Rabbi from synagogue hostage situation accepts new position

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, who drew international acclaim for his handling of a hostage situation at his Colleyville, Texas, synagogue in January, has accepted an of­fer to lead a Reform synagogue in North Carolina.

Cytron-Walker will become rabbi of Temple Emanuel, a Reform congregation in Winston-Salem, a city with a population of about 250,000 in the Pied­mont region of North Carolina, best known for its former tobacco industry.

“Congregation Beth Israel and the Colleyville community will always be remembered with love,” Cytron-Walker said in a press release issued by the syna­gogue. “And I am honored, grateful, and excited to join the Temple Emanuel fami­ly as their next rabbi.”