Jewish places of worship in America.
A 13-year-old boy has been sentenced to one year’s probation for planning to carry out a shooting at a Jewish synagogue in America. ‘Probation’ is a punishment in which a convict is allowed to live with family, friends or in his own community under certain conditions, but he remains under the supervision of a probation officer. According to the news of ‘The Canton Repository’ newspaper, the minor resident of Ohio accepted the charges of creating chaos and unruly conduct on Friday.
Authorities said a detailed plan to carry out a mass shooting at Temple Israel in Canton was posted on the live streaming platform Discord. Stark County Family Court Judge Jim James ordered a sentence of probation but suspended her sentence of 90 days in a house of correction, according to a court document. The boy is also barred from unsupervised internet access and ordered to continue counseling with a licensed therapist.
Also asked to read this book related to World War II
The accused boy has also been asked to read a book about Swiss diplomat Carl Lutz, who saved the lives of thousands of Jews from the pogrom in Budapest, Hungary during World War II. After reading the book, he will have to submit a report to the Juvenile Probation Department. According to documents released Thursday, the case dates back to September 7, when an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) alerted authorities to a social media post between a boy and a man in Washington calling for the burning of a synagogue and ‘ There was mention of a plan to carry out ‘shooting’. This matter has come to light amid the increase in anti-Semitic incidents in America and around the world. Anti-Semitic incidents increased by 35 percent from 2021 to 2022 in the US alone. (AP)
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