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Colleyville

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
A police vehicle sits outside of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, Jan. 16, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Andy Jacobsohn-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I hope the Texas hostage crisis won’t curb in-person synagogue gatherings

Raphael Magarik by Raphael Magarik 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)
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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