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(JNS) - Colleyville. Pittsburgh. Poway. Too many Jewish institutions are wondering if theyll be next. Too many in Brooklyn, N.Y., and elsewhere

From the practical (a training session called “Until Help Arrives”) to the professional (DHS provides protective security advisers across the country), a security expert offers sound advice to taken to ensure that this Passover is a safe one for American Jews.

The evacuation happened at 8:53 a.m., as parents were bringing their children to preschool. 

By all news accounts, it was a harrowing situation for the rabbi and three congregants, as well as the livestream viewers, that thank God did not turn tragic.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, from the congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. He and a few other congregants were held hostage at gunpoint for 11 hours.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, from the congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. He and a few other congregants were held hostage at gunpoint for 11 hours.

Since 2018 Tree of Life massacre, US Jewish Jewish groups have worked intensively to teach community synagogues and institutions how to best react when their lives are in danger

Throwing a chair at their armed kidnapper helped three hostages escape. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

U.S. and U.K. authorities have been slow to confirm details on the timeline of when British suspect Malik Faisal Akram, accused of taking Jewish worshippers hostage at a Texas synagogue, entered the country undetected.

When a Texas rabbi flung a chair at his armed kidnapper, allowing himself and two others to escape, it was not only fast thinking -- it was the result of an aggressive campaign in the United States to train synagogues and other Jewish institutions to