Tag: Synagogue
Bronx synagogues remain on high alert amid spate of anti-Semitic vandalism
Law enforcement has stepped up its presence in front of Jewish institutions in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, N.Y., as detectives from the New York Police Department’s 50th precinct and its NYPD Hate Crimes...
OU to offer ‘Back to Shul’ grants to spur attendance, communal re-engagement
One of the most profound ways the coronavirus pandemic impacted the Jewish community in the past year was the initial closure of and subsequent limitations on synagogues.
Now, as more congregants have been vaccinated and...
Rabbis, Jewish world leaders unveil symbolic synagogue, prayer space at Babi Yar
Marking Yom Hashoah—Holocaust Remembrance Day on the Jewish calendar—the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center unveiled the very first Jewish prayer space on Thursday.
The symbolic synagogue structure was opened at a ceremony that included special prayers led...
Houston synagogue files federal lawsuit claiming city violating its religious rights
A synagogue in Houston has filed a federal lawsuit against the city claiming that it is violating its right to free exercise of religion by denying the right to worship in a residential neighborhood.
In...
Singapore security detains 20-year-old man planning attack on synagogue
Singapore security officials have arrested a 20-year-old serviceman for planning to carry out an attack on Jews outside a local synagogue.
Amirull Ali targeted Maghain Aboth Synagogue and had planned to travel to the Gaza...
National Council of Young Israel replaces entire board to focus on member synagogues
The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) has moved to replace its entire board of directors in an apparent shift away from political advocacy and a refocus instead on members synagogues.
According to the report...
Federal court rules against Cuomo’s limitations on capacity at houses of worship
Brooklyn’s District Court ruled on Tuesday against an executive order by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo enforcing capacity limits on houses of worship in areas with high COVID-19 cases.
The advocacy organization Agudath Israel and...
Anti-Semitic graffiti, swastika damages memorial and synagogue in Spokane
Police in Spokane, Wash., are looking for the man caught on security camera damaging a Holocaust memorial and defacing a local synagogue with swastikas and more.
Members of Temple Beth Shalom discovered the damage to...
FBI, ADL offer rewards for leads to vandalized Jewish institutions in Alabama
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man captured on surveillance video last year vandalizing a synagogue and Chabad House in Huntsville, Ala.
Swastikas...
Suspect arrested after swastikas spray-painted on Montreal synagogue
A man has been arrested after a synagogue in Montreal was vandalized on Wednesday.
Multiple swastikas were spray-painted on the front doors of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. The 16-year-old synagogue has been closed due to the...