LOS ANGELES — A gunman shot and wounded two men in the parking garage of a North Hollywood synagogue early Thursday and Jewish schools and temples alerted in case the attack wasn’t isolated.

Patrols boosted at Jewish temples, schools in LA after shooting outside synagogue

Patrols boosted at Jewish temples after LA attack

Jewish school asks UK court to quash ruling that it racially discriminated against teenager

UK Jewish school denies racial discrimination

Rabbinical ruling causes havoc as Orthodox Jews debate fate of Sabbath elevators

Rabbinical ruling causes havoc on elevators

In Egypt, a synagogue renovation elicits complicated feelings about preserving Jewish history

Egyptians conflicted over preserving Jewish past

Pope to visit Rome synagogue in January as part of Catholic-Jewish dialogue

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI will visit Rome’s main synagogue in January as part of Catholic-Jewish dialogue.

Five years alone in his synagogue, Afghan Jew is his community’s last gasp

KABUL — Zebulon Simentov lives, eats and prays alone — the last known Jew in a country dominated by conservative Muslim culture.

Illinois Supreme Court OKs couple’s wills that disinherit grandchildren who marry non-Jews

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Proud of his religion and worried about its future, Chicago dentist Max Feinberg wrote a will with an unusual catch: His grandchildren wouldn’t inherit a penny if they married someone who wasn’t Jewish.

NY synagogue of Yale victim’s fiance plans private memorial service

HUNTINGTON, N.Y. — A memorial service for the victim in the Yale killing is planned at her fiance’s New York temple between the upcoming Jewish high holidays.

Israelis welcome Jewish New Year while skeptical that peace with Palestinians is near

JERUSALEM — Israelis celebrated the Jewish New Year Friday evening, grateful for the recent calm spell in the region but skeptical that the coming year would see the achievement of ever-elusive peace.

Israelis welcome Jewish New Year while skeptical that elusive peace is near

JERUSALEM — Israelis were welcoming the Jewish New Year on Friday, grateful for the recent calm spell in the region but skeptical that the coming year would see the achievement of ever-elusive peace.

Citing Madoff scandal, Jewish leaders calling for ethical renewal in Rosh Hashana messages

NEWARK, N.J. — Jewish leaders are calling on U.S. rabbis to emphasize the faith’s ethical requirements in their sermons during Rosh Hashana in response to recent financial scandals involving its members, including Bernard Madoff.

Post-Madoff, pre-Rosh Hashanah, Jewish leaders call on rabbis to stress ethical renewal

NEWARK, N.J. — The Bernard Madoff case and other instances of corruption have Jewish leaders calling on U.S. rabbis to stress the faith’s ethical requirements on Rosh Hashana (rohsh huh-SHAH’-nuh).

Obama uses Rosh Hashana message to renew call for Mideast peace call

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is using a Rosh Hashana message to renew his call for peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

Archaeologists uncover early depiction of seven-branched candelabra in ancient synagogue

JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have uncovered one of the earliest depictions of a menorah, the seven-branched candelabra that has come to symbolize Judaism, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Friday. The menorah was engraved in stone around 2,000 years ago and found in a synagogue recently discovered by the Sea of Galilee.

Rare 14th-century Hebrew prayer book to go on display for first time at Israeli museum

JERUSALEM — A rare Hebrew manuscript written in 14th century Germany is going on display for the first time, just before the Jewish New Year, Israel Museum officials said Wednesday.

Russia’s chief rabbi condemns Ukrainian mayor accused of anti-Semitic remarks

KIEV, Ukraine — Jewish leaders in Ukraine and Russia on Thursday condemned the mayor of a Ukrainian city who called a presidential hopeful “an impudent little Jew,” and Russia’s chief rabbi said he would travel there in a show of support for the local Jewish community.

Too cold for nude protest, bikers against NYC bike lane removal pin plastic breasts to jackets

Pope John Paul II moves a step closer to possible beatification with decree about virtues

Bikers plan topless ride to protest demise of bike lane in NY Orthodox Jewish neighborhood

Moldovan officials say priest leads dozens smashing menorah with hammers in capital

Israel chief rabbi condemns mosque blaze in rare West Bank visit

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel lights National Menorah in front of White House

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to light National Menorah in front of White House

Arsonists torch Bronx synagogue-turned-church, leave Satanic graffiti

Israel’s justice minister causes stir by saying religious law must become binding

Menorahs made from ice, Legos and chocolate among Hanukkah celebrations around the world

FBI reviews security video in search for shooter in LA synagogue parking lot attack

Teenager no longer suspect in shooting outside LA synagogue; wounded men identified

17-year-old questioned but released in LA synagogue attack; no other suspects found

2 men shot in legs outside Los Angeles synagogue; police boost patrols at Jewish locations