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Fast Forward Police Identify 3 Men Who Sprayed Water Guns On Synagogue Worshipers
(JTA) — Police in Teaneck, New Jersey identified three of four people suspected of a hate crime, in which they allegedly sprayed dark liquid on Jews near a synagogue. The three suspects, who are said to have used water guns to squirt the liquid on July 12 outside the Young Israel synagogue after Friday evening…
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Fast Forward Chicagoland Mystery! Synagogue Finds Huge, Impenetrable Safe Under Parking Lot
A Chicago synagogue discovered a 3,000-pound safe under its parking lot — and locksmiths are failing at cracking it open, CBS Chicago reported. Plumbers were digging into the lot at Anshe Emet Synagogue in Lakeview in June when they hit the huge safe. Locksmiths and “safe-crackers” were recently called on to try to open it. It’s…
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News Synagogues Are Now Conducting Active Shooter Drills During Services
(JTA) — When the ushers locked the door to the sanctuary, and the congregants prepared to flee the synagogue in preparation for a mass shooting, Rabbi Neil Cooper made sure it all happened before they had to take the Torahs out of the ark. Ten minutes later the worshippers were back in the pews, doors…
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Fast Forward Boston Rabbi Suggests Congregants Bring Guns To Synagogue For Protection
BOSTON (JTA) — A rabbi here has asked congregants to consider bringing guns to religious services as a form of protection in response to recent shootings at synagogues across the country. Rabbi Dan Rodkin of Shaloh House in Brighton, a Boston neighborhood with a large number of Russian-speaking Jews, told the public radio station WBUR…
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Fast Forward California Man Who Threatened Synagogue Shooting Freed On $125,000 Bail
(JTA) — The California man who threatened in an online chatroom to kill Jews and commit a mass shooting at a synagogue was released on bail. Ross Anthony Farca, 23, of Concord, who was arrested on June 10, was freed on a $125,000 bond over the weekend, the Concord Police Department said in a statement…
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The Schmooze ‘I Was Over The Shul Circuit’: Pop Star Troye Sivan Reveals Synagogue Singing Roots
Troye Sivan is proud of many things. He’s an openly gay musician who fills Radio City, with multiple chart-toppers to his name. He’s a makeup ambassador for MAC Cosmetics. And he’s a proud Jew. But you knew that. Right? Sure, the 24-year-old pop music sensation discussed hosting a Passover seder before (Ariana Grande was a…
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Fast Forward Former Italian Synagogue Hosts First Jewish Wedding In Centuries
(JTA) — An Italian couple whose ancestors were forced to hide their faith got married atop the ruins of an ancient synagogue, giving the site its first Jewish wedding in centuries. Roque Pugliese and Ivana Pezzoli tied the knot earlier this week in the presence of about 100 guests, including leaders of Italian Jewry, at the Bova…
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News Synagogues Make Sacrifices To Upgrade Security After Poway, Pittsburgh
The wake-up call for the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue came the morning 11 Jews at prayer were killed in Pittsburgh. The Reform congregation created a security committee and quickly began planning and implementing changes. Because they did not have a deep rainy-day fund to draw on, they cut the facilities budget, and added a $190 security…
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