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June 8, 2025, 1:12 pm
Outrage after arson attack on Jerusalem synagogue of top Shas party rabbi
Some damage to building and prayer books inside, but no injuries at house of worship frequented by former chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef; Shin Bet said to treat case as terrorism
By
Sam Sokol
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Charlie Summers
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ToI Staff
January 28, 2025, 7:36 am
New Jersey synagogue defaced with ‘terrorists’ graffiti for hosting IDF soldier
Protesters outside Oheb Shalom congregation call passersby ‘baby killers,’ spray-paint ‘Terrorists This Way’; officials line up to condemn act
By
Ben Sales
April 2, 2024, 2:27 pm
Officials condemn anti-Israel, antisemitic graffiti at 2 Pennsylvania synagogues
PA governor, CNN anchor and community leaders decry recent vandalism of Philadelphia-area Jewish institutions with swastika, ‘From the river to the sea’
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JTA
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ToI Staff
September 7, 2023, 5:45 pm
Stained glass from Texas synagogue targeted by arson rebuilt into 3D eternal flame
Congregation Beth Israel holds Shabbat services at building for first time since it was damaged in 2021 attack
By
Jackie Hajdenberg
April 26, 2023, 11:31 pm
For 2nd time in a month, Barcelona synagogue vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti
Perpetrators write ‘Why are they killing Palestinians’ outside Chabad center; follows a similar incident in another shul on Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day
By
Canaan Lidor
April 17, 2023, 11:58 pm
Antisemitic graffiti scrawled on Barcelona’s largest synagogue
Vandals spray-paint ‘Free Palestine from the river to the sea,’ leave letters accusing Israel of ‘genocide’; rabbi blames Spanish city’s mayor for suspending twinning with Tel Aviv
By
ToI Staff
January 31, 2022, 7:33 pm
Chicago synagogue, Jewish school vandalized with antisemitic graffiti
Jewish businesses, synagogue in nearby suburb also reportedly targeted; city council member says the vandalism has ‘all the hallmarks of hate-based crimes’
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AP
November 17, 2021, 4:20 pm
New Jersey man sentenced to year in prison for ordering attacks on synagogues
Richard Tobin, 20, plotted with members of US neo-Nazi group ‘The Base’ to vandalize properties belonging to Jewish or Black groups
By
Shira Hanau
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’
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JTA
July 11, 2021, 10:49 am
Synagogue vandalized in West Bank settlement of Givat Ze’ev
Police searching for suspects in community outside Jerusalem; indications don’t point to hate crime
By
ToI Staff
July 1, 2021, 12:16 pm
Teenagers shatter 19th century synagogue’s windows in Romania
No one injured in incident at the Synagogue of Orastie, which does not have active Jewish community
By
Cnaan Liphshiz
May 12, 2021, 8:19 pm
German Jews seek protection after Israeli flags burned outside synagogues
16 arrested in Germany for anti-Israel incidents outside houses of worship in Bonn, Muenster; ‘Free Palestine’ graffitied on synagogue in Spain
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Agencies
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ToI Staff
May 2, 2021, 3:13 pm
US police arrest man suspected of hate crimes against several Bronx synagogues
Arrest comes after perpetrator vandalized 4 houses of worship in Riverdale, stole a bicycle and threw Jewish holy books on the ground
By
Ben Sales
April 28, 2021, 10:17 am
Despite lockdowns, antisemitic incidents rise to record levels in Austria
585 reported incidents in 2020 represent a 6% increase over previous year; physical assaults nearly double from six to 11
By
Cnaan Liphshiz
April 28, 2021, 9:38 am
Bronx synagogue vandal strikes Riverdale Jewish Center in latest attack
New York police looking for lone suspect after rocks are thrown and windows smashed at four houses of worship
By
Andrew Silow-Carroll
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