‘I am grateful to be alive’: Rabbi held hostage in synagogue attack speaks out in Facebook post
by Shira Hanau (JTA) — Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, the rabbi who was held hostage at his synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, on Saturday along with three…
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All Texas synagogue hostages ‘out alive and safe’ after harrowing 12-hour standoff, suspect is dead
by Ron Kampeas, Andrew Lapin This article was updated on January 15, 2022 at 11:46 p.m. EST with the final police report from the incident…
Breaking: 1 hostage freed, others remain as Texas synagogue hostage crisis stretches into hour 7
by Ron Kampeas This is a developing story. (JTA) — A man is holding a rabbi and several congregants hostage at a synagogue in the…
Celebrate Tu Bi’Shevat in Alberta this month – the New Year of the Trees
by Jenna Soroka (AJNews) – Each year for Tu Bi’Shevat — the New Year of the Trees — JNF chooses a special area in Israel to…
33 years after classic bar mitzvah episode, revamped ‘Wonder Years’ revisits the ritual
by Phyllis Cramer (JTA) — Paul Pfeiffer’s bar mitzvah made Jewish television history when “The Wonder Years” devoted an episode to it in 1989. Pfeiffer,…