Jewish communities

Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama alongside Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.

Fractures in the Grand Alliance between Black and Jewish Americans

10:52am March 28, 2024

by Devan Schwartz

The Grand Alliance between Black and Jewish leaders, known largely for shared work on Civil Rights in the 1960s, has a complicated legacy--and an uncertain future between these communities.

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The Los Angeles Police Department headquarters building is seen downtown Los Angeles in July 2022. Police say they arrested a suspect in the separate shootings of two Jewish men as they left morning prayer services.

The suspect accused of shooting 2 Jewish men in LA has been charged with hate crimes

7:37pm February 17, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Both victims survived the shootings, which happened just blocks apart this week. Federal prosecutors filed two hate crimes charges against the shooter on Friday.

Robert Bowers was charged with 44 federal counts, including hate crimes, prosecutors announced on Wednesday. He is accused of killing 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Oct. 27.

Synagogue Shooting Suspect, Robert Bowers, Indicted On 44 Federal Charges

6:06pm October 31, 2018

The indictment, which includes hate crime charges, accuses Bowers of entering the Tree of Life synagogue with three handguns and an AR-15 rifle. Once inside he indicated his desire to "kill Jews."

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department K-9 officers search the Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada after an employee received a suspicious phone call that led about 10 people to evacuate the building on Feb. 27. Jewish institutions across the nat

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DHS To Help Jewish Community Centers Enhance Security Protocols

7:14pm March 02, 2017

by Tovia Smith

Across the nation, Jewish Community Centers have been targeted by threatening calls and vandalism. Now, they may be getting help.

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The Jewish Community Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., was declared safe after police investigated a bomb threat Monday.

Bomb Threats Made Against Jewish Community Centers In 11 States

3:20pm February 27, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"My instincts tell me this is all part of a coordinated effort," an Ann Arbor police detective tells Michigan Public Radio, discussing threats made in the city.

Jewish worshippers gather at a makeshift synagogue established by the Jewish Agency for Israel for Ethiopian Jews in Gondar, Ethiopia, in 2012.

They Speak Hebrew And Keep Kosher: The Left-Behind Ethiopian Jews

8:27pm May 03, 2015

by Gregory Warner

Two years ago, Israel ended with great fanfare a program that brought tens of thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. But many are in limbo, separated from family, the result of stricter religious law.

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Wolf celebrated Hanukkah in the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the West Bank last year. As the holiday approached, she felt lonely, until her Palestinian host mother and a few neighbors came to watch her light candles on her portable tin menorah and hear

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Celebrating Hanukkah In A Palestinian City

8:56am December 23, 2014

by Emily Harris

American Jewish college student Amelia Wolf spent Hanukkah last year in Ramallah. As the holiday approached, she was lonely — until her Palestinian hosts got wind of how she was feeling.

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