It started like any other Saturday for members of Congregation Beth Israel.Families of the Reform Jewish synagogue just outside Dallas-Fort Worth had gathered - in person and online - to participate in the Sabbath service, even amid the twin perils of a fresh pandemic wave and a swelling tide of attacks on Jewish people in the US.By day's end, the community of faith in Colleyville, Texas, would be at the centre of a global drama involving a livestreamed hostage-taking, an imprisoned terrorist icon, an elite FBI rescue team, a rabbi's quick thinking and a final, frantic sprint to freedom.
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