Synagogue

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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.

30/12/2024

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.

26/08/2024

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.

25/08/2024

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.

24/08/2024

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.

18/05/2024

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.

01/05/2024

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.

10/05/2023

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.

27/01/2023

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.

16/08/2022

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

28/02/2022

USA

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

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

26/01/2022

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”.

20/01/2022

USA

Texas synagogue standoff: Hostages safe, captor dead

The four hostages were released and freed after an FBI SWAT team stormed the synagogue, where an unnamed, allegedly armed man kept them for hours on Saturday.

16/01/2022

World News

'This is pure antisemitism': Jewish group condemns anti-Israel protest

Synagogues have been attacked and Israeli flags burned in protests in Germany.

13/05/2021

Austria

Rapper arrested in Austria and accused of publishing neo-Nazi songs

One of the suspect's songs was used as a soundtrack by the perpetrator in the terror attack in Halle, Germany, in October 2019, reported AFP news agency.

03/02/2021

Germany

Swastikas painted on artwork honouring victims of anti-Semitic attack

The vandalism comes on the first anniversary of the attack in Halle, which left two people dead.

09/10/2020