Australian Synagogue Blocked Out of Fear of Terror Attack
At a judgment on Wednesday, the Land and Environment Court in Sydney blocked the construction of a new synagogue near Bondi Beach. The reason given: Jewish organizations are targets for terror, and they don’t want that in their town.
German Court: Burning Synagogue Justified, No Punishment for Palestinian Arsonists
Last Friday, a German regional court affirmed a lower court’s decision that firebombing a synagogue was not anti-Semitism, but a valid form of anti-Israel political expression.
The First Step Towards Building the Third Temple: A Synagogue on the Temple Mount
“The wall facing the Temple will be glass, so the people who can see the Temple while they are praying,” explained Hayman.
Ivanka Trump Scopes Out DC-Area Synagogues Before Washington Move
Ivanka Trump, the Jewish daughter of President-elect Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner are reportedly looking into which Washington, DC synagogue congregation to join before they move to the capital for the tenure of Trump’s presidency.
Have Ukrainian Christians Learned the Power of Jewish Prayer?
The non-Jews who take the time to visit Rabbi Kofmansky’s synagogue do so because they firmly believe in the power of Jewish prayer to bring miracles.
Three Arab Teen Terrorist “Wannabes” Thwarted at Jerusalem Synagogue
Three Palestinian teenage would-be terrorists were apprehended on Sunday morning as they approached a Jerusalem synagogue, presumably intent on carrying out an attack with sharpened scissors and spoons that they had taken from their kitchens.
Synagogue Faces Long Road to Recovery after Devastating Houston Flood
The historic flooding that hit the Houston area on Tuesday dealt an especially hard blow to the city’s Jewish community
Rare Insider’s View of the Hurva Synagogue
In this short clip, you’ll visit the inside of the Hurva Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City. Built in the early 1700’s, this magnificent synagogue was twice destroyed by the Arabs, only to be rebuilt each time, a sign of Jewish continuity and hope.
Freund: Synagogues Ablaze in the Holy Land
Last week marked the eighth anniversary on the Hebrew calendar of one of the darkest chapters in Israel’s recent past. It was on the 8th of Elul, 5765, (September 12, 2005), that Israel stood by and watched as Palestinian mobs ransacked synagogues abandoned by the Jewish state after the withdrawal from Gaza and the expulsion […]
