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Jewish groups ask US Supreme Court to rule on Ohio man barred from hosting home prayers
8+ hour, 41+ min ago (541+ words) JTA " Orthodox US Jewish groups have urged the country's Supreme Court to take up the case of an Orthodox Jewish man ordered by officials in University Heights, Ohio, to stop hosting prayer services in his home without a permit. The…...
Michigan synagogue targeted in attack releases photos of interior devastation
3+ week, 6+ day ago (395+ words) We share these images because our community deserves to see our building through eyes of love, not through the lens of spectacle. This is our sacred space, and we will be the ones to tell its story," Temple Israel said…...
Blast damages Amsterdam Jewish school in "deliberate attack," mayor says
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (582+ words) An overnight blast damaged an Amsterdam Jewish school but did not cause any injuries, Mayor Femke Halsema said Saturday, denouncing the "deliberate attack against the Jewish community." The explosion damaged a rain pipe and charred an outer wall at the…...
Explosion outside Rotterdam synagogue sparks fire, damages building; 4 arrested
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (436+ words) Dutch police said Friday they had arrested four young men on suspicion of setting off an explosion outside a synagogue in Rotterdam that caused a brief blaze and damage to the building. After the blast, police monitored other synagogues as…...
Michigan synagogue attacker was US-Lebanese citizen with relatives said killed in IDF strike
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (780+ words) The armed man who rammed his truck into a Reform synagogue in Michigan on Thursday has been identified as 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, US federal officials said Friday. Multiple reports, as well as a…...
Michigan shul is at least the 7th Diaspora synagogue targeted so far this month
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (729+ words) The ramming attack against a synagogue near Detroit, Michigan, on Thursday was the latest in a string of violent incidents targeting synagogues in the US and other countries. An attacker armed with a rifle rammed a truck through the doors…...
Michigan synagogue's security preparations credited with saving lives
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (1049+ words) The suspected assailant, armed with rifles and smoke bombs, who rammed into Temple Israel on Thursday encountered a synagogue that was well prepared for just such an attack. He hit and injured the congregation's security director with his car as…...
FBI investigating Michigan synagogue attack as "targeted act of violence against Jewish community
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (174+ words) News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World An FBI official says it will investigate an attack on a synagogue near Detroit, Michigan, as a "targeted act of violence against the Jewish community." Special agent in charge of…...
Synagogue in Belgium damaged in blast, no injuries; mayor: "Violent act of antisemitism
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (280+ words) A synagogue was damaged in a blast early Monday in Liege, eastern Belgium, police said, in an incident denounced by the mayor as an "extremely violent act of antisemitism." No injuries were reported, with "only material damage," a spokesman for…...
Jackson synagogue arson jolts, but doesn't stop, a Jewish nonprofit serving the US South
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1636+ words) JTA " The arson in December at Beth Israel Congregation didn't just damage the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi. It also threw into disarray the operations of a Jewish nonprofit that aims to serve the entire American South. The Goldring/Woldenberg…...