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Congregation Emanu El in Houston is reassessing its security protocols with security nonprofits and consultants. (Jewish Herald-Voice/via JTA)
January 24, 2023, 11:47 am
A year after Colleyville, Houston synagogue is harassed by agitated Messianic Jew
Synagogue tightening security after a woman broke in twice, damaging a Torah and scaring children; she targeted synagogue after being turned away ‘because of her belief in Jesus’
By Matt Samuels
In this December 22, 2022, photo, Lawrence Schwartz, left, Shane Woodward, center, and Jeff Cohen, right, smile as they pose for a photo inside Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
January 12, 2023, 6:22 pm
On first anniversary of Texas synagogue standoff, survivors cope, carry on
Rabbi and three worshippers held hostage at Colleyville synagogue last year say their trauma has not disappeared, despite the FBI’s killing of their captor
By BOBBY ROSS Jr.
This undated booking photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office shows Henry "Michael" Dwight Williams. (Dallas County Sheriff's Office via AP)
October 25, 2022, 3:17 am
Man who sold gun to Texas synagogue attacker gets 8 years in prison
Ex-felon convicted of possession of semi-automatic pistol later used by Malik Faisal Akram to hold rabbi and 3 others hostage at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville
By AP
A stained glass window that once had bullet holes is now repaired at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
August 20, 2022, 2:11 am
CNN antisemitism special covers synagogue attacks, targeting of Zionist students
‘Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America,’ airing this weekend, tours through some low points in recent American Jewish history, offers analysis of ongoing spike in incidents
By PHILISSA CRAMER
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)
July 1, 2022, 6:03 am
Man pleads guilty to selling pistol to Texas synagogue hostage-taker
Henry Dwight Williams faces up to 10 years in US federal prison over sale of gun to Malik Faisal Akram, who took rabbi and three others hostage before being fatally shot by FBI
By AP
The chair and the teacup from the Colleyville, Texas, synagogue hostage crisis will be entering the American Jewish history museum in Philadelphia. (Images courtesy of Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History and Emil Lippe/Getty Images; Photo illustration by Mollie Suss)
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
This January 2, 2022 photo provided by OurCalling, LLC shows Malik Faisal Akram, at a Dallas homeless shelter. (OurCalling, LLC via AP)
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
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