synagogues
Montreal synagogue hit with suspected arson attack while nearby Jewish office building is vandalized
A synagogue in a Montreal suburb was targeted in what police suspect was an arson attack early Wednesday.
Worshippers flee as synagogue in Melbourne is set on fire in targeted attack
Early morning worshippers were forced to flee, as a Melbourne synagogue went up in flames.
Mass. antisemite admits to threatening to kill Jewish children, bomb synagogues in hateful voicemails
John Reardon faces up two-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to threatening to kill Jewish children and bomb local synagogues over the Israel-Hamas war.
NYC home lovingly converted from a fire-damaged synagogue lists for $27,500 a month
The four-bedroom, 2½-bathroom home, a former East Village synagogue at 317 E. 8th St., is 4,217 square feet and comes fully furnished.
Gunman shoots Jewish man walking to synagogue in Chicago, then shouts ‘Allahu Akbar’ in police shootout: report
According to a report, Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, was arrested following a shootout with police on Saturday morning in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood.
Hasidic Jewish students charged in NYC synagogue tunnel digging scoff at plea offer: 'Rather go to prison'
The Hasidic Jewish students who dug a secret tunnel under a Brooklyn synagogue said they'd rather go to prison than face a ban from the historic temple — as they...
Murder charge in Detroit Jewish leader's slaying dismissed — but suspect won't avoid jail time
“If lying was an Olympic sport, you would get a gold medal, sir,” the judge told Jackson-Bolanos as she noted he was a repeated offender.
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...