The historic Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington, D.C., was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti on Friday.
“While the damage to the building is minimal and will be fixed quickly, events like this can throw even...
Ukraine synagogue dating back to 18th century collapses due to fire
The Great Synagogue in Illintsi, Ukraine, was burned irreparably last Thursday by fire.
The 18th-century structure, about 130 miles northeast of the country’s capital of Kiev, collapsed due to the flames.
It had been used since...
Lingerie photo shoot in neglected former synagogue in Romania sparks outrage
A lingerie photo shoot held inside the now-abandoned Great Synagogue of Constanța angered Jewish activists and leaders after provocative pictures from the set circulated online, JTA reported on Wednesday.
“Scandalous,” Maximillian Marco Katz, head of the Monitoring...
Jewish museum in Portugal’s oldest synagogue reopens
A museum inside Portugal’s oldest synagogue reopened on Tuesday following a two-year renovation.
The Interpretive Center of Tomar Synagogue and Abraão Zacuto Luso-Hebraic Museum in Tomar, Portugal—a little more than an hour-and-a-half from the country’s...
Anti-Semitic posters found on door of Michigan synagogue
Black-and-white anti-Semitic posters were found this week on the door of a synagogue in Michigan.
Rabbi Michael Schadick of Temple Emanuel in Grand Rapids, Mich., discovered the vandalism on Sunday morning, with one ominous-looking poster...
Two victims of synagogue attack in Germany identified
The two victims of the Wednesday attack on a synagogue in Halle, Germany, on Yom Kippur, have been identified.
German pop-music enthusiast Jana Lange, 40, and outdoor painter Kevin S., 20, were shot and killed...
LA synagogue vandalized with anti-Semitic message
Temple Ahavat Shalom, a Reform congregation in Los Angeles, was vandalized with an anti-Semitic message.
A message of “Six million $ was not enough” was drawn in marker on the welcome sign on the temple’s...
LA synagogue vandalized with ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti on 9/11 anniversary
A synagogue in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles was spray-painted with anti-Semitic graffiti on early Wednesday, which marked the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.
Rabbi Yonah Bookstein of LA’s Pico Shul posted...