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Security guard disarms ax-wielding man inside Ukraine synagogue – The Jerusalem Post

| July 29, 2020

A security guard at a Ukraine synagogue overpowered a man armed with an ax who broke into the compound shouting wheres the synagogue? The intruder slightly wounded the guard, who managed to wrestle the weapon away from him

Door That Held Back Halle Synagogue Gunman Removed, Will Become Part of Memorial – Jewish Exponent

| July 29, 2020

Visitors at the synagogue in Halle the day after a gunman targeted the house of worship in eastern Germany in October 2019. (Jens Schlueter/Getty Images via JTA.org) By Marcy Oster Now pockmarked with bullets, the door of the synagogue in Halle, Germany, that held out a far-right gunman last October was replaced on Tuesday. The heavy wooden door will become the centerpiece of a memorial to the attack and the two bystanders killed by the assailant, The Associated Pressreported.

Door that held back Halle synagogue gunman is removed and will become part of memorial – Cleveland Jewish News

| July 29, 2020

(JTA) Now pockmarked with bullets, the door of the synagogue in Halle, Germany, that held out a far-right gunman last October was replaced on Tuesday.

Israel to relax synagogue attendance restrictions ahead of Tisha B’Av, ministers say – Jewish News of Greater Phoenix

| July 29, 2020

Israels Health Ministry will increase the number of worshipers permitted in synagogues ahead of Tisha BAv, which begins on Wednesday evening, the heads of the ultra-Orthodox political parties announced on Monday. The current limit is 10 worshipers only.

StandWithUs Offers $10,000 to Informant Who Led to Arrest of Suspect in Florida Synagogue Vandalisms – Jewish Journal

| July 29, 2020

The StandWithUs (SWU) Center for Combating Anti-Semitism (CCA) has offered a $10,000 reward to whomever provided the information that led to the arrest of the alleged perpetrator behind the recent vandalism of two Florida synagogues. The two synagogues, Temple Emanu-El and Temple Sinai, were vandalized on July 15 with swastikas and other unspecified anti-Semitic graffiti. Both synagogues are located in Sarasota, Fla.

In Western Europe, a Jewish ‘Community’ is an organization. They operate like expensive members-only clubs. – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency

| July 29, 2020

AMSTERDAM (JTA) In the United States, when Jews say they identify as part of the Jewish community, they are saying they belong to a broad cultural and religious framework. They could be referring to the community of Jews in their city, their state, the country at large or the world and it doesnt necessarily mean that they belong to a synagogue. In Western Europe, that applies in some situations

I survived the Halle synagogue attack and now I face my attacker in court – The Jerusalem Post

| July 29, 2020

Across the room sat a man, a murderer, who had tried to kill me and 51 others praying in the Halle Synagogue last Yom Kippur. Responding to question after question from the judge, he espoused the most hateful ideology, showing no shame at his open contempt and cruel rhetoric toward Muslims and Jews, people of Arab and Turkish descent, Black people, women even other white people who didnt support his cause. This man displayed in open court that he was exactly who we thought he was.

Suspected neo-Nazi leader under investigation in Sacramento – The Jewish News of Northern California

| July 29, 2020

A suspected neo-Nazi based in Sacramento who was the subject of a July 24 Huffington Post article linking him to the vandalism of a synagogue has been under investigation for about three weeks by the county sheriffs department, J. has learned.

There are 49 Jews left on the British island of Jersey. The pandemic has pushed their one synagogue to the brink. – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic…

| July 29, 2020

LONDON (JTA) Jersey is one of Britains most unusual places an autonomous island closer to France than to mainland England, a tax haven for Londons superrich and the last remnant of the English crowns Norman domains.

Portland woman’s 100th birthday celebrated with surprise drive-by parade – ABC17News.com

| July 29, 2020

National-World Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) The oldest member of Shaarie Torah, a Portland synagogue, turned 100 years old on Sunday. Because of the pandemic, friends and neighbors got creative in celebrating Frida Gass Cohen and organized a surprise drive-by birthday parade for her.


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