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Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker: ‘It’s safe to go to shul
By Andrew Lapin (JTA) — Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, the man at the center of the Colleyville, Texas, synagogue hostage crisis last weekend, says that he is looking for another job,
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker credits training with helping him navigate hostage crisis
By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker has publicly described for the first time the moment he and two other hostages escaped a gunman in his synagogue in Colleyville,
For the Jewish community, security is paramount
CSI’s Bill Humphrey: ‘Shore up your security layers’ By Sharon Wisch-Ray Bill Humphrey, director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas Community Security Initiative (CSI), has been working tirelessly over
Survivor care program thrives through pandemic
By Deb Silverthorn Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas launched its Older Adult Holocaust Survivor Care program in the first week of March 2020, just before the pandemic shutdown halted
Family man Leonard Gorsky celebrates 100 years
By Deb Silverthorn Leonard Gorsky has had much to celebrate of late. The years have been good to him, all 100 of them as of Nov. 11, 2021. Along with
Community feels supported during CBI hostage crisis
By Sharon Wisch-Ray The North Texas Jewish community mobilized quickly as the hostage crisis events unfolded Saturday at Congregation Beth Israel. “Everyone was on their A-plus game,” said Cheryl Drazin,
Columnists
The word of recognition: shalom
By Rabbi Seymour RosselParashat Yitro On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion proclaimed that a new Jewish state to be called Israel would come into formal existence at midnight, Palestine time.
It’s time to move forward from trauma to action
By Sharon Wisch-Ray The crisis at Congregation Beth Israel this past Shabbat ended with the best-case scenario: Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three of his congregants set free. Expert law enforcement
Response to the Colleyville attack
Dear Rabbi Fried, My family and I are devastated that there could have been an attack like there just was right in our backyard in Texas, to a small group
Recipes
Buffet mentality and New Year’s Eve
By Tina Wasserman I am often asked how many people a recipe will serve. I always respond that it depends on the circumstances. We have all made the infamous tuna
Jews and Chinese food
By Tina Wasserman There have always been two major factors in the spread of the Jewish Diaspora: commerce and persecution. The arrival of Jewish émigrés into Far East Asia and
Dishes for Thanksgiving 2021
By Tina Wasserman Here’s a festive salad that will easily go with all your Thanksgiving dishes. I recently purchased Red Apple balsamic vinegar from Seven Barrels when I was in
