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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 647

synagogue fire

Rabbi Dovid Gutnick speaks to the media next to the burnt front entrance of the East Melbourne Synagogue in Melbourne on July 6, 2025. (William WEST / AFP)
July 6, 2025, 8:50 am
Man charged with setting fire to Melbourne synagogue as police probe terror motive
Angelo Loras, 34, of Sydney, who describes himself as Iranian, suspected of starting blaze at entrance to East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation building while 20 people were inside
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center burns during the Eaton fire in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2025 (JOSH EDELSON / AFP)
January 8, 2025, 12:36 pm
‘It is crazy’: Wildfires ravage Los Angeles area, destroying synagogue and causing chaos
US authorities issue evacuation orders to 30,000 residents; Chabad center damaged; several said injured; senior living center evacuated as embers fall around people in wheelchairs
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Fire crew members at the scene of an arson attack at Adass Israel Synagogue in the suburb of Ripponlea, Melbourne, December 6, 2024. (ABC/AFP)
December 6, 2024, 4:50 am
Melbourne synagogue sustains massive damage in predawn attack by masked arsonists
No serious injuries reported among Adass Israel congregants, some of whom were in the synagogue praying; board member says ‘inside completely gutted,’ holy books destroyed
By Agencies
A terror suspect (left) caught on a surveillance camera outside the Beth Yaacov synagogue in the French seaside resort of La Grande Motte; flames outside the synagogue (right) on August 24, 2024. (X screenshots, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
August 25, 2024, 12:54 pm
Man arrested over suspected terror attack explosion at French synagogue
Minister says officers came under fire during operation; images show suspect wearing Palestinian flag as he set fire to police cars, synagogue doors; 2 associates also detained
By Philippe Siuberski, Sylvie MALIGORNE and Jurgen HECKER
Fires burn after an attack at a synagogue in Derbent, in Russia's Dagestan region, June 23, 2024. Some initial reports say the synagogue and an adjacent church were set on fire. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 24, 2024, 1:25 am
Over 15 Russian cops, civilians killed in attacks on synagogues, churches in Dagestan
Orthodox priest among those slain in seemingly coordinated assaults on Makhachkala and Derbent, with synagogues in both cities set ablaze; Jewish community reports no injuries
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Fire and destruction at a synagogue in Sfax, Tunisia, after a mob set fire to the building and burned several trees in the courtyard on February 25, 2024. (Screenshots from X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law).
February 28, 2024, 9:56 pm
Mob reported to attack abandoned synagogue in Tunisia’s Sfax
Local reports say rioters set fire to several trees in courtyard, in second attack on a Tunisian synagogue since October 7
By ToI Staff
Temple Beth-El of Birmingham, Alabama, as seen in 2010. (Flickr via JTA)
November 6, 2022, 8:15 pm
Birmingham, Alabama, rabbi says synagogue fire not an antisemitic attack
Blaze was lit on Friday, while synagogues in New Jersey were under an FBI warning about a ‘broad threat’ to them
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A fire outside Congregation Beth Israel in Austin, Texas, on October 31, 2021. (Austin Fire Department)
November 16, 2021, 8:40 am
Suspect in Austin synagogue arson kept journal allegedly detailing attack
FBI charges Franklin Barrett Sechriest, 18, with October vandalism; diary entries on day of incident include ‘Scout out a target’ and ‘I set a synagogue on fire’
By JTA
Congregation Gates of Prayer building in New Iberia, Louisiana (Screenshot/ Google street view)
May 4, 2020, 4:12 am
Fires destroy Louisiana synagogue, damage another
Congregation Gates of Prayer in New Iberia damaged by blaze sparked by lightning strike: Lafayette synagogue, closed since 1990s, gutted by fire apparently started by squatters
By JTA
The Adas Israel Congregation in Duluth, Minnesota, burned down on September 9, 2019. (Duluth News Tribune Screenshot via JTA)
October 27, 2019, 2:16 am
Homeless man given 3 months in jail for starting Minnesota synagogue blaze
Matthew Amiot also sentenced to community service for setting fire that destroyed Adas Israel Synagogue in Duluth
By AP
Adas Israel Congregation ablaze in Minnesota, September 9, 2019. (Screenshot from KBJR Channel 6 via JTA)
September 11, 2019, 1:34 am
Police: ‘New evidence’ recovered in Minnesota synagogue fire
Duluth police chief won’t say if he suspects foul play; building almost completely destroyed in blaze
By AP
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