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Eleven worshippers were killed in a shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pensylvania in 2018
US Homeland Security assures synagogues will be safe for Jewish high holidays
US government committed to protecting synagogues on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur; 'No member of any community should be worried when they go to observe their faith, and we're doing everything to make that a reality'
I24NEWS | 09.14.23
השגריר דוד גוברין מבקר בבית כנסת במרקש
Moroccan synagogue left standing after earthquake, as Torah scrolls moved to safety
Israel’s ambassador to Morocco, David Govrin, visits the synagogues in Marrakesh to assess the damage; On Israel's humanitarian aid offer: 'Israel hopes for a positive response from Moroccan authorities to assist'
Itamar Eichner | 09.12.23
ביתם של תיתי (אסתר) ומשה חליוה עקבות רעידת האדמה במרקש
Although whole in body, some in Marrakesh Jewish community left destitute following quake
Community leader Jackie Kadosh says he hopes to repair the local Synagogue Salat Al Azama before the Jewish High Holidays while another member says the tragedy is an opportunity for Israel to help the Jews who remain in the ancient city
Gido Ran, Marrakesh, Itamar Eichner | 09.10.23
תפילה
In synagogue on the High Holidays: Why is the prayer service so long, and where do you buy seats?
History shows that more and more piyutim – or liturgical poems - have been added to the High Holiday prayers; Is it more important for the cantor to be god fearing or to have a nice voice, why should the leader of the prayer service be sensitive to the worshipers around him? And how do you ensure that you have a place in the synagogue on Rosh Hashanah?
Itzchak Tessler | 09.08.23
צלב קרס שנחרט על גבו של ילד בלאס וגאס
Persecuted: Study shows marked rise in religion-based hate crimes in US
Record-breaking spike in hate crimes targeting Jews seen in in-depth study; the acts are fueled by IDF operations, white supremacy and online conspiracy theories; New York City is where most attacks recorded
Daniel Edelson, New York, Gilad Meiri | 09.04.23
Dor Hadash congregants meet at East Liberty Presbyterian Church the day after a gunman massacred 11 worshipers at the synagogue where they usually congregated, in Pittsburgh, Oct. 28, 2018
The challenge of covering the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting as a Jewish journalist
The 2018 antisemitic attack left a community grieving and hurt and while the shooter was subsequently sentenced to death, some wounds have yet to heal
Ron Kampeas/JTA | 08.16.23
שרידי בית כנסת שנמצאו בפולין
Remains of medieval synagogue discovered in Poland
University of Wrocław asserts that there is a strong likelihood that the remains of a 14th-century synagogue were integrated into the walls of the subsequent city palace
Itamar Eichner | 08.14.23
נרות זיכרון ב כיכר רבין תל אביב לזכר הרוגים פיגוע ירי בית כנסת פיטסבורג ארה"ב
Pittsburgh Jews feel relief after synagogue gunman’s death sentence
The overriding feeling in this city now that the gunman convicted of murdering 11 Jews in 2018 has been sentenced to death is gratitude
Ron Kampeas/JTA | 08.03.23
Donovan Parrish is charged with making antisemitic calls to synagogues and Jewish delis in the Philadelphia area
US man arrested for antisemitic threats against synagogues, Jewish delis
FBI arrests Mississippi man on suspicion of antisemitic threats and harassment against synagogues and Jewish delis: "All Jews should be burned and it's a shame that Hitler didn't finish the job"; If convicted, caller could face up to 50 years in prison
Itamar Eichner | 07.16.23
בית הכנסת אסטרא
The synagogue situated at Israel's most dangerous IDF outpost
The most dangerous, northernmost and overlooking toward Lebanon: a glimpse into three synagogues located in the northernmost bases of the IDF
Ynet | 06.11.23
Defense attorney Judy Clarke, seen here in Pittsburgh in 2023, is representing the man accused of murdering 11 Jews during Shabbat services in Pittsburgh in 2018.
She represents the ‘worst of the worst': Now she's leading the defense in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre trial
Judy Clarke she isn't trying to convince the jury that her client is not guilty; she just wants to help him avoid the death penalty
JTA via Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle | 06.08.23
אולם בבית הכנסת
Sole Lodz synagogue to survive Holocaust triumphs over demolition plans
After local real estate developers in central Polish city planned to demolish the historic building, a solution has been found and the old Reicher Synagogue will be added to the list of preserved sites
Itamar Eichner | 06.04.23
A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh in 2018
Trial begins in deadly Pittsburgh synagogue attack
The accused shooter in the deadliest antisemitic attack in the United States could face the death penalty if convicted in the shooting deaths of 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue
Associated Press | 05.30.23
תיעוד: רב גירש ילד בן 10 מבית הכנסת, הסיבה - הוא אוטיסט
Rabbi expels autistic child from Tel Aviv synagogue
The boy, 10, 'makes noises and disturbs the other worshippers,' the rabbi says; father counters that the rabbi 'humiliates the child and incites against him'
Adam Kutub | 05.21.23
אביאל חדד שנרצח בבית הכנסת בתוניסיה
2 Jews among 4 dead in Tunisia Synagogue attack
The victims were identified Aviel Haddad, an Israeli who was living in Tunisia, and his French cousin Ben Haddad, who attending the annual pilgrimage to the 2,500-year-old site during the Lag BaOmer festivities
Itamar Eichner, Daniel Salami, Agencies | 05.10.23
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