synagogues
Over 15 killed in suspected terror attacks on Russian synagogues, church, police post
A priest and six cops were killed and at least a dozen other people injured when gunmen opened fire at two synagogues, an Orthodox church and a police post Sunday...
Community honors victims of 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting during new building's groundbreaking ceremony
Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro were among the dignitaries marking the groundbreaking Sunday of a new structure replacing the Tree of Life synagogue, where 11 worshippers...
Families of Oct. 7 hostages at NYC gathering tell Israeli gov't: Bring them home first — then destroy Hamas
The families were attending a dinner sponsored by New York-based Israeli power couple Natalie Hister Ostad and Edward Ostad at Park East Synagogue on the Upper East Side.
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum retiring from world's largest LGBTQ synagogue after 32 years
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum is retiring after leading Congregation Beit Simchat Torah for 32 years.
French police fatally shoot a man suspected of setting fire to a synagogue
An officer opened fire and fatally wounded the man, police said.
Bomb threat emailed to nearly two dozen Jewish sites in NYC as disturbing text revealed: sources
Authorities are investigating a disturbing bomb threat emailed to more than two dozen synagogues and Jewish institutions in the Big Apple — and to temples upstate and on Long Island.
Volunteers scramble to rescue Torah scrolls buried in rubble after NY synagogue burns down
Volunteers rushed to rescue three sacred Torah scrolls buried beneath the rubble of the Chassidim of the Heights synagogue after it burned down.
Group of young Orthodox men plead not guilty in connection to tunnel dug under historic Brooklyn synagogue
Thirteen young Hasidic Jewish community members all pleaded not guilty to charges connected to the damage of a wall in a well-known Brooklyn synagogue that led to a caught-on-camera fracas...
60 historic Torah scrolls that survived Nazis celebrated at NYC synagogue
Not all of the Torah collection made it through the looting clean: Some were burned, riddled with bullet holes, blood-stained, and in one instance, even contained a hand-scrawled note reading,...
Radical protesters threaten to burn homes of mourners leaving Henry Kissinger memorial service: video
Radicals trailed a couple leaving a memorial service for Kissinger on the Upper East Side, throwing water at them and threatening to burn their homes.
Brooklyn synagogue tunneler says excavation was done to send message to 'geezers' to expand crowded place of worship
A Hasid involved in digging a tunnel adjacent to the synagogue at the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement’s world headquarters said he was motivated to fix a crowding problem at the holy...
Rabbinical students found hiding ‘inside a hole’ refused to leave illegal synagogue tunnel despite NYPD orders: docs
Four men — Dov Bear Shenhav, age 20; Shmuel Malka, 19; Blumenfeld Yerachmiel, 20; and Henachem Mulakando, 19 — were charged with obstruction after they were finally dragged out.
Inside the mysterious 50-foot-long tunnel under Brooklyn synagogue that sparked riot
The footage leads viewers downstairs and through hallways to a dirt-filled room where a roughly 2-foot-by-2-foot grate has been removed from the wall of the building, which is adjacent to...
Cops clash with dozens of Orthodox men in synagogue as riot breaks out over secret underground tunnel
A riot broke out in a historic Brooklyn synagogue Monday night when a group of young Orthodox men tried to climb and push their way into an illegally-constructed tunnel.
Boy who planned to shoot up synagogue sentenced to write book report on WWII hero who saved Jews
The 13-year-old boy from Ohio who has admitted to planning a mass shooting at a local synagogue earlier this year was spared prison time.
Man arrested after spraying unknown substance at victims, yelling 'Gas the Jews' in front of DC synagogue: report
The attack comes amid a rise in both antisemitic and Islamophobic across the nation linked to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Apparent stranger charged with murder of Detroit synagogue leader during break-in
A 28-year-old man was charged with the murder of Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Woll Wednesday after he allegedly broke into her house two months ago, prosecutors said. Michael Jackson-Bolanos was...
Elderly Jewish couple beaten with belt by man who screamed 'give me your earrings, Jew' while on their way to Beverly Hills synagogue: cops
A Jewish couple was attacked on their way to synagogue in Los Angeles on Saturday by a convict they say screamed "give me your earrings, Jew" before beating the husband...
'Person of interest' in Detroit synagogue leader murder case taken into custody by police
“In an effort to ensure the integrity of this ongoing investigation, no further details will be released at this time. Additional information will be released in the near future."
Neo-Nazi, 19, pleads guilty to plotting mass shooting at Michigan synagogue
Seann Pietila copped to discussing the plans to kill or injure Jewish people at an East Lansing synagogue in June, according to prosecutors.