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BBYO Melbourne chapter adviser Noah Loven (right) and UJEB madrichah, Chloe Guss, at the International Leadership Training Conference in 2019.
June 22, 2023, 11:52 am
UJEB teens jet set to American leadership conference
“Facilitating international experiences for Jewish teens at non-Jewish schools closely aligns with UJEB’s core values (identity, engagement, community, inclusivity)..."
By Hannah Schauder
A law enforcement officer lights a candle outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last week. Photo: AP/Jae C. Hong
June 2, 2022, 10:40 am
Jewish groups divided on gun control
'Thoughts and prayers have never been enough; it is past time for action...'
By Ron Kampeas
Police in front of the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. Photo: AP Photo/Brandon Wade
January 21, 2022, 8:15 am
Random act or antisemitic attack?
Questions remain: why did Malik Faisal target Congregation Beth Israel?
By Jacob Magid
SWAT team members at Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas on Sunday. Photo: Andy Jacobsohn/AFP via Getty Images
January 21, 2022, 7:30 am
Shabbat shule siege in Texas
Over 12 tense hours on Sunday (AEDT), the eyes of the world were focused on a synagogue near Fort Worth, Texas where a rabbi and a number of his congregants were being held at gunpoint.
By Jacob Magid
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker talks to reporters outside Whites Chapel United Methodist Church following the vigil. Photo: Emil Lippe/Getty Images/AFP
January 20, 2022, 9:57 am
Texas siege: ‘We will get through this’
The amount of "well-wishes and kindness and compassion" has been overwhelming.
Police in front of the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. Photo: AP Photo/Brandon Wade
January 20, 2022, 9:56 am
Lack of reporting of Texas synagogue hostage crisis on web and app
A rabbi and four worshippers being held at gunpoint in a US synagogue failed to make even the world headlines on the ABC digital media platforms for the 12 hours the stand-off with police was taking place.
By Zeddy Lawrence
January 20, 2022, 9:55 am
Gunman was known to MI5
Britain's MI5 domestic intelligence agency in 2020 received information about Malik Faisal Akram prompted an investigation, but the probe was shut down due to lack of evidence.
Undated images of a woman identified as Aafia Siddiqui Photo: FBI/Getty Images
January 17, 2022, 5:35 pm
Who is Aafia Siddiqui?
By Asaf Shalev
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker.
January 17, 2022, 5:29 pm
‘Quite simply a mensch’
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker who was leading services when a gunman took him and three others hostage in Texas has been described as a mensch in all senses of the word.
By Andrew Lapin
SWAT team members at Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville on Sunday. Photo: Andy Jacobsohn/AFP via Getty Images
January 17, 2022, 5:25 pm
‘Our security training helped us escape from the gunman’
“Over the years, my congregation and I have participated in multiple security courses... We are alive today because of that education."
By Jacob Magid
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