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

In 2001, Colleyville synagogue 'menace' wished others had died in 9/11

Malik Faisal Akram was banned from courts in Lancashire for abusing the court staff.

JANUARY 17, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A law enforcement vehicle is parked at a school in the area where a man believed to have taken people hostage at a synagogue during services that were being streamed live, in Colleyville, Texas, U.S. January 15, 2022.

Colleyville Rabbi Cytron-Walker: 'I threw a chair at him and we ran'

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker was held hostage in the synagogue for almost 11 hours with three congregation members.

JANUARY 17, 2022ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker.

Church, community cared for families of synagogue hostages during hourslong crisis

The Good Shepherd Catholic Community church in Colleyville helped out the Beth Israel community by providing a safe haven for the rabbi's family and other hostage family members.

JANUARY 17, 2022ByDOMINGO RAMIREZ JR./FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM/TNS
Emergency responders are seen near a synagogue where a man has reportedly taken people hostage at a synagogue during services that were being streamed live, in Colleyville, Texas, U.S. January 15, 2022.

Colleyville gunman spoke with NY rabbi Angela Buchdahl during standoff

Angela Buchdahl, a leading reform rabbi at Central Synagogue in New York City, was involved in negotiations with the hostage-taker at Congregation Beth Israel on Saturday.

JANUARY 17, 2022ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl

Naftali Bennett to Colleyville rabbi: We are brothers

Bennett expressed solidarity and support following the hostage incident that took place on Saturday, in which the rabbi and three others were taken hostage by a gunman named Malik Faisal Akram.

JANUARY 16, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in a press conference on January 11, 2022

Amid antisemitic violence, Jewish solidarity is needed - editorial

When Jews are afraid for their safety on the streets, on campuses and in synagogues, no one is safe.

JANUARY 16, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A Star of David necklace.

UK citizen named as Texas synagogue attacker, two teens arrested

Malik Faisal Akram was named as the Colleyville synagogue hostage taker hours before UK police made two arrests in connection to the attack.

JANUARY 16, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A law enforcement vehicle blocks the street where a man has reportedly taken people hostage at a synagogue during services that were being streamed live, in Colleyville, Texas, US

Jewish orgs. urge Congress to increase security grants after Colleyville

The NSGP allows houses of worship and other nonprofits at risk to apply for grants of up to $100 thousand for each institute.

JANUARY 16, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS
An armored law enforcement vehicle is 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.

Yes, the Colleyville synagogue attack was 'specifically' targeting Jews - analysis

What more must it take for a crime to be viewed as “specifically related to the Jewish community?”

JANUARY 16, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
A law enforcement vehicle is parked at a school in the area where a man believed to have taken people hostage at a synagogue during services that were being streamed live, in Colleyville, Texas, US, January 15, 2022.

Bennett after Texas synagogue hostages freed: 'We are one family'

“This event is a stark reminder that the dark forces of antisemitism still exist,” Bennett added.

JANUARY 16, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a memorial ceremony for the fallen Israeli soldiers of the 1973 Yom Kippur war, at the National Hall of Remembrance, Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, September 19, 2021.