Template talk:Attacks on synagogues

WW II

Good start. Have you considered how to include WW II, in particular, Kristallnacht? Maybe deserves its own group label, as there were many on one day. Otherwise, just one bullet item for Kristallnacht itself? Mathglot (talk) 20:43, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So, I added subgroups for Austria & Germany for Kristallnacht, and am going to stop for now. Are you good with the way this is going? There are additional Austrian synagogues outside Vienna that were destroyed that night, but I don't know if we have articles tat cover that; will have to check. Mathglot (talk)

@Mathglot, thank you for adding all these links and reformatting. Just by the way, my initial approach was to look for pages that are specifically focused on (notable) synagogue attacks. I didn't think to compile a list of every attack as that would involve checking for subsections and shorter references throughout WP. Since then I've swaped the main list page to an article. And I think there has to be a reasonable criteria for inclusion on this navbox. דברי.הימים (talk) 10:43, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adding the Southern Sydney Synagogue which was firebombed in 1991, 1993, 2001, and 2003 (with varying degrees of damage). דברי.הימים (talk) 11:11, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List pages may have explicit criteria for inclusion; navboxes may have implicit criteria; navboxes don't, but I think inclusion criteria can and should be discussed here. Ultimately, consensus would govern what gets included so things may change, but I think your views set the initial style to follow, so if you want to pare it down by removing links, even a lot of links, or reformatting the groups, go ahead.

Assuming you are using the word 'notable' in the Wikipedia sense, there may be a tension between notable synagogue attacks, and articles that have only brief references in a section down the page. That is, a synagogue attack may be notable because there is significant coverage of it in secondary sources, but our articles only mention it in passing, or not at all, preferring to cover the human tragedy at that location that eclipsed any mere material loss or simply because we are a volunteer project and nobody has gotten around to it yet. Or maybe there is not much coverage even in secondary sources specifically about the buildings because details were lost or were never there in the first place, and most of what we know is from the stark evidence of a destroyed synagogue itself. Do we want to include such examples? I can see arguments both ways, but I think you get to decide, at least at the outset, as originator of the navbox and I support whatever vision you have for it. Just try and make it explicit so I can follow. Mathglot (talk) 18:11, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking other reasons there might not be a full article is because of how old the event is; do we not want to include destruction of the First and Second Temples, because there are only ancient accounts, and not much to go on? Idem for the Great Synagogue of Alexandria, so I added them. Mathglot (talk) 10:11, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mathglot, I think the inclusion criteria has to be a) there is a page on the synagogue attack, OR b) there is a significant standalone section on the attack within another page, OR c) there is a standalone section on antisemitic incidents directed at the synagogue among which the attack is clearly named.

Example for criteria a): all the currently named attack pages.
Example for criteria b): Congregation Beth Israel (Austin, Texas)#2021 arson attack.
Example for criteria c): arson attacks at the Southern Sydney Synagogue#Antisemitic attacks.

Also, the attacks have to be significant, i.e., arson, shooting, stabbing, bombing attacks. Graffiti incidents where no major damage occurs should not be added here. But editors can also determine on a case-by-case basis for this and other items. (E.g., I'd potentially include Synagogue of Alexandria but not the Temple).

Synagogues that were attacked and even destroyed should not automatically be added unless a specific section is added on its page. דברי.הימים (talk) 04:13, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mathglot, Here's a copy of the current template to refer to the structure you have developed. Essentially, most links have to be removed unless they meet the criteria. I think many of these can be re-added by creating sections on the synagogue pages.

