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Three local Jewish spiritual leaders discuss safety measures in the wake of a hostage incident at Colleyville, Texas, synagogue.
Yemini was born in Melbourne, Victoria to Zephaniah (formerly Stephen) and Hava Waks, [11] and grew up in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda East. [1] He is one of seventeen children. [1] Yemini is a younger brother of Manny Waks. [4] Yemini attended Yeshivah College, and was later sent to ultra-Orthodox schools in the U.S., Israel and Brazil.
[56] The Jewish Community Council of Victoria condemned the attack; JCCV CEO Naomi Levin stated: “We were absolutely shocked, but not surprised, to hear that a synagogue here in Melbourne had been attacked overnight. The Jewish community has been warning about an unacceptable rise in antisemitism for more than a year.
Organized Judaism in Texas began in Galveston with the establishment of Texas' first Jewish cemetery in 1852. By 1856 the first organized Jewish services were being held in the home of Galveston resident Isadore Dyer. These services would eventually lead to the founding of Texas' first and oldest Reform Jewish congregation, Temple B'nai Israel ...
FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a webinar Thursday that the hostage-taking at a Texas synagogue over the weekend was "an act of terrorism targeting the Jewish community."The comment came ...
News. Shopping. Main Menu. ... “Due to the increase of prices of fresh meats and the small amount that is used by the Jewish people in Fort Worth, I have decided to discontinue to handle kosher ...
The Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis was a 2022 incident where a 44-year-old man armed with a pistol took four people hostage in a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, in the United States. The incident occurred on January 15, 2022, when Malik Akram, a British Pakistani man, entered the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue during a Sabbath ...
A crowd of approximately 350 Central Texas Jews gathered in downtown Austin on Sunday to raise ... which launched a deadly attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and killed about 1,200 people. ... In Other News.