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Colleyville is an opportunity for US Jews to rethink our approach to curbing antisemitism- opinion

Colleyville is an opportunity for US Jews to rethink our approach to curbing antisemitism- opinion

  Saturday’s assault on a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, has renewed the familiar yet always harrowing question: How should Jews combat antisemitism? Contemporary Jewish leaders,… Read More ›

CHILLING: Texas Terrorist’s Hateful Rant in Final Call to Family: ‘I’ve Come to Die”

CHILLING: Texas Terrorist’s Hateful Rant in Final Call to Family: ‘I’ve Come to Die”

  COLLEYVILLE (VINnews) — Chilling new audio has been released of the final phone call made by the Colleyville Jihadi terrorist to his family in… Read More ›

‘Not small, not a victim’: Self-defense program trains US Jews to fight it out

‘Not small, not a victim’: Self-defense program trains US Jews to fight it out

Legion organizes Krav Maga classes, connects Jewish Americans with defense training, as antisemitic attacks remain most common hate crime in New York   NEW YORK… Read More ›

Yeshiva Sues Journalist Gideon Levy for Calling Students ‘Subhuman’ and ‘Scum’

Yeshiva Sues Journalist Gideon Levy for Calling Students ‘Subhuman’ and ‘Scum’

  ISRAEL — A columnist for Haaretz is being sued for making offensive comments about the Chomesh Yeshiva and its students. The Yeshiva has now… Read More ›

Texas rabbi: I threw a chair at the gunman, and we headed for the door

Texas rabbi: I threw a chair at the gunman, and we headed for the door

Recalling ‘terrifying’ final moments of standoff, Charlie Cytron-Walker says he checked to see the other hostages with him were ready before springing into action, fleeing… Read More ›

‘We Can Never Let Guard Down,’ Says Jewish Security Official, Urging Congregant Training Drills

‘We Can Never Let Guard Down,’ Says Jewish Security Official, Urging Congregant Training Drills

  NEW YORK – The Jewish community “must be ready” and stay “vigilant and strong” to respond to any anti-Semitic incidents, emphasized Michael Masters, CEO… Read More ›

UK citizen named as Texas synagogue attacker, two teens arrested

UK citizen named as Texas synagogue attacker, two teens arrested

Malik Faisal Akram was named as the Colleyville synagogue hostage taker hours before UK police made two arrests in connection to the attack.   Malik… Read More ›

Biden calls synagogue hostage incident an ‘act of terror’ as FBI identifies attacker

Biden calls synagogue hostage incident an ‘act of terror’ as FBI identifies attacker

Malik Faisal Akram’s family condemns his actions, apologizes to victims, says he suffered from mental health issues; president: suspect apparently got weapon ‘on the street’… Read More ›

First Ever Yahrtzeit Memorial Held for Nissim Shitrit, Thirty-Six Years After His Tragic Death (PICTURES)

First Ever Yahrtzeit Memorial Held for Nissim Shitrit, Thirty-Six Years After His Tragic Death (PICTURES)

  JERUSALEM — The family of Nissim Shitrit, who was murdered as a young man, held a memorial service in his memory on Sunday. Although… Read More ›

Officials are afraid to say ‘antisemitism’ when Jews are targeted – analysis

Officials are afraid to say ‘antisemitism’ when Jews are targeted – analysis

When Iran is angry over offensive cartoons in Europe, it attacks the memory of the Shoah and Jews. When Pakistan is angry it attacks Jews.… Read More ›

All hostages released from Texas synagogue after 11-hour standoff

All hostages released from Texas synagogue after 11-hour standoff

Captor dies during rescue operation after reports of gunshots at scene; FBI says attacker ‘focused on one issue’; footage shows hostages running from building  … Read More ›

Charedi Mafia: Death Threats, Vandalism, and Protests Against Cell Phone Stores

Charedi Mafia: Death Threats, Vandalism, and Protests Against Cell Phone Stores

  ISRAEL — The Charedi “Cell Phone Mafia” has been wreaking endless havoc on stores in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak. Extremists have vandalized and threatened… Read More ›

Interview: Everyone can kvetch and kvell at the hybrid in-person/online NY Jewish Film Festival

Interview: Everyone can kvetch and kvell at the hybrid in-person/online NY Jewish Film Festival

Festival director Aviva Weintraub says even Omicron won’t keep the show from going on January 12-25; audiences will be on the edge of their seats… Read More ›

UK Chief Rabbi Secretly Flew to Vienna to Help Desperate Mother Reunite with Kids After Years Apart

UK Chief Rabbi Secretly Flew to Vienna to Help Desperate Mother Reunite with Kids After Years Apart

  ENGLAND — A shocking story has surfaced of a secret trip by the Chief Rabbi of the UK, who flew to Austria in 2018,… Read More ›

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein And Other Prominent Rosh Yeshivas Contract Coronavirus As Omicron Wave Rages

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein And Other Prominent Rosh Yeshivas Contract Coronavirus As Omicron Wave Rages

  JERUSALEM — Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, the 98-year-old Rosh Yeshiva of Ponovezh, has contracted coronavirus, according to a report from his associates. The Rosh Yeshiva… Read More ›

Official Guidance from Torah U’Mesorah in Response to Chaim Walder Case

Official Guidance from Torah U’Mesorah in Response to Chaim Walder Case

As reported by Vos Iz Neias

Rabbi Tau: ‘We Have Become Involved In Mob Justice Towards Any Person Accused Of Intimate Crimes’

Rabbi Tau: ‘We Have Become Involved In Mob Justice Towards Any Person Accused Of Intimate Crimes’

JERUSALEM — In a long letter published after his meeting with Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Rabbi Tzvi Tau, head of the Har Hamor yeshiva and the… Read More ›

Father Who Lost Two Sons in Meron: Commission’s Recommendation ‘Recipe for Disaster’

Father Who Lost Two Sons in Meron: Commission’s Recommendation ‘Recipe for Disaster’

  JERUSALEM — A father of two sons who tragically perished in the Meron disaster on Lag B’Omer, says that allowing only one bonfire at… Read More ›

Facing Omicron surge, NYC’s Jewish community rallies around the flag

Facing Omicron surge, NYC’s Jewish community rallies around the flag

Community is bracing for the worst — still carrying the scars of a devastating outbreak in the early days of the pandemic — and is… Read More ›

ARSON FIRE: Chabad House in San Jose Destroyed Barely 3 Months After Opening

ARSON FIRE: Chabad House in San Jose Destroyed Barely 3 Months After Opening

Barely three months after it’s grand opening, a Chabad house in San Jose, California was completely destroyed in a massive blaze. The fire, which was… Read More ›