World Oct 18 News Wrap: German police searching for assailants who tried to firebomb Berlin synagogue
World Jan 27 Palestinian gunman kills 7 near Jerusalem synagogue amid rising violence A Palestinian gunman opened fire outside an east Jerusalem synagogue Friday night, killing seven people, including a 70-year-old woman, and wounding three others before he was shot and killed by police, officials said. By Isabel Debre, Associated Press
Nation Jan 16 British man identified as hostage-taker at Texas synagogue Malik Faisal Akram was shot and killed after the last of the hostages got out at around 9 p.m. Saturday at Congregation Beth Israel near Fort Worth. In a statement, the FBI said there was no indication that anyone else… By Jake Bleiberg, Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Nation Jan 15 Man takes hostages at Texas synagogue Authorities say a man apparently took hostages Saturday during services at a synagogue near Fort Worth, Texas. The Colleyville Police Department tweeted Saturday afternoon that it was conducting SWAT operations at the address of Congregation Beth Israel. By Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press
Nation Apr 28 ‘This must stop’: Reaction to the synagogue shooting A gunman opened fire inside a synagogue near San Diego on Saturday as worshippers celebrated the last day of Passover, authorities said. The attack came exactly six months after 11 people were killed by a gunman at a Pittsburgh synagogue… By Associated Press
Apr 27 Synagogue shooting kills 1, wounds 3 during Jewish holiday By Elliot Spagat, Daisy Nguyen, Associated Press A 19-year-old gunman opened fire inside a synagogue near San Diego as worshippers celebrated the last day of a major Jewish holiday, killing a woman and wounding the rabbi and two others Saturday, authorities said. Continue reading
Mar 17 Houses of worship bear arms, install cameras to protect sacred spaces By Associated Press Houses of worship have traditionally been places of refuge where strangers are welcome. But high-profile attacks in recent years on an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, a synagogue in Pittsburgh and now mosques in New Zealand have made many… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 24:55 October 27, 2018 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 27, 11 people killed in a shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and tracing the life of pipe bomb suspect, Cesar Sayoc. Later, migrants who declined to stay in Mexico continue on a… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch 4:42 Shooter opens fire in Pittsburgh synagogue, kills 11 By PBS News Hour On Saturday morning, a man opened fire during a naming ceremony at Tree of Life Congregation, a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and killed 11 people while injuring six, including four police officers. Law enforcement took into custody a man they… Continue watching
Oct 27 Gunman attacks Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 people By Gene Puskar, Associated Press A gunman who’s believed to have spewed anti-Semitic slurs and rhetoric on social media barged into a baby-naming ceremony at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday and opened fire, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest attacks on Jews in… Continue reading