Copy of previous code

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|name = Attacks on synagogues
|title = [[File:Star of David.svg|15px]] [[Attacks on synagogues]]
|listclass = hlist
|state = {{{state|autocollapse}}}
|groupstyle = text-align:left;
|image = [[File:Paris synagogue attack.jpg|100px]]
| group1 = [[Antisemitism in Antiquity|Antiquity]]
| list1 =
* [[Solomon's Temple#Destruction by the Babylonians|587 BCE Jerusalem]]    <!--also: [[Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)]] -->
* [[Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)#Destruction of the Temple|70 CE Jerusalem]] <!--also: [[Second Temple#Destruction]] -->
* [[Diaspora Revolt#Destruction of Jewish communities|117 CE Alexandria]]  <!-- Great Synagogue of Alexandria -->
| group2 = [[Antisemitism in the Middle Ages|Middle Ages]]
| list2 =
* [[Rhineland massacres|1096 Rhineland]]
* [[Siege of Jerusalem (1099)|1099 Jerusalem]] <!-- Karaite synagogue, 8th c. -->
* [[Ancient synagogue (Barcelona)|1391 Barcelona]]
| group3 = Early Modern{{br}}& Modern era
| list3 =
* [[Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue#History|1798 Alexandria]] <!-- Napoleon, during [[French invasion of Egypt and Syria]] -->
| group4 = ''[[Kristallnacht]]''{{br}}<span style="font-weight:400">10 Nov. 1938</span>
| list4 = subgroup
  | subgroup4_group1 = [[Antisemitism in Germany|Germany]]
  | subgroup4_list1  = 
* [[Bornplatz Synagogue|Bornplatz]]
* [[Brzeg Synagogue|Brzeg]]
* [[Bytom Synagogue|Bytom]]
* [[Fasanenstrasse Synagogue|Fasanenstrasse]]
* [[Fraenkelufer Synagogue|Fraenkelufer]]
* [[Glockengasse Synagogue|Glockengasse]]
* [[Old Synagogue (Heilbronn)|Heilbronn]]
* [[Kassel Synagogue|Kassel]]
* [[Kłodzko Synagogue|Kłodzko]]
* [[Königsberg Synagogue|Königsberg]]
* [[Leipzig Synagogue|Leipzig]]
* [[New Synagogue (Opole)|Opole]]
* [[New Synagogue (Gliwice)|Gliwice]]
* [[New Synagogue (Breslau)|Breslau]]
* [[Prudnik Synagogue|Prudnik]]
* [[Regensburg Synagogue|Regensburg]]
* [[Roonstrasse Synagogue|Roonstrasse]]
* [[Rottweil Synagogue|Rottweil]]
* [[Semper Synagogue|Semper]]
* [[Spandau Synagogue|Spandau]]
* [[Stolp Synagogue|Stolp]]
  | subgroup4_group2 = [[Antisemitism in Austria|Austria]]
  | subgroup4_list2  = 
* [[Döbling Synagogue|Döbling]]
* [[Hietzinger Synagogue|Hietzinger]]
* [[Leopoldstädter Tempel|Leopoldstädter]]
* [[Neudeggergasse Synagogue|Neudeggergasse]]
* [[Pazmanitentempel|Pazmaniten]]
* [[Polish Synagogue|Polish]]
* [[Schiffschul]]
* [[Türkischer Tempel|Türkischer]]
* [[Währinger Tempel|Währinger]]
| group5 = World War II
| list5  = subgroup
  | subgroup5_group1 = [[Antisemitism in Poland|Poland]]
  | subgroup5_list1  = 
* Białystok
** [[Chorszul Synagogue (Białystok)|Białystok-Chorszul]]
** [[Great Synagogue (Białystok)|Białystok-Great]]
* [[Bielsko Synagogue|Bielsko]]
* [[Brzeg Synagogue|Brzeg]]
* [[Bydgoszcz Synagogue|Bydgoszcz]]
* [[Great Synagogue (Danzig)|Danzig]]
* [[Inowrocław Synagogue|Inowrocław]]
* [[Great Synagogue (Jasło)|Jasło]]
* [[Great Synagogue (Katowice)|Katowice]]
* [[Końskie Synagogue|Końskie]]
* [[Kowea Itim le-Tora Synagogue|Kraków]]
* Łódź
** [[Ezras Israel Synagogue|Ezras Israel]]
** [[Great Synagogue (Łódź)|Great]]
** [[Stara Synagogue (Łódź)|Stara]]
* [[Great Synagogue (Łomża)|Łomża]]
