Community takes steps toward healing
Photos: SubmittedRabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker received a standing ovation from some 1,000 people when he took the podium at a Healing Service, at White Chapel Methodist Church in Southlake Jan. 17,…
Area synagogues stand strong for Shabbat services
Photo: ScreenshotDallas Mayor Eric Johnson denounced antisemitism at Congregation Shearith Israel Shabbat services Jan. 22, 2022. Open doors, open hearts By Sharon Wisch-Ray The first Shabbat after a Muslim terrorist…
SOUTHLAKE, TX - JANUARY 17: Rabbi Charlie Citron-Walker talks to reporters outside of Whites Chapel United Methodist Church following a special service on January 17, 2022 in Southlake, Texas. The service was arranged after a 44-year-old British national over the weekend stormed into the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville with a gun and held four people hostage for more than 10 hours. (Photo by Emil Lippe/Getty Images)
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker: ‘It’s safe to go to shul
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker talks to reporters outside of Whites Chapel United Methodist Church following a special service on January 17, 2022 in Southlake, Texas. The service was arranged after a…
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker credits training with helping him navigate hostage crisis
Photo: Andy Jacobsohn/AFP via Getty ImagesA Police vehicle sits outside of the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, some 25 miles west of Dallas, Jan. 16, 2022. By Ron…
SWAT team members deploy near the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, some 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Dallas, on January 15, 2022. - The SWAT police operation was underway at the synagogue where a man claiming to be the brother of a convicted terrorist has reportedly taken several people hostage, police and media said. (Photo by Andy JACOBSOHN / AFP) (Photo by ANDY JACOBSOHN/AFP via Getty Images)
For the Jewish community, security is paramount
SWAT team members deploy near the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, some 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Dallas, on January 15, 2022. - The SWAT police operation…
Survivor care program thrives through pandemic
Photos: Courtesy Jewish Family ServiceLily Linetsky received a Passover package from Yaffa Podbilewicz-Weinberg of JFS in 2021. By Deb Silverthorn Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas launched its Older Adult…
Family man Leonard Gorsky celebrates 100 years
Photos: Courtesy Gorsky FamilyJust days after their Aug. 28, 2021, wedding in Austin, Sarah and Zachary King renewed their vows for her grandparents, Len and Millie Gorsky, at their home…
Community feels supported during CBI hostage crisis
Photo: ScreenshotRabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker led a Healing Service Monday, Jan. 17 to begin a path of healing for the Congregation Beth Israel community. The service, hosted by White’s Chapel United…
Colleyville police chief, FBI Special Agent in Charge offer insight into 10-plus hour hostage standoff
By Sharon Wisch-Ray The FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) brought the 10-hour hostage crisis at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville to an end Saturday night shortly after 9 p.m. Three…
Shaare Tefilla organizes prayer for Congregation Beth Israel
By Sharon Wisch-Ray More than 200 participants gathered quickly on Zoom following Shabbat, Saturday, Jan. 15, to pray for the safe release of Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and two Congregation Beth…