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Watch: North Texas synagogues continue to fortify after Colleyville hostage incident in January
Read full article: Watch: North Texas synagogues continue to fortify after Colleyville hostage incident in JanuarySee how North Texas synagogues have adapted their security measures after a record-breaking year of recorded antisemitic acts nationwide in 2021 and an incident close to home early this year.
FBI: Texas synagogue hostage-taker sought ‘machine gun’
Read full article: FBI: Texas synagogue hostage-taker sought ‘machine gun’A FBI agent says the man who took hostages at a Texas synagogue sought to buy drugs and a “machine gun” before the standoff last month that ended with the hostages escaping and the gunman’s death.
As culture wars envelop schools, North Texas sees a superintendent exodus
Read full article: As culture wars envelop schools, North Texas sees a superintendent exodusSeveral departures come after months of contentious fights over teaching about slavery, requiring pandemic precautions and limiting what books kids can access.
Man who sold weapon to suspect in Colleyville synagogue standoff charged with federal firearm crime
Read full article: Man who sold weapon to suspect in Colleyville synagogue standoff charged with federal firearm crimeFederal prosecutors described Henry “Michael” Williams as being a felon who was not allowed to possess a firearm. He confirmed that he sold the weapon to the synagogue suspect in South Dallas, authorities said.
Long before Colleyville synagogue standoff, Texas houses of worship were preparing for violent attacks
Read full article: Long before Colleyville synagogue standoff, Texas houses of worship were preparing for violent attacksAttacks on houses of worship like the 2017 Sutherland Springs shooting have prompted many religious groups to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and countless hours to bolster security.
Jewish leaders, backers defiant a week after hostage siege
Read full article: Jewish leaders, backers defiant a week after hostage siegeRabbis, public officials and others made statements of defiance against antisemitism at Sabbath services a week after last weekend's hostage siege at a Texas synagogue.
Texas hostages escaped synagogue as FBI SWAT team rushed in
Read full article: Texas hostages escaped synagogue as FBI SWAT team rushed inAn FBI official says that in the final moments of a 10-hour standoff with a gunman at a Texas synagogue, the remaining hostages and the officials trying to negotiate their release took “near simultaneous plans of action,” with the hostages escaping as an FBI tactical team moved in.
Phone call shows brother pleading with Texas hostage-taker
Read full article: Phone call shows brother pleading with Texas hostage-takerA British man who held four people hostage in a Texas synagogue ranted against Jews and American wars in countries like Afghanistan as his brother pleaded with him to give up and free the captives.
White House: Texas hostage-taker had raised no red flags
Read full article: White House: Texas hostage-taker had raised no red flagsA White House spokeswoman says an armed British man who took four people hostage during a 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue that ended in his death entered the United States without raising any red flags during multiple checks against law enforcement databases.
San Antonio Jewish community leaders react to synagogue hostage situation in Dallas area
Read full article: San Antonio Jewish community leaders react to synagogue hostage situation in Dallas areaJewish community leaders in San Antonio are adding security measures in the aftermath of the Colleyville synagogue hostage situation on Saturday. The situation ended with the suspect, 44-year-old British national Malik Faisal Akram, dead and four hostages unharmed.
“They are us. There’s no distinction”: Terror of synagogue standoff is no isolated incident to Texas Jewish leaders
Read full article: “They are us. There’s no distinction”: Terror of synagogue standoff is no isolated incident to Texas Jewish leadersNews of Congregation Beth Israel hostages' safe escape is met with intense relief, but communities feel pain and fear over the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks and incidents in Texas and beyond.
Hostages safe after standoff inside Texas synagogue; captor dead
Read full article: Hostages safe after standoff inside Texas synagogue; captor deadA man held people hostage for more than 10 hours at a Texas synagogue where he could be heard ranting in a livestream and demanding the release of a Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted of trying to kill U.S. Army officers in Afghanistan.
How a Black high school principal was swept into a “critical race theory” maelstrom in a mostly white Texas suburb
Read full article: How a Black high school principal was swept into a “critical race theory” maelstrom in a mostly white Texas suburbJames Whitfield was put on paid leave about a month after being accused of teaching critical race theory. His future could soon be decided after an evidentiary hearing where he can argue his case to the school board.