* Lublin
** [[Maharam's Synagogue|Maharam]]
** [[Maharshal's Synagogue|Maharshal]]
* [[Great Synagogue (Oświęcim)|Oświęcim]]
* [[New Synagogue (Poznań)|Poznań]]
* [[Przedbórz Synagogue|Przedbórz]]
* Przemyśl
** [[Old Synagogue (Przemyśl)|Old]]
** [[Tempel Synagogue (Przemyśl)|Tempel]]
* [[Radom Synagogue|Radom]]
* [[New Synagogue (Tarnów)|Tarnów]]
* [[Nomer Tamid Synagogue|Nomer Tamid]]
* [[Zabłudów Synagogue|Zabłudów]]
* Warszaw
** [[Great Synagogue (Warsaw)|Great]]
  | subgroup5_group2 = [[Antisemitism in Ukraine|Ukraine]]
  | subgroup5_list2  = 
* [[Great Synagogue (Brody)|Brody]]
* [[Czernowitz Synagogue|Czernowitz]]
* [[Gwoździec Synagogue|Gwoździec]]
* [[Great Synagogue (Husiatyn)|Husiatyn]]
* [[Brodsky Synagogue (Kyiv)|Kyiv]]
* Lviv
** [[Golden Rose Synagogue (Lviv)|Golden Rose]]
** [[Great City Synagogue (Lviv)|Great City]]
** [[Great Suburb Synagogue|Great Suburb]]
** [[Tempel Synagogue (Lviv)|Tempel]]
* [[Great Maharsha Synagogue|Ostroh]]
* [[Pohrebyshche Synagogue|Pohrebyshche]]
* [[Great Synagogue (Zhovkva)|Zhovkva]]
  | subgroup5_group3 = others
  | subgroup5_list3  = 
* Belarus
** [[Minsk Ghetto|1942 Minsk]]
* France
** [[1941 Paris synagogue attacks|1941 Paris]]
* Italy
** [[Old Synagogue of Livorno|1944 Livorno]]
* Latvia
** [[Bauska|1941 Bauska]]
** [[Jelgava massacres|1941 Jelgava]]
** [[Burning of the Riga synagogues|1941 Riga]]
*** [[Great Choral Synagogue (Riga)|Great Choral]]
* Lithuania
** [[Great Synagogue of Vilna|1941 Vilnius]]
** [[Red Synagogue of Jonava|1941 Jonava]]
* Romania
** [[Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom|1941 Bucharest]]
| group6 = Post-war
| list6  =
* [[1949 Menarsha synagogue bombing|1949 Menarsha]]
* [[1950s synagogue bombings|1957-58 USA]]
** [[Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing|1958 Atlanta]]
* [[Shafrir synagogue shooting|1956 Shafrir]]
* [[1980 Paris synagogue bombing|1980 Paris]]
* [[1981 Vienna synagogue attack|1981 Vienna]]
* [[1981 Antwerp synagogue bombing|1981 Antwerp]]
* [[Great Synagogue of Rome attack|1982 Rome]]
* [[Neve Shalom Synagogue massacre|1986 Istanbul]]
* [[1991 Sydney synagogue attacks|1991 Sydney]]
** [[Southern Sydney Synagogue#Antisemitic attacks|Southern Sydney]]: '91, '93, '01, '03
* [[Sacramento synagogue firebombings|1999 Sacramento ]]
| group7 = [[New antisemitism|21st century]]
| list7  =
* [[Beth Israel Synagogue (Edmonton)#Antisemitic attacks|2000 Edmonton]]
* [[2002 Lyon synagogue attack|2002 Lyon]]
* [[Ghriba synagogue bombing|2002 Djerba]]
* [[Tiféret Israel Synagogue attack|2009 Caracas]]
* [[2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack|2014 Jerusalem]]
* [[2017 Gothenburg Synagogue attack|2017 Gothenburg]]
* [[Pittsburgh synagogue shooting|2018 Pittsburgh]]
* [[Poway synagogue shooting|2019 Poway]]
* [[Halle synagogue shooting|2019 Halle]]
* [[Congregation_Beth_Israel_(Austin,_Texas)#2021_arson_attack|2021 Austin]]
* [[Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis|2022 Colleyville]]
* [[2023 Djerba synagogue shooting|2023 Djerba]]
* [[2024 Melbourne synagogue attack|2024 Melbourne]]
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Per the criteria above, the navbox now includes the following:

