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Fear, resolve and more security at Charlottesville synagogue
By Ben Finley — August 20, 2017
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — White supremacists carrying semi-automatic rifles were streaming past the synagogue, taunting congregants with phony Brooklyn accents and mocking Yiddish expressions.
In a bid to promote diversity, Egypt plans to restore Alexandria synagogue
By Yonat Shimron — July 27, 2017
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (RNS) — Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany announced his agency would fund the restoration of the Prophet Elijah Synagogue.
Prague’s synagogue gets first new Torahs since World War II
By Reuters — March 20, 2017
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (Reuters) - The Old-New Synagogue is over 700 years old, one of the oldest existing synagogues in Europe.
In Uganda, a new synagogue for a remote group of Jews
By Lauren Markoe — September 15, 2016
(RNS) With the help of some American friends, a Ugandan Jewish community thrives.
Noah’s Ark mosaic uncovered in ancient Galilee synagogue
By Michele Chabin — August 2, 2016
JERUSALEM (RNS) The mosaic, dating to the fifth century, includes pairs of bears, donkeys, leopards, camels, lions, ostriches and snakes, just as described in the Book of Genesis.
Francis may become first pope to visit Rome mosque
By Rosie Scammell — January 20, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis is studying an invitation received several days after his first visit to the city’s Great Synagogue.
3 reasons Jews should recommit to Judaism 50 years after Sandy Koufax (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 22, 2015
(RNS) Let’s step up to that eternal pitchers’ mound, which is Mount Sinai.
‘Lost’ Jewish mural restored, installed in new home
By Elizabeth Murray — August 4, 2015
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- The 'Lost Shul' mural is part of a tradition of wall paintings in Eastern Europe that was almost entirely obliterated during the Holocaust by the Nazis.
Inside a dying German church, a new synagogue rises
By Sumi Somaskanda — April 17, 2015
COTTBUS, Germany (RNS) With the city’s backing and unanimous support among evangelical leaders, state officials offered to buy the church for the Jewish community and turn it into a synagogue -- the first in the State of Brandenburg since 1938.
White powder, threat sent to Colorado Jewish center, synagogue
By Reuters — April 7, 2015
DENVER (Reuters) Workers at a Jewish community center and a nearby synagogue in Colorado opened envelopes on Monday containing a white substance and at least one threatening message, police said.
The ‘Splainer: blood libel and the synagogue massacre
By Lauren Markoe — November 19, 2014
(RNS) Hours after two Palestinians, armed with guns and hatchets, killed four Jewish worshippers and a Druze police officer at a Jerusalem synagogue Tuesday (Nov. 18), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the attack a "blood libel." Why, and what did he mean?
Four killed in Jerusalem synagogue terror attack
By Michele Chabin — November 18, 2014
JERUSALEM (RNS) The incident was the latest violent event in the tense city where relations between Arabs and Jews have been deteriorating for months over a contested shrine holy to both Jews and Muslims.
Elephants unearthed: Ancient synagogue mosaic yields nonbiblical images
By Michele Chabin — August 12, 2014
(RNS) Until now, “all stories found decorating ancient synagogues have been taken from the Hebrew Bible,” said archaeologist Jodi Magness.
Breaking the Ramadan fast in the company of Jews
By Lauren Markoe — July 10, 2014
(RNS) Muslim-Jewish iftars are popping up across the nation, bringing together dozens and sometimes hundreds of people for a celebratory Ramadan meal at which both faiths can forge a deeper interfaith understanding.
Rabbi Charles Sherman pens memoir about living with son’s brokenness
By Renée K. Gadoua — May 2, 2014
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (RNS) Rabbi Charles S. Sherman writes about his journey dealing with a severely disabled son and the faith that sustained him in “The Broken and the Whole: Discovering Joy after Heartbreak.”
