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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.

World News

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

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

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.

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.

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Germany

Student assaulted outside Hamburg synagogue in 'anti-Semitic attack'

A Jewish student was "seriously injured" on Sunday outside a synagogue in Hamburg, northern Germany, in what police have described as "anti-Semitic motivated attack".

USA

Euroviews. The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting's anniversary shows what's needed to defeat white terrorism ǀ View

The Pittsburgh terrorist’s statements make it clear he was driven by white genocide theory: The notion that white-majority nations in Europe, America and Australasia are being turned into white-minority states via immigration.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Like many European Jews living under threat, I am forced to conceal my Jewish heritage ǀ View

Anti-Semitism in Europe didn't end in 1945. Last week’s attack on a synagogue in the German city of Halle is a painful reminder that across Europe, anti-Semitism is alive and well.

Germany

Amateur footage emerges of gunman opening fire in Halle, Germany

Amateur footage emerges of gunman opening fire in Halle, Germany

Lithuania

Sole synagogue in Lithuania's capital Vilnius shuts over safety fears

The move follows what the Lithuanian Jewish Community called “rising tension and incitement” in the wake of the city council’s vote to rename a street that had been named in honour of a Hitler ally.

USA

Suspected San Diego area synagogue gunman appears in court

"Anyone who commits a heinous act like we saw this past weekend will be held accountable," the San Diego County district attorney said.

USA

In one of her final acts, synagogue shooting victim helped dying children

Lori Gilbert Kaye is being remembered as a hero for the way she died. But the way she lived was just as inspiring.

USA

Synagogue shooting: Rabbi describes 'heart-wrenching' scene

A worshipper at the California synagogue where a gunman opened fire, killing one woman, has told how he confronted the teenage shooter.

USA

One dead, three hurt in California synagogue shooting

A gunman walked into a San Diego-area synagogue crowded on the last day of Passover opened fire, killing one woman in a "hate crime."

World News

80 years on - Remembering the 'Night of Broken Glass'

Germany and Austria leaders mark the 80th anniversary of the Kristallnacht, the ‘night of broken glass’ at a Berlin Synagogue

USA

World reacts to U.S. Synagogue attack

World reacts to Pittsburgh Synagogue attack

Sweden

Three arrested in firebomb attack on Swedish synagogue

Local media report a group of masked men hurled Molotov cocktails at the building in Gothenburg on Saturday night.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. What do you call 200 Jewish and Muslim women in a hall?

There is a mistrust of Muslims within the Jewish community, reinforced at each extremist atrocity perpetuated by people claiming to be represent Islam. Likewise in the Muslim community, prejudice against Jews often isn’t far from the surface.

Denmark

Hundreds mourn Jewish guard Dan Uzan at Copenhagen funeral

Hundreds of mourners in Copenhagen have turned out for the funeral of Dan Uzan, a Jewish guard gunned down during an attack at the city’s main

USA

Video: Knife-wielding attacker shot dead at synagogue