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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

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The historic Beth-El Zedeck Temple in Indianapolis. (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)
March 22, 2025, 6:42 am
5 arrested for breaking into historic Indianapolis synagogue to film music video
Police find group with recording equipment after responding to reports of a burglary at Beth-El Zedeck Temple, which was dedicated 100 years ago
By Grace Gilson
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
FBI agents gather at the scene of a deadly shooting, July 17, 2022, at the Greenwood Park Mall in Greenwood, Indiana. (Kelly Wilkinson/ The Indianapolis Star via AP, File)
July 13, 2023, 11:09 pm
Nazi propaganda found on phone of 2022 Indianapolis mass shooter
Police find images of Hitler and ‘extremely graphic’ videos of previous mass killings on Jonathan Douglas Sapirman’s device
By RICK CALLAHAN
Teddy bears and flowers are sit as a memorial outside of the Greenwood Park Mall food court on July 18, 2022 in Greenwood, Indiana. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images/AFP)
July 19, 2022, 3:11 am
US authorities name Indiana mall shooter as Jonathan Sapirman, 20
Police say gunman spent hour in bathroom, possibly assembling rifle, before firing on shoppers, killing three; ‘Good Samaritan’ praised for using lethal fire to take out shooter
By Arleigh Rodgers and RICK CALLAHAN
Indianapolis Jewish Community Center. (Indianapolis JCC website)
March 3, 2022, 6:16 pm
Man held in connection with shooting after basketball dispute at Indiana JCC
Police say incident in which two were wounded not believed to be religiously motivated or a hate crime; community center says it’s reviewing its entry policies
By AP
Eight people were shot and killed in a shooting on April 15, 2021 at a Fedex facility in Indianapolis. (Twitter video screenshot)
April 16, 2021, 10:51 am
At least 8 killed in mass shooting at Indianapolis FedEx facility
Four others hospitalized, one with critical injuries; police say the gunman is dead; motive unclear
By AP
A Statue of Liberty painting is seen through a smashed Dolce and Gabbana store window, June 1, 2020, in the SoHo neighbourhood of New York. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
June 2, 2020, 1:39 pm
Death toll up to 9 in US protests, includes restaurant owner, ex-football star
Dozens more have been injured during incidents related to unrest following death of George Floyd; tens of thousands have marched peacefully against police brutality and racism
By LISA MARIE PANE
Illustrative: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers, March 19, 2013. (Michael Conroy/AP)
September 16, 2019, 8:18 pm
Indianapolis cops probe anti-Semitic fliers posted on Jewish institutions
Leaflets described as ‘anti-Semitic in nature’; police classify incident as a ‘bias crime’ and tighten security at sites
By JTA
Pike High School, Indianapolis. (Screen capture: Google Maps)
September 30, 2018, 3:12 pm
Swastikas daubed in bathroom in Indianapolis-area high school
Cops say graffiti drawn on mirrors and counter in Pike High School on two consecutive days does not constitute a hate crime
By JTA
Screen shot of the Etz Chaim Synagogue in Indianapolis. (Google maps)
September 27, 2018, 6:34 pm
Jewish soldier killed in Korean War buried in Indianapolis
Army Cpl. Morris Meshulam, 19, was captured by the Chinese and died in 1951; his remains were identified by DNA samples from surviving family members
By JTA
Congregation Shaarey Tefilla, Carmel, Indiana (Google Streetview)
August 17, 2018, 5:26 pm
Cops arrest two in Indiana synagogue vandalism
Nolan Brewer and an unnamed co-conspirator suspected of painting a swastika on a wall at Shaarey Tefilla, outside Indianapolis
By JTA
Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the close of a three-day conference on religious freedom at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
July 30, 2018, 5:45 am
Mike Pence ‘sickened and appalled’ by anti-Semitic graffiti on Indiana synagogue
US vice president slams ‘vile acts of anti-Semitism’ after Jewish community targeted in his home state
By ToI Staff
Congregation Shaarey Tefilla, Carmel, Indiana (Google Streetview)
July 29, 2018, 3:50 pm
Swastika, Iron Crosses graffitied at Indiana synagogue
Congregation says it’s working with police; services have not been affected
By ToI Staff and AP
Bill Levin, the Minister of Love at the First Church of Cannabis, is expressing his freedom of religion. (courtesy)
July 9, 2018, 5:21 am
Judge harshes cannabis church’s bid to get blazed
Court says religious group’s love of marijuana does not count as a religion, shooting down congregation founded by Reform Jew testing Indiana’s religious freedom laws
By AP and Amanda Borschel-Dan
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