Colleyville synagogue

Two Jews shot while leaving Los Angeles synagogue, suspect detained

The suspect reportedly has a history of animus towards the Jewish community, according to the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.

 A Los Angeles police car sits outside the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, September 17, 2001
 New Jersey police officers stand guard in front of the United Synagogue of Hoboken in New Jersey, U.S., November 4, 2022

US Jewish organizations are investing heavily in security -JNFA CEO

 CONGREGATION BETH Israel in Colleyville, Texas, the site of the January 15, 2022, hostage crisis. ‘What I have discovered is that an equal and opposite force of love for the Jewish people exists in our world,’ says the writer.

January 15: Remembering the Colleyville, Texas synagogue hostage crisis - opinion

 Then US-president elect Donald Trump and musician Kanye West pose for media at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, US, December 13, 2016.

The top ten worst antisemitic incidents of 2022 - SWC


Biden references Colleyville in Holocaust Remembrance Day statement

Biden stressed the need to teach accurately about the Holocaust and to push back against attempts to deny or revise history.

US VP Joe Biden looks at pictures of Jews killed in the Holocaust during a visit to the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem March 9, 2010

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Israel should keep world Jewry in mind - opinion

Apart from empty speeches, Israel could do more for Jews around the world.

 DIASPORA AFFAIRS Minister Nachman Shai speaks to the media at the Malmo International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism in Malmo, Sweden in October.

US charges man who sold gun used in synagogue hostage crisis

Henry "Michael" Williams, has been charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Law enforcement vehicles are seen in the area where a man has reportedly taken people hostage at a synagogue during services that were being streamed live, in Colleyville, Texas, US, January 15, 2022.

American Jews need to rethink their security after Colleyville - opinion

We know intimately from our counterparts in diaspora communities across the world that we can do much more to prevent attacks against our own.

 HOWARD KAYE holds his daughter Hannah Jacqueline Kaye at the funeral for Lori Gilbert-Kaye, killed in the shooting at a Chabad synagogue in Poway, California, in 2019

14 days: Netanyahu deal?

Netanyahu has consistently denied all allegations in his ongoing trial for fraud, breach of trust and bribery.

PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU consults with Avichai Mandelblit.

Pledger to deploy hi-tech security in 500 locations in wake of Texas hostage situation

Gabriel Network was founded following two mass shootings in 2016 - in a Tel Aviv market and Florida’s Pulse Nightclub.

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The tragic ritualization of antisemitism attack response in US Jewry - opinion

We will add the name of this town in Texas to the lexicon of antisemitism and the American-Jewish experience, and hope that a long time passes before we need to undergo all of this again. 

 A MEMORIAL is set up outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh following the shooting in which 11 people were killed in October 2018.

Antisemitism, Holocaust denial: First they gassed us, now they gaslight us - opinion

There’s something about the Jews. We are a favorite target – enduring 58% of America’s hate crimes despite being only 2% of the population.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden speaks in Philadelphia, the following day, about the hostage-taking at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. He first said it was too early to know ‘why’ the gunman ‘was using antisemitic and anti-Israeli comments.’

Letters to the Editor January 26, 2022: Not one act of violence

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Why is there an anti-Jewish bias in the media? - opinion

The international coverage of the hostage-taking attack in Colleyville, Texas, proved this last week, and the FBI’s comments only added fuel to the antisemitic fire in the press coverage.

 AN ARMORED law enforcement vehicle is on the scene near Congregation Beth El in Colleyville, Texas, on January 15, as a gunman held hostages inside.