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Colleyville

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker (right) speaks with Ben Breakstone, engagement and media coordinator, at Temple Emanuel in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, July 13, 2022. (Photo/JTA-RNS-Yonat Shimron)
Posted inU.S.

At new pulpit, ‘Rabbi Charlie’ balances Colleyville fame with one-to-one connection

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS July 20, 2022July 20, 2022

At Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker’s third Shabbat service in his new congregation, gun safety was uppermost in his mind, as it has been for months now. In his 10-minute sermon on […]

A family embraces each other the day of a mass shooting at a July 4th parade in downtown Highland Park, Illinois. (Photo/Forward-Max Herman-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I ran for my life from the Highland Park shooting. It will haunt me forever.

by Michael L. Millenson and Forward July 6, 2022
The chair and the teacup from the Colleyville, Texas, synagogue hostage crisis will be entering the American Jewish history museum in Philadelphia. (Photos/JTA-Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History and Emil Lippe-Getty Images. Illustration/JTA-Mollie Suss)
Posted inU.S.

The chair a Texas rabbi threw at his captor is headed to American Jewish history museum

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 5, 2022April 5, 2022
A sign of solidarity was placed in front of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas.(Photo/Forward-Haya Panjwani)
Posted inOpinion

After being taken hostage in Colleyville, here’s how I’m fighting racism

Jeffrey R. Cohen by Jeffrey R. Cohen and JTA February 22, 2022February 22, 2022
Deborah Lipstadt, President Joe Biden's nominee to be antisemitism monitor, testifies in the Dirksen Office building near the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 8, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
Posted inNews

Deborah Lipstadt appears to secure bipartisan support at long-delayed antisemitism monitor confirmation hearing

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 8, 2022
Michael Pappas, executive director of the San Francisco Interfaith Council, addresses the Colleyville hostage crisis in a speech delivered from the bimah at Congregation Emanu-El on Jan. 21, 2022. (Screenshot)
Posted inUncategorized

Interfaith leader: Why I stand with Colleyville’s Jews

by Michael Pappas February 3, 2022February 4, 2022
Signs inside Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco remind congregants to keep locked doors closed at all times for safety. (Photo/Rabbi Abby Phelps)
Posted inBay Area

Local synagogues ramp up security training after Colleyville

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 1, 2022February 2, 2022
Neo-Nazis rally in Orlando, Florida, on Jan. 29, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Stop Antisemitism via Twitter)
Posted inU.S.

Nazis rally in Orlando and vandalism reported at Chicago synagogue as American Jews remain on high alert

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 31, 2022January 31, 2022
A view of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 17, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Emil Lippe-Getty Images)
Posted inTorah

In a time of crisis, set aside resentments and rouse your better angels 

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon January 27, 2022January 27, 2022
SWAT team members deploy near Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, Jan. 15, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Andy Jacobsohn-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

After Colleyville, how do we vaccinate against hate? Keep building bridges.

Gordon Lewin by Gordon Lewin January 26, 2022

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