admin | January 3, 2020
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro called Monday for U.S. synagogues to "have at least an armed guard, and several qualified people with firearms" following the weekend stabbing of five people atthe home of a New York rabbi during a Hanukkah celebration. "Seeing some heartburn over guns in synagogues to protect worshippers.
admin | January 3, 2020
Since the Tree of Life shooting, many synagogues in the area began implementing more security measures, consulting with local law enforcement and private security consultants. Many have guards, some that are armed, during services. Often, there is a police presence as well
admin | January 3, 2020
Jeffrey Myers, the rabbi at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, decried the recent spate of anti-semitic violence Monday and said that he wondered what could motivate anyone to attack or kill any person they chose. "I don't recall them selling licenses to have open hunting season on Jews but it sure can make Jews feel that way," Myers told John Berman, co-host of CNN's New Day.
admin | January 3, 2020
New York Weather: CBS2 1/2 Nightly Forecast at 11PMCBS2's John Elliott has your weather forecast for January 2 at 11 p.m. Which Is Your Favorite Seat On The Subway?CBS2's Valerie Castro asks New Yorkers which is their favorite seat on the subway after a poll on social media goes viral.
admin | January 3, 2020
New York Weather: CBS2 1/2 Nightly Forecast at 11PMCBS2's John Elliott has your weather forecast for January 2 at 11 p.m. Which Is Your Favorite Seat On The Subway?CBS2's Valerie Castro asks New Yorkers which is their favorite seat on the subway after a poll on social media goes viral. Parents Storm Board Meeting To Protest Diversity PlanParents in Queens stormed a school meeting Thursday, protesting potential plans to bring a controversial diversity plan to their district
admin | January 3, 2020
A synagogue in the Netherlands that once counted over 1000 members among its congregation on high holidays now operates on an invitation-only basis due to growing antisemitism in Europe. Before the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940, Grongingen was home to a thriving Jewish community of over 2,800 Jews.
admin | December 28, 2019
The interior of the Eliyahu HaNavi synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt. Photo: World Monuments Fund. The Egyptian government confirmed on Friday that it will reopen a historic synagogue in the city of Alexandria next month.
admin | December 28, 2019
SaturdayDec28,2019at4:11AM The Sunday Dispatch article Hanukkah steps forward reported that "in the early to mid-19th century, Judaism wasn't openly practiced or publicized in the United States." The article skipped over the role in American history that the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, has had.
admin | December 26, 2019
A Pennsylvania man accused of ransacking a Beverly Hills synagogue and damaging several Jewish relics has been charged with felony vandalism and accused of a hate crime, prosecutors said Monday. Anton Nathaniel Redding, 24, pleaded not guilty to one count of felony vandalism, one count of second-degree burglary and denied his role in the alleged hate crime, officials said. If convicted on all charges, he faces a maximum of six years in state prison.
admin | December 17, 2019
Images of Torah scrolls yanked open, ripped apart, and strewn across the sanctuary at Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills last Shabbat has left a knot in the collective gut of the Los Angeles Jewish community and American Jewry more broadly, which is still reeling from a murderous attack at a Jersey City kosher market last week, and massacres at synagogues in Pittsburgh and Poway. The desecration of Judaisms most holy objects seems like it automatically deserves to be designated as a hate crime, and this incident is being investigated that way, for possible anti-Semitic motive, according to Lt.
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