synagogue attack
Europe’s Jews expand security program as they grapple with antisemitic fallout of Gaza war
By David I. Klein — April 18, 2024
(RNS) — After being piloted in six communities, a European Community-sponsored security program, EUCARE, is now ready to be implemented across the continent.
French police hunt an assailant who attacked a man leaving a Paris synagogue
By Associated Press — March 5, 2024
PARIS (AP) — A sharp rise in antisemitic acts in France has been reported in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
The German chancellor condemns a firebomb attack on a Berlin synagogue and vows protection for Jews
By Kirsten Grieshaber — October 19, 2023
BERLIN (AP) — Police said they were investigating “an attempted serious arson” in which two people approached the synagogue on foot and threw the firebombs, which burst on the sidewalk next to the building.
Bullet holes found at building next to old German synagogue
By Associated Press — November 18, 2022
BERLIN (AP) — Four bullet holes were found in the door of a former rabbi's residence that adjoins an old synagogue in the German city of Essen.
FBI warns of ‘broad’ threat to synagogues in New Jersey
By Michael Balsamo and Ryan Kryska — November 4, 2022
(RNS) — The FBI’s Newark office released a statement urging synagogues to “take all security precautions to protect your community and facility," but wouldn't say anything about who made the threat or why.
US houses of worship increase security after shootings
By Luis Andres Henao and Deepa Bharath — July 19, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Past attacks on houses of worship and other public spaces have prompted faith leaders to evaluate — sometimes for the first time — if there is more that can be done to keep their flocks safe.
Dilemma for houses of worship: Openness or safety?
By Beth Kissileff and Rosalind C. Hughes — January 25, 2022
(RNS) — Our hope as those who attend and lead religious institutions is to maintain our humaneness and treat others with compassion, while keeping ourselves and others safe.
Jewish leaders renew antisemitism fight after hostage case
By Peter Smith — January 20, 2022
(AP) — The gunman’s words were all too familiar to Jewish leaders and terror experts, who saw the attack on Congregation Beth Israel as yet another in the rising number of antisemitic hate crimes.
11 hours of prayer and solidarity at the Colleyville synagogue standoff
By Omar Suleiman — January 18, 2022
(RNS) — At the request of his editors, our columnist writes about waiting with hostages’ families.
Texas rabbi says he, 2 hostages escaped synagogue standoff
By Jake Bleiberg, Eric Tucker, and Jamie Stengle — January 17, 2022
COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker told 'CBS Mornings' that he let the gunman inside the suburban Fort Worth synagogue Saturday because he appeared to need shelter.
On Tisha B’av, the meaning of Tree of Life revealed
By Beth Kissileff — July 23, 2021
(RNS) — Some ideas for the architect who will rebuild the site of the Pittsburgh massacre.
NYC mayor says antisemitic attackers ‘will be prosecuted’
By Associated Press — May 24, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio promised Sunday that police would catch the group of young men who hurled antisemitic threats outside of a synagogue in Brooklyn.
Tree of Life names renowned architect Daniel Libeskind to design synagogue complex
By Yonat Shimron — May 4, 2021
(RNS) — Libeskind, the architect behind such high-profile designs as New York’s ground zero site plan and Berlin’s Jewish Museum, is the son of Holocaust survivors.
Report: Anti-Semitic incidents in US hit record high in 2019
By Michael Kunzelman — May 12, 2020
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — American Jews were targets of more anti-Semitic incidents in 2019 than any other year over the past four decades.
Poll: American Jews feel threatened, blame Trump
By Yonat Shimron — May 22, 2019
(RNS) — One reason for the dissatisfaction with President Trump may have to do with his appeals to white nationalists.
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