Synagogue

Love at 85, 93: Rosh Hashanah romance that began at shul

A Rosh Hashanah moment in shul sparked a late-life romance in Jerusalem’s French Hill.

Rabbi Hayyim Halpern and Margie Tutnauer
Declaration of Independence of the United States. New Canaan, 1950. Featuring George Washington.

Looking back at George Washington’s 1790 letter, the root of American religious freedom

Synagogue security funds and practices can come with tradeoffs, Jewish leaders say.

US synagogues face a terrible choice: Collaborate with ICE or risk our own safety - opinion

This photograph shows a French flag fluttering with the La Defense business district in the background skyline, in Paris, on December 5, 2025.

Jewish boy tripped, punched, held at knifepoint on way to Paris synagogue


Man who threatened Jewish families sentenced after trying to illegally buy guns for 'God's wrath'

Hassan Chokr had pleaded guilty to illegal possession of multiple firearms on May 28, after originally being charged in 2022 with ethnic intimidation and for lying on federal firearms forms.

Hassan Chokr

Avner Bar Hama: An artist with a soul

Reading some of the comments on his book’s inside cover, I began to realize how singular a man he is.

The writer and Avner Bar Hama in synagogue, where they met.

Rabbi Nitzan Reuven establishes a visionary spiritual center for Jewish unity

‘A place unlike any other in the world’.

AHAVAT SHALOM CENTER, architectural rendering

'Declaring war on antisemitism in Germany': Merz tearful at synagogue reopening ceremony

"We will not tolerate antisemitism even when it is disguised under the pretense of freedom, of art, of culture, or of science," Merz said.

German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks at the reopening of the Reichenbach Synagogue. September 15, 2025.

Antisemitic attacks in Canada, three synagogues vandalized with 'Jews did 9/11' graffiti

Hebrew school teachers, parents, and students arrived at the Shaar Shalom building on Sunday morning to find a swastika spray-painted over the synagogue's facade signage.

Halifax synagogues were vandalized.

London's Metropolitan Police charge man after smearing feces, urine on synagogues, Jewish sites

The Metropolitan Police charged Ionut-Cristian Bold with 11 offenses related to antisemitic attacks, including smearing feces and urine on synagogues in north-west London.

Feces smeared on the door of a Synagogue and Jewish school in London, September 11, 2025.

Met Police arrest suspected London fecal vandal who targeted Jewish sites

Seven community-linked properties, including synagogues, private homes and nurseries, were smeared with excrement over the past few weeks.

Police officers work as people gather outside the Old Bailey after British police officer Martyn Blake was acquitted of the 2022 murder of Chris Kaba, in London, Britain, October 21, 2024.

Forty-five Israeli embassies targeted since October 7 - senior Middle Eastern security source

A Middle Eastern intelligence source said that “the last time we saw anything like this was in 1982,” after Israel's invasion of Lebanon.

 Firefighters work at the scene of a fire at the Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea, Melbourne, Australia, December 6, 2024.

Feces and urine smeared on synagogues, Jewish school in five Golders Green incidents

Five Jewish sites in Golders Green were defaced with excrement in a week, in what police and Shomrim called a targeted antisemitic campaign under investigation.

Shomrim responded to a male shouting vile #antisemitic abuse at Finchley Rd & Bridge Lane. The male was detained by Shomrim and subsequently arrested by police.

Rabbi Berel Wein: A rabbi for all ages and sages - opinion

‘It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life.’ – Nina Simone

ONE OF Rabbi Wein’s history tapes.