Colleyville synagogue

Two Jews shot while leaving Los Angeles synagogue, suspect detained

The suspect reportedly has a history of animus towards the Jewish community, according to the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.

 A Los Angeles police car sits outside the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, September 17, 2001
 New Jersey police officers stand guard in front of the United Synagogue of Hoboken in New Jersey, U.S., November 4, 2022

US Jewish organizations are investing heavily in security -JNFA CEO

 CONGREGATION BETH Israel in Colleyville, Texas, the site of the January 15, 2022, hostage crisis. ‘What I have discovered is that an equal and opposite force of love for the Jewish people exists in our world,’ says the writer.

January 15: Remembering the Colleyville, Texas synagogue hostage crisis - opinion

 Then US-president elect Donald Trump and musician Kanye West pose for media at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, US, December 13, 2016.

The top ten worst antisemitic incidents of 2022 - SWC


US Jewish communities increase security by 42% amid rising antisemitism

Jewish Federations launched last year a $130 million LiveSecure initiative, the largest security campaign in the history of the North American Jewish community.

New York police officers stand guard at the door of the Union Temple of Brooklyn, in 2018.

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl: The first Asian-American rabbi and cantor

No. 35 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, first Asian-American rabbi and cantor.

 Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl

CNN to air a special on antisemitism

CNN will premier an hourlong special about antisemitism toward American Jews.

American and Israeli Jews [Illustrative]

Colleyville Rabbi appointed as Special Advisor on Security to ADL

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and two others escaped a gunman who had taken them hostage in their synagogue in January.

 Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker.

Holocaust memoir from founder of attacked Colleyville temple - review

The book is divided into two parts: the author’s childhood when there was no discussion of her parents’ pasts and later when the veil on the subject was lifted.

 LAW ENFORCEMENT vehicles near a synagogue group taken hostage in Colleyville, Texas, this past January. The book’s author is the synagogue’s founder and a key spokeswoman regarding the incident.

Chair that Colleyville rabbi threw at captor going to US Jewish museum

Congregation Beth Israel has donated the items to the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia.

 Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, the man at the center of the Colleyville, Texas, synagogue hostage crisis that occurred January 15, 2022

Religious services minister visits Colleyville, other Jewish communities to garner support

I sincerely hope and want that every Jew, wherever they may be in Israel or around the world will strongly identify with their nation-state," said Religious Affairs minister Matan Kahana.

 Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana is seen at the Colleyville synagogue in Texas, on March 24, 2022.

US House approves $1 billion for Iron Dome replenishment

A vote on the bill is expected in the upcoming days. The Iron Dome funding has been stalled for six months.

 The Iron Dome missile defense system in action.

House cmt'ee pushes bill for $500m. for Nonprofit Security Grant Program

Since the antisemitic terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, numerous Jewish organizations have urged Congress to double the Nonprofit Security Grants Program budget.

The sun rises on the US Capitol dome before Joe Biden's presidential inauguration in Washington, US, January 20, 2021.

I've listened to antisemitism and said nothing. No more - opinion

The writer was one of the Beth Israel congregants who was held hostage at the synagogue in Colleyville, Texas.

 The attack on a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, will be on the minds of congregants across the country this Saturday as they gather for services.

FBI investigating antisemitic flyers in Colleyville

Flyers found in Colleyville accused Jews of causing COVID-19 and made hate-filled racist statements about black people.

FBI van in Texas