Police Officer Shot in Attack Near Ontario Synagogue During Yom Kippur

On the evening of Yom Kippur, as Jewish worshippers gathered in solemn observance at the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, a gunman opened fire near the holy site — one of the most sacred moments of the Jewish year interrupted by an act of violence. A police officer who responded to the threat was struck by gunfire and injured, bearing in his body the cost of standing between harm and the congregation within. The incident joins a long and troubling pattern of attacks on houses of worship, raising once again the question of how communities of faith can hold open space for prayer i