Updated Warnings Ahead of Upcoming Jewish Holidays
No new travel warnings have been issued; the following merely underscores the current situation. As an annual public service ahead of the Jewish holidays that occur during the Hebrew month of Tishrei, and the departure of many Israelis abroad, the National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau presents its updated travel warnings. General travel
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NY synagogues bomb plot trial to begin
NEW YORK — Four Muslim men charged with trying to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down military planes will be reunited at their trial with someone who was in on the plot every step of the way: a wire-wearing FBI informant named Shaheed Hussain. The government credits Hussain with rooting
Crime grips worshippers
Community and religious leaders have noted a decline in attendance figures at prayer services recently as places of worships are increasingly being targeted. This week, the brutal rape of two Hindu devotees at a temple and the shooting of two congregants at a church – both in Bayview, Chats- worth
Vandalism against synagogue unites community
Hours after police discovered anti-Semitic graffiti spray-painted on B'Nai Shalom of Olney on July 26, about 200 community members showed up with buckets, sponges and graffiti remover to scour it off. And they kept returning. Attendance at the evening service, typically about 10 to 15 people, swelled
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Man charged with defacing synagogue held on cash-only bond
A homeless man charged with defacing an Olney synagogue was held on a $5,000 cash-only bond Thursday after a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge said he is competent to stand trial. Judge Brian G. Kim also ordered Ian Jacob Baron, formerly of the 18600 block of Rolling Acres Way in Olney, a few blocks
Vandals paint swastika on Valley synagogue
SPOKANE VALLEY — In Spokane Valley the Kehilat HaMashiach Synagogue was vandalized Sunday when someone smeared their sign with a red swastika. Four days later a white cloth covers the symbol but the congregation of the synagogue know all too well the meaning behind the symbol. They says they want
Paint Footprints Left By Synagogue Vandals
CARMICHAEL, Calif. — Vandals who attacked a Carmichael synagogue left pretty big clues for investigators: yellow paint footprints. The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department is investigating the crime at Congregation Beth Shalom, located at 4746 El Camino Ave. The vandalism was reported at
Mental health screening ordered for synagogue vandal
A 22-year-old Montgomery County man accused of desecrating an Olney synagogue will undergo a mental health evaluation while jailed on the charges. The suspect, Ian Jacob Baron, appeared for his first court proceeding in the case Thursday via a video feed from the county jail, as is standard procedure
Neo-Nazi Charged in Synagogue Vandalism: Police
Police have arrested a self-admitted Neo-Nazi in a recent series of hate-based incidents in Montgomery County, Md.. Ian Jacob Baron, 23, was arrested and charged Tuesday. On July 26, he allegedly vandalized the B'Nai Shalom Synagogue at 18401 Burtfield Drive in Olney with anti-Semitic graffiti,
Police Arrest Man In Md. Synagogue Vandalism
Montgomery County police charged an Olney man with five crimes related to the July 26 desecration of the nearby B'nai Shalom Synagogue, authorities said Wednesday. The man was identified as Ian Jacob Baron, of the 18600 block of Rolling Acres Way. Court documents listed Baron as 22 years old. Baron
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Nashville rabbi was target of failed firebombing
Abdul Hakim Muhammad returned to Nashville last year with a history of violence and the belief that he was a soldier of God. A convert to Islam, he was angry about the actions of American soldiers in the Middle East. He believed they had desecrated the Quran and wanted revenge. His target was a home
Hate Graffiti at Conejo Chabad Deemed Misdemeanor Vandalism
When the two Chabad rabbis discovered Tuesday morning, July 27, that someone had spray-painted “Get Out of Oak Park” on the front wall of their small synagogue, they felt a sense of sorrow, rather than anger. “I am hurt and pained,” said Rabbi Shlomo Bistritzky. “This was
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ADL Audit: 1,211 Anti-Semitic Incidents Across the Country in 2009
New York, NY, July 27, 2010 … The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States remained at a "sustained and troubling" level in 2009, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which compiles annually a statistical audit of anti-Semitic assaults, vandalism and harassment. The
Stolen Torah scrolls returned
Rabbi Tzali Wilschanski and his congregation at the B’nei Tzedek Chabad thought they would never see their two Torah scrolls again, but this weekend the sacred documents were returned. Just as an air of mystery surrounded the case of the missing scrolls, which were stolen just days before the
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Maryland synagogue vandalized
(JTA) — A Maryland synagogue was vandalized with swastikas and anti-Semitic epithets. The vandalism discovered Monday morning at B'nai Shalom Synagogue in Olney, located about 20 miles north of Washington, D.C., was spray-painted on the building's walls, parking lot and light posts, the
