Colleyville

April 5, 2022, 7:50 am

The chair a Texas rabbi threw at his captor is headed to a museum

‘The Cup and the Chair’ from the synagogue hostage-taking in Colleyville will be part of a new exhibit on modern-day antisemitism in America

By Andrew Lapin

A view of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, on January 17, 2022. (Emil Lippe/Getty Images via JTA)

February 22, 2022, 8:18 pm

Antisemitic flyers strewn in Colleyville, scene of recent synagogue hostage-taking

Congregation Beth Israel condemns hate leaflets after some community members find them on their properties

By Shira Hanau

This January 2, 2022 photo provided by OurCalling, LLC shows Malik Faisal Akram, at a Dallas homeless shelter. (OurCalling, LLC via AP)

February 16, 2022, 9:49 pm

FBI says Texas synagogue hostage-taker tried to buy ‘machine gun’ and drugs

Dallas man accused of selling Malik Faisal Akram pistol says the attacker sought to buy methamphetamines and ‘weapon that contains large number of bullets’

By Jake Bleiberg

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker speaks to reporters outside of Whites Chapel United Methodist Church following a special service, on January 17, 2022, in Southlake, Texas. (Emil Lippe/Getty Images/AFP)

February 8, 2022, 11:52 pm

‘I welcomed terrorist into my shul’: Texas rabbi urges Congress to up security funds

During testimony before US House panel, Charlie Cytron-Walker says decision still haunts him; expresses concern over need to take steps that might make synagogues less inviting

By Jacob Magid

American historian and author Deborah Lipstadt poses for photographer at the Rome Film festival in Rome, on October 17, 2016. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

February 1, 2022, 5:46 pm

Jewish groups urge approval of Lipstadt as US antisemitism envoy after Colleyville

Jewish Federations of North America spearhead letter to Senate citing ‘a rising tide of antisemitic speech and physical attacks’ against Jews around the world

By Ron Kampeas

Illustrative image: Israelis enjoy the abundant snow and warm spring waters near Kibbutz Merom Golan, Northern Golan Heights on January 20, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

January 26, 2022, 2:00 pm

Daily Briefing Jan. 26 – Snow in the Holy Land and a blizzard of COVID updates

Health reporter Nathan Jeffay brings a flurry of pandemic news; Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben-David explains how the Abraham Accords are opening up new med-tech markets

By TOI staff

January 24, 2022, 4:36 am

Brother of Texas synagogue hostage-taker says ‘religious nuts got a hold of him’

Gulbar Akram also asserts that brother Akram had not been antisemitic: ‘He didn’t hate Jews. One of his closest friends is Jewish’

By TOI staff and Agencies

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl of Manhattan's Central Synagogue spoke about her experience being contacted by the gunman who took Jews hostage at a synagogue in Texas a week earlier in a Friday night sermon on January 21, 2022. (Screenshot via JTA)

January 23, 2022, 5:05 am

In ‘Captives of Hope’ sermon, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl describes call with Texas gunman

Leader of New York’s Central Synagogue says she is ‘unsettled’ by societal antisemitism, calls for unity and faith in first Shabbat service since hostage crisis

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, January 17, 2022. (Emil Lippe/Getty Images/AFP)

January 23, 2022, 3:10 am

‘An act of resistance’: US Jewish leaders defiant in 1st Shabbat since hostage siege

Rabbi Cytron-Walker of Colleyville’s Beth Israel says ‘the words Shabbat shalom have never felt so good,’ as community takes stand against antisemitism, week after hostage-taking

By Peter Smith

Police vehicles stand in front of Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, on January 16, 2022, in Colleyville, Texas. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

January 21, 2022, 9:30 am

US Jews prepare for Shabbat in shadow of ‘disheartening’ Texas synagogue attack

‘It’s scary to be Jewish in America these days,’ says religious leader acquainted with Charlie Cytron-Walker, the rabbi taken hostage in Colleyville last week

By Asaf Shalev

Rep. Lauren Boebert, Republican-Colorado, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 29, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

January 21, 2022, 3:02 am

US Rep. Boebert asks Jewish visitors if they are spying on Capitol

Controversial Colorado Republican says comment was a joking reference to tours she allegedly gave ahead of insurrection; she says she’s too short to see kippahs on peoples’ heads

By Gabe Friedman

Congregation Beth Israel hostage taker, identified as 44-year-old British national Malik Faisal Akram. (Courtesy)

January 20, 2022, 2:53 pm

In final call, Texas synagogue hostage-taker ranted about ‘f*cking Jews,’ US wars

In recording of last phone call during siege, Malik Akram tells his brother he wants to ‘go down as a martyr’ and that he’s ‘opening doors’ for other jihadists

By Agencies and TOI staff

A law enforcement vehicle sits in front of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue on January 16, 2022 in Colleyville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP)

January 20, 2022, 11:55 am

UK police arrest two men over Texas synagogue attack

Counter-terrorism officers detain and question pair over possible ties to hostage-taker Malik Faisal Akram, who was killed after 11-hour siege in Colleyville on Saturday

By AFP and TOI staff

Rabbi Charlie Citron-Walker talks to reporters outside of Whites Chapel United Methodist Church following a special service on January 17, 2022 in Southlake, Texas. (Emil Lippe/Getty Images/AFP)

January 20, 2022, 3:00 am

Thrust into spotlight by standoff, Colleyville rabbi looks to keep focus on healing

Charlie Cytron-Walker says attention should be on congregation’s attempts to work through hostage trauma, not his departure from Beth Israel and other strife bubbling to surface

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

January 18, 2022, 11:36 pm

White House says Texas hostage-taker raised no red flags when entering US

Malik Faisal Akram was checked against law enforcement databases when he landed in New York several weeks ago

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Jake Bleiberg and Eric Tucker