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In a Friday night sermon on Jan. 21, 2022, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl of Manhattan's Central Synagogue spoke about her experience being contacted by the gunman who took Jews hostage at a synagogue in Texas a week earlier. (Screenshot)
Posted inU.S.

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl details call with Texas gunman in ‘Captives of Hope’ sermon

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 24, 2022
UC Berkeley (Photo/file)
Posted inEducation

Hillel portal offers another option for college scholarship search 

Larry Sokoloff by Larry Sokoloff January 21, 2022January 27, 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
Law enforcement officers process the scene in front of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, Jan. 16, 2022, in Colleyville, Texas. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo-Brandon Wade)
Posted inU.S.

Synagogues forced to balance welcoming the stranger with protecting their own

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS January 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
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
An interfaith group of clergy gathered at Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Community in Colleyville, Texas, to support law enforcement and the families of those taken hostage in the 11-hour standoff Jan. 15, 2022, at Congregation Beth Israel. (Photo/RNS-via Twitter)
Posted inU.S.

As rabbi was held hostage, interfaith colleagues gathered to help end the standoff

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS January 18, 2022
A sign of solidarity was placed in front of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas.(Photo/Forward-Haya Panjwani)
Posted inU.S.

FBI accused of minimizing antisemitism of Texas hostage-taker

Lauren Markoe by Lauren Markoe and Forward January 18, 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)
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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.
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‘Quite simply a mensch’: Meet Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, freed after hostage crisis at his synagogue

by Andrew Lapin and JTA January 16, 2022

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