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A sign of solidarity was placed in front of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas.(Photo/Forward-Haya Panjwani)
Posted inLocal Voice

I let an unhoused man into my synagogue before Colleyville. How will we respond next time?

Rabbi Joshua Ladon by Rabbi Joshua Ladon and JTA January 21, 2022January 24, 2022
New York police officers stand guard at the door of the Union Temple of Brooklyn after it was vandalized with graffiti, Nov. 2, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Kena Betancur-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Securing synagogues and protecting Jews of color don’t have to be at odds

Mijal BittonRabbi Isaiah Rothstein by Mijal Bitton, Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein and JTA January 21, 2022
Josh Rawitch is the eighth president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. (Photos/JTA - Rawitch by Milo Stewart Jr.; Hall of Fame by John Greim-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

For the new Jewish president of the Baseball Hall of Fame, it’s all about tradition

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and JTA January 21, 2022
"The Netanyahus," "A Play for the End of the World," "People Love Dead Jews" and Dvora Hacohen’s biography of Hadassah founder Henriette Szold are among the winners of the 2021 National Jewish Book Awards.
Posted inBooks

Local writers Helene Wecker and Nathaniel Deutsch win 2021 National Jewish Book Awards

by JTA and J. Staff January 20, 2022January 20, 2022
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker talks to reporters outside of Whites Chapel United Methodist Church following a special service on Jan. 17, 2022 in Southlake, Texas. (Photo/JTA-Emil Lippe-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Texas rabbi who escaped hostage situation wants to correct the record

by Andrew Lapin and JTA January 19, 2022
"Twitter isn't real life, but it is a close simulacrum of how Jews talk to and about one another." (JTA illustration by Mollie Suss)
Posted inOpinion

From vigils to vitriol, the Texas hostage crisis showed social media at its best and worst

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA January 19, 2022
Alejandro Mayorkas, then deputy secretary of Homeland Security, addresses the Orthodox Union at a conference in Washington, Sept. 21, 2016. (Photo/Courtesy Orthodox Union)
Posted inU.S.

Mayorkas, Garland and other US officials meet with Jewish groups to discuss synagogue security post-Colleyville

by Andrew Lapin and JTA January 19, 2022
Texas Christian University professor Adam McKinney (upper left) organized an online vigil in support of Congregation Beth Israel of Colleyville, Texas, where an attacker took several congregants hostage, Jan. 15, 2022. (Screenshot)
Posted inReligion

As Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis unfolded, Jews turned to prayers designed for moments of danger

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 16, 2022January 16, 2022
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker was held hostage inside Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, Jan. 15, 2022.
Posted inUncategorized, U.S.

‘Quite simply a mensch’: Meet Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, freed after hostage crisis at his synagogue

by Andrew Lapin and JTA January 16, 2022
Demonstrators demand the release of Aafia Siddiqui from U.S. custody in Lahore, Pakistan on May 29, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Rana Sajid Hussain-Pacific Press-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Who is Aafia Siddiqui, the prisoner whom the Colleyville synagogue hostage-taker reportedly wanted to free?

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA January 16, 2022January 16, 2022

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