The following is an extended version of the story that appears in our latest print edition.   On Jan. 15, an 11-hour standoff at the Colleyville Congregation in Texas ended when the gunman was distracted by Rabbi Charlie Cytron Walker, allowing the Rabbi and three others to escape. Once alone in the synagogue, Malik Akram was killed by an FBI hostage team. The incident ushered in a new year of national attention on the rise in antisemitic crimes.   Figures released by the FBI reveal that more than half of all religious bias crimes target Jews according to the American

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