All the hostages taken in the Colleyville synagogue in Texas on January 15 have been released. The man who captured them and demanded the release of a Pakistani woman convicted of terrorism has been killed, according to the BBC. FBI officials have confirmed that the synagogue was attacked by a 44-year-old British citizen named Malik Faisal Akram.…
The Anti-Defamation League said the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States remained close to record levels. At least 12 white supremacists have been arrested on suspicion of planning, threatening or actually committing anti-Semitic attacks following the synagogue massacre ...
Parishioners at a historic synagogue in Manhattan sued a rabbi for turning a house of worship into a disco and telling believers to “go to hell” when they started complaining. Now they are demanding $ 21 million. According to the New York Post, the lawsuit was filed ...
Teenagers threw a metal stick through the window of a Brooklyn synagogue as members prayed for Shabbat on Saturday night. “People were praying at that time,” a man who was at the Franklin Avenue Synagogue near Myrtle Avenue in Williamsburg said Sunday. "All…
Robert Bowers, 46, who is accused of killing 11 people in a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, announced in court on November 1 that he would not admit his guilt. When the judge asked if he understood the charges against him, Bowers replied in the affirmative, but at the same time ...
Dr. Jerry Rabinovich has fought for the lives of his patients most of his life. Last Saturday, he did not betray his principles and tried to help the affected Jews, endangering his life. Rabinovich's funeral was held Tuesday at the Pittsburgh Jewish Community Center in ...
An agitated man engaged in an animated conversation with himself was detained outside a synagogue in Brooklyn on October 30. Two knives were found on him, writes NY Daily News. A man was arrested on 22nd Street in Midwood - near the Breit Shaul synagogue...
Barry Werber usually comes to services on Friday nights and Sunday mornings, but this week was the anniversary of his mother's death. The Jewish tradition is that you pray all weekend, Werber said. Werber came to the Tree of Life synagogue ...
Two Muslim organizations in the United States have raised tens of thousands of dollars to help victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. Muslim nonprofits Celebrate Mercy and MPower Change began fundraising on Saturday to help victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, state ...
Caesar Raynor, 71, has been charged in connection with a major fire that occurred at a synagogue in Brooklyn on the morning of November 14th. The incident is not being classified as arson - charges have been brought against the worker who accidentally started the fire and is accused of recklessness, ABC reports. The fire broke out...