Jewish communities across the US are on edge in the wake of another attack on worshippers at a synagogue, this time at Congregation Beth Israel in North Texas.
– Jewish communities across the United States once again find themselves on edge in the wake of another attack on worshippers at a synagogue, this time at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, where a man interrupted Saturday’s Shabbat service and held four people hostage for hours.
In an interview Sunday, Rabbi Rick Jacobs described a “roller coaster of emotions” he believed Jews across North America had shared over the previous 24 hours. “To walk into a synagogue today and to be met with a security guard, or some security procedures, to have to show ID and go through sometimes a metal detector, or a few questions — honestly we feel more secure to go through that kind of experience,” he said.The Latest High-Profile Attack On A Jewish Congregation
Two law enforcement officials said investigators believe the hostage-taker might have been motivated by a desire for the release of a Pakistani serving an 86-year sentence at a Texas facility after being convicted in 2010 of attempted murder and armed assault on US officers in Afghanistan. “I’m sorry, if it happened once in a thousand years, you could say it wasn’t an anti-Semitic,” he said. “But the choice of the synagogue for this hostage-taker, and the litany of things we have been facing as a community — it’s pretty clear.”
In the wake of an event like the one in Colleyville, Jewish leaders are looking for both advice and reassurance, he said. They want to know whether the event was isolated, whether there could be copycats, and whether they should bring out emergency operations plans and be vigilant.
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