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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 342

synagogues

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 24, 2024, 12:51 pm
France opens terror probe after blast outside synagogue; suspect seen with Palestinian flag
2 cars set on fire outside Jewish place of worship, gas canister in one of them believed to caused explosion; attacker on the run; Jewish leaders: This was an attempt to kill Jews
By Agencies
Illustrative: This picture taken on December 2, 2023, shows a view of the interior of the newly restored 19th century Jewish synagogue of Ben Ezra in Coptic Cairo. (Photo by Amir MAKAR / AFP)
August 17, 2024, 7:44 am
Study of Cairo’s synagogues reveals an Egyptian Jewish ‘Golden Age’ abruptly ended
In ‘Sacred Places Tell Tales,’ Ben-Gurion University Prof. Yoram Meital examines the modern history of Cairo’s Jews and its thriving pre-1948 community
By Gavriel Fiske
The decorated floor of the Great Synagogue of Vilna, discovered in an archaeological dig in Lithuania, in a photo released on July 25, 2024. (Israel Antiquities Authority)
July 25, 2024, 2:52 pm
Uncovered floor of Vilnius’s Great Synagogue bears witness to Nazi, Soviet devastation
Researchers find one of synagogue’s columns collapsed on its side; 17th-century prayer house, at center of Jewish metropolis, was looted by Germans, razed by Russians
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: CSS has trained over 4,000 volunteers across the country to protect Jewish organizations. (Courtesy of CSS/via JTA)
May 11, 2024, 4:48 pm
At US retreat, volunteer guards train to protect synagogues in post-Oct. 7 world
‘Don’t stand like a mezuzah at the door’: Demand for instruction rises sharply following Hamas attack; drills adapted to include counter-protest tactics
By Luke Tress
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer talks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, May 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
May 6, 2024, 5:12 am
US synagogues and other places of worship get $400 million boost for security
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announces increase in federal funds, citing rampant threats against Jews and Muslims in shadow of Israel-Hamas war
By AP
Rodeph Sholom synagogue, New York (Jim.henderson / Wikipedia)
May 5, 2024, 10:57 pm
Police investigate series of at least 4 bomb threats at New York City synagogues
One community evacuated, building cleared; emailed threats deemed not credible by authorities; Brooklyn Museum also gets message threatening to blow up nearby subway station
By Lisa Keys
Traces of fire can be seen on a synagogue entrance door damaged by an incendiary device in Oldenburg, Germany, April 5, 2024. (Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa via AP)
April 6, 2024, 6:46 am
Incendiary device hurled at German synagogue door, causing minor damage
No one injured in incident in city of Oldenburg; police chief condemns ‘cowardly act,’ says security will be raised while probe ongoing
By Agencies
Illustrative: Police officers secure a synagogue in Frankfurt, Germany, November 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
January 16, 2024, 9:39 pm
German court imprisons Turkish man for 2021 arson attack on synagogue
Man gets nearly 3 years in prison for attempting to burn down Jewish house of worship in Ulm; judge slams ‘antisemitism-motivated attack’
By AFP
Police stationed outside a synagogue after threats to the Jewish community, in New York City, November 4, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
December 1, 2023, 10:26 pm
15 synagogues across New York hit with false bomb threats
Jewish security agency says the threats targeted 7 houses of worship in NYC, 3 in the suburbs and 5 in upstate New York
By Luke Tress
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly (center) attends the inauguration of the newly restored Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, Egypt, August 31, 2023. (Egyptian Cabinet)
August 31, 2023, 11:59 pm
Egyptian synagogue once home to famed ‘Cairo Geniza’ completes extensive renovation
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly attends ceremony reopening tourist site, following ‘careful architectural restoration work,’ according to Egyptian cabinet
By Amy Spiro
Visitors stand outside the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, July 30, 2009. (AP/Eric J. Shelton)
August 29, 2023, 2:52 am
US judge rules New York congregation can evict tenants of historic Touro Synagogue
Ruling by Rhode Island court would evict the leadership of Congregation Jeshuat Israel, which has been meeting at the oldest American synagogue since the early 1900s
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
A stone tablet with some of the Ten Commandments is seen after constructions workers in Munich uncover rubble from the synagogue that was destroyed by the Nazis, July 2023 (Courtesy Jewish Museum Munich)
July 6, 2023, 8:31 pm
Rubble from Munich synagogue razed on Hitler’s orders found during construction work
Remains from German city’s former main house of Jewish worship, which the Nazi leader declared an ‘eyesore,’ include part of stone Ten Commandments tablet
By ToI Staff
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Michigan on 24 March 2011 (Goldnpuppy/Wikimedia CC BY-SA)
June 22, 2023, 7:53 am
‘Jeopardy!’ features Michigan synagogue in clue
Grandson of Holocaust survivors gets answer wrong, but still wins; Shaarey Zedek in Southfield was once described as ‘a concrete Sinai on the shoulder of Interstate 696’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A police officer walks at the scene after the bombing of the Copernic street synagogue, in Paris, that killed 4 people on October 3, 1980. (Remy de la Mauviniere/AP)
April 4, 2023, 9:12 am
43 years later, suspect in deadly Paris synagogue bombing goes on trial in absentia
Hassan Diab, who lives in Canada, accused of planting bomb outside premises that killed four and injured dozens on behalf of Palestinian terror group; he claims mistaken identity
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Professional wrestler Maxwell Jacob Friedman attends the UFC 282 event at T-Mobile Arena on December 10, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC)
April 1, 2023, 2:44 pm
LA synagogue hosts ‘Mitzvah Mania’ with Jewish pro wrestlers
Temple Beth Am, located in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson, is putting on a one-off show on April 2 to coincide with this weekend’s ‘WrestleMania’
By jacob gurvis
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