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Police probing if Kfar Saba synagogue destroyed overnight was broken into – The Times of Israel

| March 21, 2024

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Firefighters rescue 11 Torah scrolls from burning synagogue in central Israel – Ynetnews

| March 21, 2024

Firefighters rescued 11 Torah scrolls early on Monday morning from a synagogue that went up in flames in the central Israel city of Kfar Saba. No one was hurt, but the building suffered serious damage

Suspected arson at a synagogue in Kfar Saba – The Jerusalem Post

| March 21, 2024

The police launched an investigation on Monday into suspicions of an apparent break-in at a synagogue in Kfar Saba and circumstances of a fire at the site. Meanwhile, fire investigators and officers gathered various forensic findings at the scene to examine the circumstances and advance the investigation.

Germany summons Iranian envoy over 2022 synagogue attack plot – The Times of Israel

| March 21, 2024

BERLIN Germany says it has summoned the Iranian ambassador over an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in 2022 that Berlin believes was planned with the help of Tehran. A German-Iranian national was in December sentenced to two years and nine months in prison over the plot to attack a synagogue in the western German city of Bochum. The 36-year-old, identified only as Babak J., had planned to target the synagogue but ended up throwing an incendiary device at an adjacent school building

Many find Orthodox Union’s Synagogue Initiatives an invaluable resource – JNS.org

| March 21, 2024

(March 20, 2024 / Orthodox Union) Rabbi Adir Posy knows firsthand about the joys and challenges of being heavily involved in a synagogue; the national director of the Orthodox Unions Pepa and Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue Initiatives also serves as the associate rabbi at Beth Jacob Congregation in Beverly Hills, Calif. He says it is no secret that shul life can be both rewarding and stressful at times, particularly for shul administrators

Congregation Shir Ami comes together to help alleviate food insecurity – The Bucks County Herald

| March 21, 2024

Shir Ami Reform Synagogue of Newtown collected 31,174 pounds of food for eight local hunger relief agencies during 2023. Not only does this collection help people experiencing food insecurity, it also supports the synagogues Code Blue initiative, where the congregation housed homeless persons overnight during extremely cold nights in the month of December. Marc Luber, Shir Ami board member and food insecurity chairperson, expressed his gratitude to the congregation and the community stating, Our local community came through in a big way with food donations over the past year

Crash leaves car sideways on stairs next to Brookline synagogue – NBC Boston

| March 21, 2024

A crash left a car in a very tight space Friday in Brookline, Massachusetts. The vehicle ended up on its side and wedged in an alley next to Temple Beth Zion, a synagogue on Beacon Street.

During the Israel-Hamas war, Jews will soon celebrate Purim one of their most joyous holidays – The Christian Index

| March 21, 2024

By DAVID CRARY, Associated Press Purimis widely depicted as the most thoroughly joyful of Jewish holidays highlighted by celebrations that include costumes, skits, noisemakers and varying degrees of rowdiness. It celebrates the biblical story of how a plot to exterminate Jews in Persia was thwarted, and thus is embraced as an affirmation of Jewish survival throughout history. For many Jews, it will have extra significance this year during awar in Gazatriggered by the Oct.

Demolition of historic synagogue in Brooklyn sparks offense, optimism – JNS.org

| March 21, 2024

(March 19, 2024 / JNS) Questions surround the destruction of the Chevra Anshei Lubawitz synagogue in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. On Sunday, after years of legal challenges, demolition began on the synagogue that was built in 1907. The heavens are trembling, said Yaacov Behrman, president of the Jewish Future Alliance, according to ABC7 New York.

Zandra Rhodes Among 100 Fashion Figures at Event Against Antisemitism – WWD

| March 21, 2024

SPEAKING OUT, AND EATING: Some 100 British fashion figures including Zandra Rhodes, David Sassoon, Solange Azagury-Partridge, Suzy Menkes, Caroline Burstein and Caroline Rush gathered at the Western Marble Arch Synagogue in London on Saturday morning for a religious and social event hosted by Fashion & Beauty Against Antisemitism. Cohosts Deborah Lyons and Mandi Lennard called it a special fashion kiddush, and after a morning of prayers, guests spilled into the synagogues reception hall to graze on traditional foods, including honey cake, cholent and latkes, fish balls and mini-bagels with chopped herring.


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