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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

Houston

Mugshot of Genesse Moreno, who opened fire at Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch on February 11, 2023. (Screenshot/YouTube; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 13, 2024, 10:30 am
Woman who opened fire in Houston church left antisemitic writings, police say
Authorities looking into mental illness, dispute with Jewish former in-laws as motive for Genesse Moreno, who stormed megachurch with rifle sporting ‘Palestine’ sticker
By Reuters
The scene after a woman backed her car into a building used by the 'Israelite School of Universal and Practical Knowledge,' having mistaken it for a Jewish school, November 4, 2023 (screen grab via CBS 4 used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 6, 2023, 2:20 pm
US woman drives car into antisemitic group’s building, mistaking it for Jewish school
Suspect says she rammed Indianapolis house on purpose after watching news about Israel-Hamas war; separately, official says Jordanian arrested in Texas was plotting attack on Jews
By ToI Staff
Brothers Aaron (left) and Peter Berry play wheelchair basketball for the University of Alabama. They both suffered spinal cord injuries and were paralyzed from the waist down in a 2011 car accident that killed their parents. (Courtesy of the University of Alabama Adapted Athletics)
June 29, 2023, 5:51 am
US brothers Peter and Aaron Berry turn tragedy into wheelchair basketball glory
Having lost their parents and ability to walk in a car crash, Houston siblings turn to sport to rebuild their lives and today play for the University of Alabama’s championship team
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, center, standing in front of an ancient wooden sarcophagus, speaks during a handover ceremony at the foreign ministry in Cairo, Egypt, January 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohamed Salah)
January 2, 2023, 3:39 pm
2,500-year-old looted sarcophagus returned to Egypt from US
Three-meter-tall coffin, which may have belonged to priest named Ankhenmaat, was stolen and smuggled via Germany into US in 2008; returned in official Cairo ceremony
By AP
Rabbi Amy Weiss, founder and CEO of Undies for Everyone, was just named a CNN Hero this week. (Image courtesy of Undies for Everyone; design by Mollie Suss)
June 18, 2022, 4:53 pm
Texas rabbi who founded underwear nonprofit for the poor named CNN Hero
Amy Weiss’ Undies for Everyone has provided more than 2 million pairs of underwear to children across the US
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative -- Healthcare workers process people waiting in line at a United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site, Nov. 19, 2020, in Houston (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
January 8, 2022, 8:41 am
US teacher charged for putting teen son with COVID in car trunk to avoid exposure
41-year-old accused of endangering a child when she put him in the trunk while taking him for further testing for coronavirus
By JUAN LOZANO
Travis Scott performs at Day 1 of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on November 5, 2021, in Houston. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
November 6, 2021, 10:26 am
At least 8 killed in crowd surge at Texas music festival
Houston fire chief says deadly crush occurred during set by rapper Travis Scott at Astroworld Festival; several others injured
By AP
The Methodist Hospital in Houston's Medical Center, November 29, 2012. (Pat Sullivan/AP)
June 23, 2021, 3:28 pm
153 Texas medics fired or quit after comparing vaccine order to Nazi experiments
Houston Methodist hospital system says employees resigned, terminated for not getting shots; in lawsuit against demand, judge said comparison to Nazi experiments ‘reprehensible’
By Jamie Stengle
Health care workers wearing scrubs and face masks watch as protesters hold an "Open Texas" rally at the Texas State Capitol, Saturday, April 25, 2020, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
June 16, 2021, 10:40 am
Federal judge condemns Nazi analogy in Texas anti-vaccination lawsuit
US district judge rules it’s ‘reprehensible’ to equate inoculation requirement for health workers with medical experimentation in concentration camps
By Ron Kampeas
The Ezekiel W. Cullen Building on the campus of the University of Houston. (Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons)
September 8, 2020, 10:38 pm
US files charges over ‘Zoom-bombed’ Islamic State threat to Texas students
Ibraheem Ahmed Al Bayati, 19, arrested by FBI, faces up to 15 years in prison for making a bomb threat against University of Houston
By AFP
Chinese SWAT officers salute each other at the former United States Consulate in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province on July 27, 2020 (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
July 27, 2020, 1:17 pm
Consulate closures an inflection point in China-US relations
The forced shuttering of Chinese mission in Houston and American mission of Chengdu marks a new low point in ties, and won’t be easily smoothed over
By Sam McNeil
In this image made from video, a fire truck is seen outside the Chinese consulate in Houston, July 21, 2020. (KTRK via AP)
July 22, 2020, 2:02 pm
US closes Chinese consulate in Houston, drawing protest from Beijing
China warns move will ‘sabotage relations’ between the two countries; State Department says Washington will not tolerate ‘violations of our sovereignty’ or intimidation
By KEN MORITSUGU
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir outside the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft after she lands with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 17, 2020.(NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
June 12, 2020, 1:05 am
Back from space odyssey, astronaut Jessica Meir adapts to Covid-plagued Earth
With 7 months on International Space Station and historic all-female space walks behind her, trailblazing child of Iraqi-born Israeli sets sights on Artemis moon landing project
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Matthew Jason (left) and Jeremy Jason at headquarters for their Kippas to the Rescue project, at home in Houston, April 2020. (Mark Jason)
May 3, 2020, 12:09 pm
Houston family uses kippas to make masks for the homeless
Teenage sons lead effort to produce hundreds of protective items from upcycled skullcaps donated by local Jews
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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