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President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog welcome members of the Israeli public to the President’s Residence sukkah in Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, September 29, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 29, 2026, 5:01 pm
Herzog calls leaders of Jerusalem Reform synagogue after attacks, follows up with police
Series of incidents targeting the congregation in recent weeks includes break-ins, vandalism and harassment; three minors arrested
By Deborah Danan
A smashed window at Jerusalem's Kol HaNeshama, a Reform synagogue in Jerusalem that was vandalized on August 14, 2026. (Kol HaNeshama via X)
September 23, 2026, 4:20 pm
Three minors arrested after repeated vandalization of Jerusalem Reform synagogue
Suspects detained following smashing of plate and ripping down of LGBTQ flag at Kol HaNeshama on Yom Kippur, as well as egg-throwing incident on Rosh Hashanah
By Noam Lehmann, ToI Staff and JTA
Illustrative: A view of the Kol HaNeshama synagogue building in Jerusalem, July 8, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
September 21, 2026, 9:40 pm
Jerusalem Reform synagogue vandalized on Yom Kippur, in third attack in a month
Assailants damage Kol HaNeshama days after youths pelted worshipers with eggs; Reform movement says recent incidents cannot be treated as isolated
By ToI Staff
A smashed window at Ramat Hasharon's Darchei Noam Reform synagogue that was vandalized on August 23, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 24, 2026, 6:05 pm
Reform synagogue vandalized in central Israel, in second such incident in 10 days
Ramat Hasharon mayor demands police investigation after assailants smash windows of Darchei Noam congregation
By ToI Staff
Suspect Brayton Laschinger (right), who allegedly smashed the window of the Chabad of Downtown SRQ in Sarasota, Florida, July 29, 2026. (Courtesy Sarasota Police Department)
August 2, 2026, 10:49 am
Florida man arrested for throwing a brick through window of Sarasota synagogue
Police say Brayton Laschinger, 30, admitted to antisemitic attack on Chabad facility because he ‘saw propaganda on social media and that was making him mad’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia in Skopje, Macedonia. (Wikimedia Commons)
April 15, 2026, 3:15 pm
North Macedonian synagogue hit by arson in country’s 1st antisemitic attack since Holocaust
Attack on Skopje synagogue in country with just 200 Jews is latest in a string of such incidents throughout the world
By Zev Stub
A vehicle rams into the gates of Brisbane Synagogue in Queensland, Australia, February 20, 2026. (Screenshot/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 21, 2026, 4:17 pm
Driver charged with hate crime after ramming truck into Brisbane Synagogue
Australian police investigating incident as criminal, not terror; Jewish groups condemn ‘chilling assault on sacred place of worship’
By ToI Staff
Congregants search through the remains of Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, which served Pasadena for over 100 years and was destroyed in the Eaton Fire, as wildfires cause damage and loss through the LA region on January 11, 2025 in Pasadena, California (Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)
January 15, 2026, 2:52 am
Anti-Zionist graffiti defaces rubble of Pasadena synagogue destroyed in wildfire
The rabbi of the century-old Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, along with the Anti-Defamation League and local sheriff’s department, decry the vandalism as antisemitic
By Jackie Hajdenberg
This photo provided by Beth Israel Congregation shows damage sustained during a fire, January 10, 2026, at Beth Israel Congregation, in Jackson, Mississippi. (Beth Israel Congregation via AP)
January 12, 2026, 12:39 pm
A ‘deliberate attack on Jews’: Community condemns arson attack on Mississippi synagogue
The pre-dawn blaze at the state’s largest and oldest synagogue, previously bombed by the Ku Klux Klan, has yet to be formally declared a hate crime
By Zev Stub
Fire damage to the Beth Israel Congregation, a synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, January 10, 2026. (Beth Israel Congregation)
January 11, 2026, 4:32 pm
Mississippi’s largest synagogue severely damaged in suspected arson attack
Suspect arrested, but authorities have yet to divulge a motive for attack on 160-year-old Beth Israel Congregation
By Zev Stub
The scene of suspected arson and vandalism at a Jerusalem synagogue that is often attended by Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, June 8, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
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, Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Oheb Shalom Congregation, pictured in 2021. (Screenshot via JTA)
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
A screenshot from security footage showing two women using stencils to spray-paint 'From the river to the sea' outside Temple Beth Zion-Beth in Pennsylvania, March 2024. (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
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’
By JTA and ToI Staff
A new 'ner tamid,' or eternal flame, was constructed from the damaged stained glass that survived an act of arson in 2021. (Courtesy of Congregation Beth Israel and Lori Adelman. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA)
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
Antisemitic graffiti on Barcelona’s Maimonides Synagogue, April 17, 2023. (Courtesy European Jewish Congress)
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
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