admin | August 3, 2017
A local council in Sydney, Australia, has blocked plans for a new synagogue, saying it may become a terrorist target and poses an unacceptable security risk. Members of the Jewish community in the Bondi Beach neighborhood reacted angrily to the ruling, saying it rewards terrorism. The refusal of Waverley Council to approve the new Orthodox house of worship was upheld in court on Wednesday
admin | August 3, 2017
Terror expert Greg Barton says the device found in Syd Terror raids may have been 'days away from going off' Rabbi Yehoram Ulman with local MP and now Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in 2006. A LOCAL council has banned the construction of a synagogue in Bondi because it could be a terrorist target, in a shock move that religious leaders say has caved in to Islamic extremism and created a dangerous precedent. The decision, which has rocked the longstanding Jewish community in the iconic suburb, was upheld in court this week as the nation reeled from the alleged airline terror threat and debate raged over increased security measures at airports and other public places.
richards | August 3, 2017
Thirty five years in prison.
richards | August 2, 2017
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a New York Jewish congregation is the rightful owner of the nation's oldest synagogue, in Rhode Island, along with a set of bells worth millions. The decision by the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston marks the latest turn in a long-running legal battle that began when members of the Touro Synagogue in Newport tried to sell a set of ritual bells, called rimonim, worth some $7.4 million
simmons | August 2, 2017
Jewish Chronicle (blog) Secret Shul Goer No 4 - Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue Jewish Chronicle (blog) In some ways, Kol Nefesh Masorti isn't really a synagogue at all. It doesn't own its own building. It has a part-time Rabbi
simmons | August 2, 2017
WEST NYACK, N.Y., Aug. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- RustyBrick, Inc. is excited to share that its ShulCloud product has reached 613 active subscribers of the popular cloud-based synagogue management software.
simmons | July 31, 2017
Photo Credit: Screenshot A fire broke out Monday morning, Tisha BeAv eve, at the youth synagogue in Mevo Horon in the Benjamin region of Judea and Samaria. The synagogue was burned down with Torah scrolls that could not be saved
richards | July 31, 2017
Two Boca Raton residents are trying for a third time to sue the city over a pending synagogue project in one of the citys busiest areas. Boca Raton is asking for the court to dismiss the lawsuit a third time after Gerald Gagliardi and Kathleen MacDougall challenged the legality of the project.
simmons | July 30, 2017
NEW YORK Once pillars of Jewish life in Europe, hundreds of synagogues across the Old Continent had been destroyed in the period around World War II.
richards | July 30, 2017
New Jersey State Capitol Building.jpg iStock Two New Jersey men convicted in the firebombing of North Jersey synagogues in 2011 and 2012 were each sentenced to 35 years in prison. Anthony Graziano and Aakash Dalal were charged on a 30-count indictment in 2013 with arson and bias-related incidents that occurred from December 2011 to January 2012 in the Bergen County towns of Paramus, Rutherford, Maywood and Hackensack, according to NorthJersey.com, which reported their sentencing Friday. Aakash Dalal, a resident of the New Jersey borough of Lodi was convicted last November for vandalizing and firebombing synagogues and a rabbis home in 2012
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