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Arson attack at North Macedonia synagogue linked to IS

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Germany

Berlin honours Levi family with memorial 'stumbling stone' plaques

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the victims of the Nazi regime are commemorated throughout Germany. At the same time, anti-semitism in the western European country and across the continent is rising at an alarming rate.

United Kingdom

UK synagogue attacker claimed allegiance to so-called IS, police say

Jihad Al-Shamie was shot dead by police outside the Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue after he rammed a car into pedestrians and attacked them with a knife.

United Kingdom

One victim of UK synagogue attack shot by police, officials say

Police identified the attacker as Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent who entered the United Kingdom as a young child and became a citizen in 2006.

United Kingdom

Two killed and three injured in attack at Manchester synagogue

Two people were killed while three remained seriously injured after a vehicle and stabbing attack at a Manchester synagogue on Thursday. Police shot the suspect dead, and two more arrests were made in connection with the incident.

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Culture news

Syria’s last Jews can return to one of the world’s oldest synagogues

After 13 years of civil war, Syria’s dwindling Jewish community can return to the Jobar Synagogue in Damascus, one of the world’s oldest, where they once gathered for prayers before the conflict left it partially destroyed.

Europe News

France's Darmanin slams 'surge in antisemitism' after synagogue blast

The arson attack, which targeted the Beth Yaacov synagogue in La Grande-Motte on Saturday, left one police officer injured.

Europe News

Police in France arrest man suspected of synagogue 'terrorist act'

The National Antiterrorism Prosecutor's Office said the attack was being investigated as an attempted assassination linked to a terrorist group and destruction of property with dangerous means.

Europe News

French police officer injured in synagogue arson attack

A police officer who was at the synagogue was injured when a gas cylinder allegedly exploded in a parked car, local media reported.

France

Hundreds gather in Paris to light candles after synagogue attacked

Around 200 people gathered at the Place de la République in Paris at the start of the Jewish Shabbat to remember the synagogue attack in Rouen.

Poland

Warsaw synagogue hit with apparent firebomb attack

Politicians and faith leaders have condemned the incident at the Polish capital's Nożyk Synagogue, which follows similar acts across Europe.

Tunisia

Tunisian police officer kills at least four in shooting near synagogue

Officials in Tunisia say a police officer killed at least four people near a synagogue after stealing ammunition from a colleague.

Israel

Palestinian gunman wounds two more in another Jerusalem attack

On Friday, a Palestinian gunman killed seven after opening fire in front of a synagogue on Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest, one day after Israeli troops killed nine Palestinians.

Culture news

Jewish 'Lost Mural' is moved and restored to former glory

A mural that was painted in a Vermont synagogue more than 100 years ago by a Lithuanian immigrant — and hidden behind a wall for years— has been termed a rare piece of art and has been painstakingly moved and restored.

Travel News

What does tolerance mean to the residents of Dubai?

Dubai's expat community comprises 200 nationalities who live in harmony. The government's groundbreaking tolerance programme helps underpin this environment of respect and acceptance

USA

UK police arrest two more men over Texas synagogue hostage-taking

Counter-terrorism authorities said that the two suspects were arrested in Manchester.

USA

UK police arrest two men over Texas synagogue hostage-taking

Four people were held for several hours by an armed British man on Saturday in what the US has called a "terrorism-related matter”.

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