Synagogue attacker, Nolan Brewer Sentenced to 3 years in federal prison
United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced that Nolan Brewer, 21, of Eminence, Indiana, was sentenced in federal court yesterday evening to three years in prison for conspiring to violate the civil rights More...
California Man, John Earnest Indicted for Federal Hate Crimes Related to Poway Synagogue Shooting
John T. Earnest of Rancho Peñasquitos was indicted by a federal grand jury this morning on civil rights, hate crime, and firearm charges in connection with the murder of one person and the attempted murder of 53 More...
Alleged Synagogue Shooter, John Earnest Charged with Federal Hate Crimes
The U.S. Department of Justice today charged a Rancho Peñasquitos man with federal hate crimes, including the murder of one person and the attempted murder of 53 others, for his actions during the April 27 shooting More...
Additional Charges Filed against Robert Bowers for Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting
A federal grand jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania charged a Pennsylvania man with additional federal hate crimes and firearms offenses for his conduct during the October More...
Damon Joseph charged with plotting terrorist attack on a synagogue in the Ohio
Damon M. Joseph, 21, of Holland, Ohio, was charged today in federal court with one count of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist More...
Pennsylvania Man, Robert Bowers charged with Tree of Life Synagogue Mass Shooting
A federal grand jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania charged a Pennsylvania man with federal hate crimes, including the murder of 11 people, for his actions during the More...
Australia: Court upholds decisions to block permit for Bondi synagogue due to fear of terrorist attack
Australia’s Jewish community has expressed dismay and outrage mounts after the Land and Environment Court backed the decision by Waverley Council to prohibit the construction of the synagogue in Wellington More...
DHS funding bill adds $13 million to Jews group for ‘security’ upgrades
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, thenation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, welcomed congressional passage of a “clean” funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, More...
Uday Abu Jamal and Ghassan Abu Jamal, Two Palestinian attackers kill 4 rabbis at synagogue
Four rabbis have been killed and at least 8 wounded when two Palestinian assailants attacked worshipers with knives, axes and a pistol in a synagogue in North Jerusalem Tuesday morning. Israeli police are describing More...
Byzantine era, Sixth century church discovered in Israel with monograph of Jesus Christ
Israeli archaeologists have uncovered a 1,500-year-old church from the Byzantine era. The team of Israeli Antiquities Authority archaeologists discovered the church in a pre-construction evacuation, mandated by More...
Archaeologists excited about new Samson mosaic found in Israel synagogue
Archaeologists are reveling in the discovery of an ancient synagogue in northern Israel, a “monumental” structure with a mosaic floor depicting the biblical figure of Samson and a Hebrew inscription. Archaeologists More...
