Zohran Mamdani ends restrictions on demonstrations at Jewish places of worship, sparking concern

Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, has rescinded an order that banned protests outside Jewish synagogues.

The Temple Mount post-Oct. 7: Where faith and politics collide

Israel now finds itself caught between competing imperatives. It seeks to preserve security and avoid international condemnation.
Jewish Insider

Department of Justice funding deal allocates $5 million to protect religious institutions

Jewish groups praised the move for allowing law enforcement to increase its security presence at religious institutions, ...
Yahoo

Jewish prayers held discreetly at contested Jerusalem shrine

JERUSALEM (AP) — As police protected them, three Jewish men stepped forward, placed their hands out at chest level and began reciting prayers in low tones in the shadow of Jerusalem’s golden Dome of ...
WTAE-TV

Security Grant Program helps Jewish community worship without fear

REPORTER: A $4.5 MILLION SECURITY GRANT WILL HELP PLASCE LIKE THE TREE OF LIFE SYNAGOGUE PROTECT ITSELF FROM ACTS OF HATE AND ALLOW PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP HERE TO FEEL SE.AF ON THIS INTERNATNAIOL ...
The Boston Globe

Police in Boston area monitoring Jewish communities, places of worship during holidays; no credible threats reported

As the Jewish High Holidays begin and the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel nears, some police departments in the Boston area say they are monitoring Jewish communities and ...
KTVU

Jewish house of worship in San Jose goes up in flames, Torahs spared

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Chabad house, a Jewish place of study and worship, went up in flames this week, but fortunately, the Torahs were spared. Rabbi Mendel Weinfeld, the executive director of The ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Jewish group draws line on women's worship at wall

JERUSALEM -- Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to protest a Jewish women's group that holds monthly prayers there in a long-running campaign for gender ...
Washington Examiner

Police increase presence at places of worship ahead of Jewish High Holidays

The New York City Police Department increased its patrol near Jewish worship sites and is expected to continue to do so for the next two weeks through Yom Kippur, according to CNN. The NYPD will also ...
Jewish Press

Bennett Walks Back Jewish Freedom of Worship on Temple Mount in Favor of ‘Status Quo’

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a plenum session in the Knesset, July 12, 2021. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday thanked Minister of Internal Security Omer Barlev and Police ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Belgian court reverses ban on houses of worship following Jewish petition

The country, which recently reopened its museums and pools, has the world’s highest death rate per million inhabitants of the coronavirus. (JTA) — A petition by several Orthodox Jews from Antwerp has ...
Standard-Examiner

OPD: Person arrested following threats against the Jewish community, houses of worship; explosives and firearms removed from residence

One person was arrested in Ogden on Tuesday after allegedly making threats against the Jewish community and houses of worship ...