Copy of new code

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|name = Attacks on synagogues
|title = [[File:Star of David.svg|15px]] [[Attacks on synagogues]]
|listclass = hlist
|state = {{{state|autocollapse}}}
|groupstyle = text-align:left;
|image = [[File:Paris synagogue attack.jpg|100px]]

| group5 = World War II
| list5  = 
* Germany
** [[Kristallnacht]]
* France
** [[1941 Paris synagogue attacks|1941 Paris]]
* Latvia
** [[Jelgava massacres#Burning of the synagogues|1941 Jelgava]]
** [[Burning of the Riga synagogues|1941 Riga]]
*** [[Great Choral Synagogue (Riga)#Destruction|Great Choral]]

| group6 = Post-war
| list6  =
* [[1949 Menarsha synagogue bombing|1949 Menarsha]]
* [[1950s synagogue bombings|1957-58 USA]]
** [[Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing|1958 Atlanta]]
* [[Shafrir synagogue shooting|1956 Shafrir]]
* [[1980 Paris synagogue bombing|1980 Paris]]
* [[1981 Vienna synagogue attack|1981 Vienna]]
* [[1981 Antwerp synagogue bombing|1981 Antwerp]]
* [[Great Synagogue of Rome attack|1982 Rome]]
* [[Neve Shalom Synagogue massacre|1986 Istanbul]]
* [[1991 Sydney synagogue attacks|1991 Sydney]]
** [[Southern Sydney Synagogue#Antisemitic attacks|Southern Sydney]]: '91, '93, '01, '03
* [[Sacramento synagogue firebombings|1999 Sacramento ]]

| group7 = [[New antisemitism|21st century]]
| list7  =
* [[Beth Israel Synagogue (Edmonton)#Antisemitic attacks|2000 Edmonton]]
* [[2002 Lyon synagogue attack|2002 Lyon]]
* [[Ghriba synagogue bombing|2002 Djerba]]
* [[Tiféret Israel Synagogue attack|2009 Caracas]]
* [[2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack|2014 Jerusalem]]
* [[2017 Gothenburg Synagogue attack|2017 Gothenburg]]
* [[Pittsburgh synagogue shooting|2018 Pittsburgh]]
* [[Poway synagogue shooting|2019 Poway]]
* [[Halle synagogue shooting|2019 Halle]]
* [[Congregation_Beth_Israel_(Austin,_Texas)#2021_arson_attack|2021 Austin]]
* [[Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis|2022 Colleyville]]
* [[2023 Djerba synagogue shooting|2023 Djerba]]
* [[2024 Melbourne synagogue attack|2024 Melbourne]]

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דברי.הימים (talk) 04:20, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine; let's hope someone adds the sections. (You didn't have to include the code here, it's all in the history, and if you want to link to a specific version, instead of including it, just use a permalink instead.) I've left the code here, but collapsed the long code for convenience. Mathglot (talk) 05:31, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

York?

@Mathglot, I can't find what incident involves an attack on a synagogue in York. Am I missing something here? דברי.הימים (talk) 11:18, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for raising this. I was thinking of the 1190 attack on Clifford's Tower, but that was a (temporary) place of refuge, not a synagogue. This is covered at History of the Jews in England (1066–1290)#Massacres at London, Bury and York (1189–1190), but does not involve a synagogue, so I have removed that one. Thanks for questioning that one. Mathglot (talk) 03:15, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]