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  • Derbent Synagogue engulfed in flames after deadly terrorist attack

    06/23/2024 12:24:59 PM PDT · by Uncle Miltie · 21 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | 6/23/24 | Canaan Lidor
    The only synagogue in the city of Derbent in Russia is on fire following a deadly and coordinated terrorist attack that also included several other targets in the restive state of Dagestan. “The synagogue is on fire,” the official news service of the State of Dagestan said in an update about Sunday’s attack, which authorities say is the work of jihadist extremists. Two people, both security officers, are dead as a result of the attack in Derbent, Interfax reports. Footage of the burning synagogue published on Carmel News, a Telegram channel, shows tall flames completely engulfing the redbrick building of...
  • Rabbi Gives First Account of Shooting in Dagestan

    08/01/2013 1:34:15 PM PDT · by Nachum
    Chabad.org ^ | 7/28/13 | staff
    Rabbi Ovadia Isakov, Chabad-Lubavitch emissary and chief rabbi of Derbent in the Republic of Dagestan, gave his first account of a shooting that he said was “motivated by anti-Semitism” as his condition continued to improve following emergency surgery in Israel. Although Isakov had trouble speaking, he briefly confirmed that he was returning from performing a ritual slaughter for kosher meat when he was attacked late Thursday evening. "There was one man waiting for me,” Isakov said, “and as I was entering my house he shot me. He did not say anything and did not ask for anything. I do not...