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Istanbul arrests Uzbek national planning terrorist attacks on Jewish schools, synagogues

According to reports, the man was given orders by an ISIS official to carry out attacks on synagogues and Jewish schools in Turkey and abroad.

Holiness in Haifa: The little shul that shines a spotlight on Orthodoxy

Rabbi Baruch Kind said that the synagogue had saved Haifa and that the study hall had taken the missile hit for the entire neighborhood.

By LIANE GRUNBERG WAKABAYASHI
16/02/2025

Officials decry anti-Israel vandalism at NJ synagogue

Anti-Israel demonstrators gathered in front of Oheb Shalom Congregation in New Jersey, to protest a talk by members of the IAF’s search-and-rescue unit.

By BEN SALES/JTA
28/01/2025
  Graffiti on the Maribor Synagogue reading "Death to the Jews, Glory to Slovenia," January 13, 2025

'Jews are the evil of the world:' Slovenian synagogue vandalized

The European Jewish Congress on X Monday accused neo-Nazis of being responsible for the graffiti.

 EYAL BEN SIMON (left) and Benny Gabbay.

Grapevine January 15, 2025: In their own words

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Jesse Cogan, ad exec who coined the slogan ‘Turn Friday Night into Shabbos,’ dies at 74

That slogan would spread well beyond his synagogue, becoming the rallying cry of the Jewish outreach movement, which worked to bring Jews closer to Jewish ritual practice.

By ARI GOLDMAN/JTA
14/01/2025
  Graffiti on the Bologna Synagogue reading JUSTICE FREE GAZA. January 11, 2025.

'Justice for Gaza': Rioters vandalize synagogue in Bologna

The riot was originally anti-police in nature, making the motives of the synagogue vandals unclear.

12/01/2025

Ohel Yitzchak: Jerusalem synagogue combines the old and the new

Ohel Yitzchak is an old synagogue in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It has since been refurbished by the Western Wall Heritage Foundation.

By LEAH ABRAMOWITZ
11/01/2025

Jewish community springs into action as devastating Los Angeles-area fires widen

As wildfires rage across LA, synagogues open doors to evacuees and Jewish groups mobilize aid, while rabbi who lost home vows 'we will rebuild together.'

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
09/01/2025

Pasadena synagogue burns down as fires rage across Southern California

Southern California has long been vulnerable to devastating fires, but climate change has altered weather patterns that in the past largely limited fire season to only parts of the year.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
08/01/2025
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