Chabad of Poway
Rabbi wounded in synagogue shooting sentenced for fraud
By Associated Press — January 5, 2022
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A rabbi who was badly wounded in a deadly antisemitic attack at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Southern California was sentenced Tuesday to 14 months in federal prison for running a multimillion-dollar donation fraud, authorities said. Yisroel Goldstein, 60, also was ordered to pay about $2.8 million in restitution. He […]
California man gets second life term for synagogue attack
By Elliot Spagat — December 29, 2021
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The 22-year-old white supremacist was sentenced for killing a woman and injuring three others in a Southern California synagogue in 2019.
Group distributes ‘trauma kits’ to temples ahead of holidays
By Associated Press — September 3, 2021
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An organization in South Florida is distributing “trauma kits" to Jewish houses of worship that help treat life-threatening injuries before first responders can arrive.
Chabad rabbi stabbed outside Boston Jewish day school
By Yonat Shimron — July 2, 2021
(RNS) — Police arrested a suspect in the attack, which appears to bear the hallmarks of similar physical attacks on Hasidic Jews.
In Poway and Pittsburgh, mayors join fight against hate after synagogue attacks
By Manya Brachear Pashman — April 27, 2021
(RNS) — When an attack happens these days, mayors who have experienced shootings in their communities reach out with advice for their newly affected colleagues.
Rabbi hurt in California synagogue shooting admits fraud
By Elliot Spagat — July 15, 2020
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Goldstein, who lost a finger in the shooting at Chabad of Poway, admitted to collecting fake donations to the synagogue.
New Light congregant: Last year’s shooting demands we turn prayers to action
By Beth Kissileff — October 25, 2019
(RNS) — I can’t bring back the 12 American Jews killed by anti-Semitic violence this year, but I can live my life with the urgency our tradition asks of us and encourage others as well to build the world, kindness first.
Four ways to keep anti-Semitism from becoming the new normal
By Noam E. Marans — October 7, 2019
(RNS) — There is a lot at stake for all of us. Anti-Semitism endangers not only Jews but the societies in which they live.
For synagogues, High Holidays welcome is complicated by security needs
By Holly Lebowitz Rossi — September 24, 2019
BOSTON (RNS) — At a time of year when people who rarely attend show up, or when people show up for the first time, balancing friendliness and safety becomes especially tricky.
‘Somebody out there wants to hurt us’: Arson in Boston, Chicago rattles local Jews
By Aysha Khan — May 21, 2019
BOSTON (RNS) — A rash of fires that police say were intentionally set at Jewish community centers around Boston and in Chicago last week has left Jewish groups feeling vulnerable.
How ‘joke religion’ turns deadly serious when the online alt-right comes to life
By Tara Isabella Burton — May 14, 2019
(RNS) — The nihilism of today's alt-right is both a religion and a rejection of the transcendence that religion holds out as a balm.
Trump, rabbi of attacked synagogue observe National Day of Prayer at White House
By Adelle M. Banks — May 2, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Trump used the occasion to tick off new and old efforts he said he has pursued to enhance religious liberty for Americans.
The Cartoon and the Rabbi
By Joshua Feigelson — May 2, 2019
(RNS) — A rabbi shot in an anti-Semitic attack published an oped in the Times days after the paper apologized for a anti-Semitic cartoon, a testament to the unique place the paper holds in American, and American Jewish, life.
AP Exclusive: Synagogue just got money to improve security
By The Associated Press — May 2, 2019
POWAY, Calif. (AP) — The $150,000 federal grant was approved in September but only got awarded in late March.
Why white nationalism tempts white Christians
By Jemar Tisby — May 1, 2019
(RNS) — Too often Christian individuals and institutions act as if general statements condemning bigotry and saccharine assertions of racial and ethnic equality are sufficient to combat white nationalism. They are not.
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