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.

Weekend Plug-In, Analysis, Religion, Religion News, OpinionBobby Ross Jr.January 21, 2022Bobby Ross Jr., Congregation Beth Israel, Texas, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, Colleyville, synagogue hostage standoff, Anna Salton Eisen, antisemitism, houses of worship security

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.

News, North AmericaCheryl Mann BaconJanuary 20, 2022Cheryl Mann Bacon, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, Fort Worth Christian School, Congregation Beth Israel, Colleyville, Christian Chronicle, Fort Worth, Primary FeatureComment

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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