Omicron 'saves' members of Texas congregation targeted by hostage taker
If the fifth wave of COVID hadn't led to many absences, the 160-seat Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, would ...
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All hostages safe after Texas synagogue standoff; captor dead
Texas Governor Greg Abbott lauds the successful end of the hostage crisis at the Colleyville synagogue. FBI finds no immediate ...
Did Italian government's inaction enable 1982 terrorist attack on Rome synagogue?
Italy launches probe into recently revealed documents that allege authorities made an agreement with the PLO in the 1970s to ...
London tower scrapped over effects on 18th-century synagogue
The controversial plan by developers would have replaced a seven-story building adjacent to the Bevis Marks synagogue in central London ...
Court won't stop pro-Palestinian demonstrations outside Michigan synagogue
Federal court rules weekly demonstrations at which participants hold signs reading "Jewish Power Corrupts" and "End Palestinian Holocaust" are protected ...
US Jewish communities brace for High Holidays alongside Delta variant
In-person or online? Indoors or outdoors? Once poised for a renaissance this year, synagogues across the United States are facing ...
Budapest's Jewish community sees 'time start again' amid resurgence
Although there are now fewer than two dozen synagogues in the Hungarian capital, efforts to change that have proved successful.
Rabbis: Unvaccinated worshippers may not pray in synagogue
Chief Rabbi of Ramat Gan Yaakov Ariel rules that those who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID are in violation ...
Actor Jonathan Lipnicki helps protect LA Jews from antisemitic assaults
Child star, a black belt in jiu jitsu, has joined a voluntary initiative to make sure that members of the ...
OU awards $100,000 to synagogues for initiatives to welcome back congregants
"Our hope is that this repository of ideas can serve as a launching pad for others," OU synagogue initiatives director ...