Posts tagged Congregation Beth Israel
'We have to stop hate': Why it's important to remember the Holocaust

This week’s Weekend Plug-in highlights coverage of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and presents a special panel discussion. Plus, as always, catch up on all the best reads and top headlines in the world of faith.

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A Personal Connection To Synagogue Where Hostages Were Taken, Plus 5 Key Storylines

This week’s Weekend Plug-in highlights the top storylines that have emerged after last weekend’s hostage standoff at a Texas synagogue. Plus, catch up, as always, on all the best reads and top headlines in the world of faith.

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Rabbi Charlie Who Was Held Hostage Talks Antisemitism At Texas Christian School

Rabbi Charlie, as friends and congregants call him — one of the four recently held at gunpoint for nearly 11 hours at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue —teaches with emotion when he tells students in Mark Baur’s Worldviews course at Fort Worth Christian School each spring that antisemitism has destroyed generations.

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Texas Christians, Muslims, Jews Pray For Congregation Beth Israel As Community Recovers From Hostage Event

Christian, Jewish, Muslim, atheist and other community members gathered Monday night in the sanctuary of White’s Chapel United Methodist Church in Southlake, Texas, and applauded Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker — just two days after the rabbi and three others were held hostage in Congregation Beth Israel in neighboring Colleyville.

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