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Congregation facing eviction from nations oldest synagogue

| April 6, 2022

A Jewish congregation in New York City has moved to evict Rhode Island congregants who worship at the nations oldest synagogue as part of a long-running dispute over control of the historic building.

Man sentenced to 180 days in jail for Carmichael hate …

| April 6, 2022

A judge on Wednesday sentenced a man accused of a series of hate crimes against a Carmichael synagogue and neighborhood to 180 days in jail, the Sacramento County District Attorneys Office said. Nicholas Sherman pleaded guilty to a felony count of desecrating a religious symbol on the property of the Shalom Le Israel synagogue in Carmichael and a misdemeanor count of terrorism for leaving flyers with a Nazi swastika on the grounds of the Deterding Elementary School

Two UK Teenagers Arrested re Texas Synagogue Hostage Crisis

| April 6, 2022

Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images. Police in Britain have arrested two teenagers in connection with events at a synagogue in Texas on Saturday, in which a gunman took four people hostage before he was killed

All Hostages at Beth Israel Synagogue in Texas Are Out …

| April 6, 2022

All the hostages taken during a Shabbat service at Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, TX have been released and are safe, Texas Gov.

Colleyville synagogue standoff artifacts going to Jewish museum – The Dallas Morning News

| April 6, 2022

Charlie Cytron-Walker, the rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, let the hostage-taker inside the synagogue in January because the man appeared to need shelter.

Preaching to the margins: Chicago synagogue adopts anti-Zionism as a core value – The Times of Israel

| April 6, 2022

CHICAGO The Tzedek Chicago synagogue has voted to adopt anti-Zionism as a core value, becoming the first American congregation known to officially take such a stance. The membership of Tzedek, a non-denominational congregation founded in 2015, voted last week to pass the measure.

Fences and bulletproof windows: How security grants are being used to harden houses of worship – The San Diego Union-Tribune

| April 6, 2022

Three years after a deadly anti-Semitic attack at a Poway synagogue, local houses of worship have become experts in something that never used to be part of their vocabulary: target hardening. Those two words appear over and over in grant applications San Diego County religious organizations filed with the state recently to receive money for safeguarding their sanctuaries

Where to Celebrate Passover at Austin Restaurants – Eater Austin

| April 6, 2022

The eight-day Jewish holiday Passover takes place soon starting on Friday, April 15 through Saturday, April 13.

Indicted Trader Gets GPS Anklet After Witness-Stalking Claim – Law360

| April 6, 2022

By Brian Dowling (April 5, 2022, 5:36 PM EDT) -- A Florida man charged in a $4 million insider trading scheme involving Designer Shoe Warehouse stock won't get tossed into jail after prosecutors said he stalked a cooperating witness at a local synagogue, a Boston federal judge said Tuesday. U.S.

Opinion | After the Pandemic, I Want My Life to Be Less Convenient – The New York Times

| April 6, 2022

One recent snowy Saturday morning, I coaxed myself out of bed, into semiformal attire and through the door to synagogue. It was the latest in a series of attempts to force myself to, well, do stuff, the kind of stuff that takes me out of my one-bedroom apartment and into human society. During the service, I stood when everyone else stood, sat when everyone else sat, sang when everyone else sang


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