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List of attacks on Jewish institutions

This is a list of violent attacks on Jewish institutions, such as synagogues, Jewish Community Centers, and the headquarters of Jewish organizations.

Attacks

1950s synagogue bombings:
- 1958 – March 16: An explosion caused severe damage to school wing of Temple Beth El in Miami, Florida.
- 1958 – March 16: Bombing of Jewish Community Center in Nashville, Tennessee at 8:07pm, claimed by segregationists of the Confederate Union. The front of the unoccupied building was damaged by dynamite, including broken windows and the front door, but the center reopened two days after the bombing.
- 1958 – April 28: Bombing of Jewish Center, a synagogue in Jacksonville, Florida.
- 1958 – October 12: bombing of The Temple in Atlanta, Georgia by white supremacists.
- 1958 – October 14, bomb damaged Temple Anshei Emeth, Peoria, Illinois.
1967 – series of attacks by white separatists on Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi.
1968 – series of attacks by white separatists on Congregation Beth Israel in Meridian, Mississippi.
1970 – As part of the Rochester bombings, three synagogues are among nine buildings bombed by the Rochester crime family over a four week period in Rochester, New York

Failed attacks

A number of planned attacks were unsuccessful, either due to prevention by authorities or failed execution.

2011 – 2011 Manhattan terrorism plot. Failed plan by radical Muslims to bomb a synagogue.
2018 – Los Angeles synagogue attack. Man tried to run down two men exiting a synagogue, while yelling anti-semitic remarks.
2019 – Failed plot to bomb the Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado and poison its members. The would-be perpetrator pled guilty in 2020.
2022: On November 1, 2022, Omar Alkattoul from Sayreville, New Jersey, used social media to send a manifesto with a threat to attack a synagogue based on his hatred of Jews. Alkattoul pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting a threat and was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison on November 14, 2023.
2023 – Thwarted mass shooting plot targeting a synagogue in East Lansing, Michigan.