Posts Tagged: Antisemitism in US
Amid Pittsburgh Funerals, Synagogue Massacre Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
Appearing defiant and swaggering, the man charged with killing 11 worshipers in a Pittsburgh synagogue, pleaded not guilty on Thursday in a federal court as...
Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Suspect to Be Arraigned
The avowed antisemite accused of opening fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue and killing 11 worshipers is scheduled to appear in federal court on Thursday, as...
Fighting Fire With Fire: US Jews Train to Stop Repeat of Pittsburgh Shooting
David Ortner adjusted his yarmulke, cocked his pistol and took aim -- something he wishes a civilian had done to defend Pittsburgh's Tree of Life...
Pittsburgh Buries Three More Shooting Victims as Suspect Faces New Charges
Federal prosecutors added more charges, including religious hate crimes, against the man accused of killing 11 Jews in a Pittsburgh synagogue, according to an indictment...
Commemorating Pittsburgh Victims, UN Secretary-General Guterres Denounces ‘Stupid Crime’ of Antisemitism
The secretary-general of the United Nations on Wednesday denounced antisemitism as the "oldest hatred of humankind" during an address at a memorial service in New York...
American Jewry ‘Lost Its Innocence This Week,’ Community Leader Says After Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre
American Jewry "lost its innocence this week," a top community leader told The Algemeiner on Tuesday, as the first of the funerals for the 11...
Special Editorial: #WeAreAllJews
The following is a joint editorial drafted by Jane Eisner, Editor-in-Chief of The Forward, and Dovid Efune, Editor-in-Chief and CEO of The Algemeiner, and signed...
Trump Visits Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Site, as Funerals for Victims Get Underway
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday visited the Pittsburgh synagogue attacked by an antisemitic gunman and lit candles for each of the 11 slain worshipers,...
Is America Any Different When It Comes to Antisemitism?
On November 9th, communities around the world will mark the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the infamous antisemitic pogrom that symbolized the acceleration of Hitler’s murderous campaign...
Mourners Gather for First Funerals of Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Victims
Grieving families and friends gathered on Tuesday for the first funerals for victims of a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, as protesters prepared for...
Congressional Democrats Seek More Action on US Domestic Extremists
Congressional Democrats on Monday called on US law enforcement authorities to do more to track and prosecute far-right extremists after a mass shooting at a...
Synagogue Massacre Suspect Ordered Held Without Bond
Shackled to a wheelchair, the man accused of shooting 11 worshipers to death at a Pittsburgh synagogue made a stony-faced and largely silent appearance on...
Pittsburgh Rabbi Regrets Not Being Able to Save More of His Congregants From Massacre
The rabbi of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh where 11 Jews were murdered by a white supremacist gunman on Saturday has told an...
Heavy Courthouse Security Ahead of Synagogue Shooting Suspect’s Arraignment
A man charged with shooting 11 worshipers to death at a Pittsburgh synagogue was released from a hospital a few hours before he was to...
