A former synagogue building in the small Texas city of Breckenridge was destroyed by fire earlier this week — but it hasn’t been home to a Jewish community for decades. The former Temple Beth Israel building caught fire early Sunday morning and burned for an hour. Read more » »

Over the years, the small Jewish community who used the synagogue have left the place, leaving no one to mourn it. Read more » »

Last Wednesday’s attack on Jewish students meeting at Toronto’s York University was no surprise for many of us who have seen the rise of hostility against Jews on university campuses across Canada. The Jewish students meeting had the required permission from university authorities. Read more » »

The Dutch Parliament is to be applauded for two recent interventions on Middle East policy. First, its vote last week to halt aid funds to the Palestinian Authority over the latter’s payments to terrorists in Israeli jails is a most welcome and overdue development. Dutch lawmakers, who used to allocate £1. Read more » »

(JTA) — A former synagogue building in the small Texas city of Breckenridge was destroyed by fire earlier this week — but it hasn’t been home to a Jewish community for decades. The former Temple Beth Israel building caught fire early Sunday morning and burned for an hour. Read more » »

Hummus, Henna and Hammerheads! Bagels, Bands and Belugas! Matzah, Music and Mantas! No matter how you alliterate it, the Atlanta Jewish Life Festival is returning to the Georgia Aquarium Jan. 26 for the second year. Read more » »

A posthumous award was granted Tuesday in Jerusalem to the former chief rabbi of Florence who was a leader of the Italian city’s Jewish-Christian underground rescue network during the Holocaust. Read more » »