- 2 External links. Toggle the table of contents. Cytron Synagogue. ... The synagogue was built in 1936 with money from the Cytron family of industrialists.
- Before WWII, central Białystok had 60 synagogues serving a population of over 40,000 Jews, or about half of the city's population. Only three synagogue…
- When the man first knocked on the glass door of the synagogue on Saturday morning, the rabbi said he thought he might need shelter. Cytron-Walker let the man...
- Reconstruction of ceilings from Cytron synagogue. 0:59. Białystok. Cytron synagogue cellings. Soon in THE PLACE (in colours). 2:17.
- Several hours into the crisis, one hostage was released – leaving the rabbi and two men in the synagogue with the gunman. For the next four hours, Cytron-Walker...
- Cytron-Walker, the rabbi who conducts services at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, first sat down with the gunman when he entered the synagogue.
- ...hostage for 11 hours at Congregation Beth Israel, a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas. WATCH: And here is the conversation that Cytron-Walker had with CBS
- 4. Cytron Synagogue. Before World War II, Bialystok had 60 synagogues serving a population of over 40,000 Jews, or about half of the city’s population.
- The synagogue’s building was founded by a family of Jewish industrialists – the Cytron family, it was made available to public use in 1936.
- Cytron-Walker and two other men were still being held hostage, as they had been most of the day Saturday, inside their synagogue in Colleyville.