• ...Cytron-Walker, who recounts the moment he and three others escaped after a gunman held them hostage for 11 hours at Congregation Beth Israel, a synagogue...
  • Texas Synagogue Standoff Reopening. Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker adjusts the microphones while testing the sound system at Congregation Beth Israel...
  • When asked if he planned to return to his synagogue, Cytron-Walker answered, “It’s something that we are definitely going to do.”
  • He is the synagogue’s first full-time rabbi since 2006. Rabbi Cytron-Walker hails from Lansing, Michigan, and previously worked at Focus: HOPE, a civil and...
  • But by his own account on Monday, and that of another hostage, Jeffrey Cohen, it was years of security training, prompted by threats to synagogues, that...
  • ...right, president of Congregation Beth Israel, laughs with Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, center, and Jeff Cohen while speaking to reporters at the synagogue in...
  • Rabbi Cytron-Walker told the members of Congress the hostage taker chose their synagogue because he believed in antisemitic tropes that Jews controlled...
  • It's been a lot," Rabbi Cytron-Walker said. He added getting back to the synagogue following the incident "won't be easy but it's an important thing".
  • Video Shows Moment Two Hostages Escape Before SWAT Teams Storm Inside Synagogue.