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.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
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

One year after the Colleyville hostage-taking, Jewish organizations are accelerating the building of security measures, while antisemitism rises.

|ByOMRI NAHMIAS
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

I urge you this Sabbath to heed the lessons of January 15 and the Holocaust that if Jews have survived the worst of humanity, they are also somehow capable of demonstrating the best of humanity.

|ByANNA SALTON EISEN
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

In a year filled with antisemitic rhetoric and attacks, the Shimon Wiesenthal Center ranked their ten most prominent antisemitic incidents of 2022.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Texas synagogue hostage-taker claimed to have planted bombs in NYC

Law enforcement determined this week that there is no basis to these claims.

JANUARY 19, 2022ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
FOR NEW YORK City, the financial capital of the world, cyberattacks have always posed a major threat.

Colleyville synagogue cofounder, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, sees reasons for optimism

Anna Salton Eisen's family background gave her the tools to put Saturday's attack in historical context.

JANUARY 19, 2022ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, where four hostages were held.

Mayorkas, Garland meet with Jewish groups to discuss synagogue security post Colleyville

Garland and Mayorkas, both of whom are Jewish, spoke about the personal resonance the Colleyville attack has had for them.

JANUARY 19, 2022ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces a civil lawsuit to sue Texas over its abortion law, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 9, 2021.

Texas synagogue hostage speaks out: 'Words have consequences'

Jeffrey Cohen, who described the 11-hour ordeal in detail, said he does not "forgive" the attacker.

JANUARY 18, 2022ByHALEY COHEN
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.

Letters to the editor January 19, 2022: Anarchy in the Negev

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

JANUARY 18, 2022ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

A commentary on Colleyville, courtesy of Mordechai Gebertig - opinion

The italicized lines are from the poem “Es Brent,” written by Mordechai Gebertig in 1936 as he watched his shtetl destroyed in a pogrom.

JANUARY 18, 2022BySHERWIN POMERANTZ
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.

Jews, Muslims can walk a common path – Martin Luther King showed us how

The Colleyville hostage crises showed that whether one is Jewish or Muslim, the issue is with extremists – not ideologies.

JANUARY 18, 2022ByEBOO PATEL/JTA, JOSHUA STANTON/JTA
DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

Antisemitism was denied in Colleyville - opinion

The FBI said that the hostage-taking wasn't directly targeted at Jews.

JANUARY 17, 2022BySHMULEY BOTEACH
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.

Israeli solidarity with Colleyville synagogue is all words, no action - editorial

Israeli politicians expressed solidarity with the Colleyville synagogue hostages but won't further the Western Wall bill.

JANUARY 17, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A CONFRONTATION takes place at a service with Women of the Wall at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Cytron-Walker's 'entire persona is listening and dialogue'

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker was held hostage in his synagogue with three of his congregants on Saturday.

JANUARY 17, 2022ByJODI RUDOREN
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker.