Tag: Synagogue
A year after Colleyville, the Jewish community is rethinking security
When Malik Faisal Akram, a British-Pakistani terrorist, took four congregants hostage at a small-town Texas synagogue at this time last year, it became immediately clear that the event would have deep and lasting ramifications...
Pre-World War II synagogue in Poland closed and faces imminent demolition
A synagogue that served as a Jewish house of worship in the city of Lodz, Poland, before World War II and, in recent years, has once again been used by members of the Jewish...
10-year-old Jewish student in London voices ‘BBC’ videos for kids about Judaism
A 10-year-old Orthodox Jewish student who attends elementary school in North London is the voice of a cartoon character starring in three BBC videos that aims to teach children about Judaism, reported The Jewish Chronicle.
In one short...
Husband-and-wife tag team take over the bimah at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles
After only a week of dating, Erez Sherman and his girlfriend, Nicole Guzik, knew it was serious, but there was one potential problem: They both intended on being pulpit rabbis.
“When people date, they talk about their priorities,...
Swastika flier found at bus stop across from Maryland synagogue
A flier with a swastika on it was found plastered on a bus-stop shelter in a heavily Orthodox neighborhood of Silver Spring, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
It included a white supremacist...
Historic Oregon synagogue becomes target of anti-Semitic attack
Police and other law-enforcement officials are investigating a fire and anti-Semitic graffiti discovered on Monday outside a historical synagogue in Portland, Ore.
Congregation Beth Israel, which was completed in 1928 and is on the National...
Let’s talk about the freedom to live in security
It wasn’t until Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker heard the click of the gun that he realized something terrible was happening at Temple Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. The seemingly homeless man who claimed he was...
Secure Community Network releases new guidebook for safety at Jewish institutions
The Secure Community Network (SCN) has released a new guidebook about the use of private security at Jewish institutions and plans to hold a webinar in late April to discuss the findings.
The release of...
Texas synagogue in Colleyville reopens three months after hostage crisis
Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, has reopened nearly three months after an armed assailant took four members hostage at the synagogue, NBC reported.
The Reform synagogue’s services were streaming online from various locations while the building was...
After deadly attacks, new synagogue guidelines call for weapons, phones on Shabbat
In the wake of the recent wave of deadly terror attacks in Israel, the World Organization of Orthodox Communities and Synagogues on Wednesday called for congregations to take precautions against possible attacks. Among its...