Jerusalem Reform synagogue egged on Rosh Hashanah in second attack in a month

A Reform synagogue in Jerusalem was egged by Jewish youths during Rosh Hashanah services, the second attack in a month. The congregation filed a police complaint with security footage. No injuries were reported. The incident occurred at Kol HaNeshama in the Baka neighborhood, and the rabbi described the youths' questions as homophobic. The attack follows a break-in a month earlier and is part of a broader political context over non-Orthodox Judaism in Israel.

A Reform synagogue in Jerusalem was targeted for the second time in a month when a group of Jewish youths threw eggs at worshippers arriving for Rosh Hashanah services. The incident occurred Sunday morning at Kol HaNeshama in the Baka neighborhood. The congregation said its security cameras recorded the youths, including their faces, and it subsequently filed a police complaint and provided the footage. No injuries were reported. Rabbi Debi Shoua-Haim told JTA that the group had engaged with several members of the community before the egg-throwing began, with questions and comments she described as homophobic and bordering on harassment. The congregation is increasing security for Shabbat Shuvah and Yom Kippur services. The attack follows a break-in at the same synagogue a month earlier, in which vandals smashed a window, damaged artwork, and tore down Pride flags. Days later, a second Reform congregation, Darchei Noam in Ramat Hasharon, was attacked with a paving stone thrown through a window. The Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism criticized the lack of arrests, saying it emboldens further violence. The attacks come amid an ongoing political fight over the status of non-Orthodox Judaism in Israel, including legislation to bar egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall.