Posts Tagged: Pittsburgh
‘Struck Soul of Our Nation’: Biden, Harris Mark Six-Years Since Tree of Life Shooting
JNS.org - US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, released statements on Sunday marking the six-year anniversary since...
Pittsburgh Organizers Stopped an Effort to Boycott Israel; But It Was Far Too Close
The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is known for many things: bridges, steel, sports teams, and sadly, the Tree of Life Synagogue building shooting, where the...
Political Inaction Fuels Rising Antisemitism
JNS.org - As second gentleman Douglas Emhoff joined the groundbreaking ceremony for the Tree of Life Synagogue memorial in Pittsburgh, his presence highlighted a stark...
Jury Selection Begins in Pittsburgh Trial of Tree of Life Synagogue Shooter
JNS.org - Attorneys began questioning potential jurors yesterday in the trial of a man accused of murdering 11 Jewish worshippers at the Tree of Life*Or...
Leading Jewish Groups Join Pittsburgh Community to Mark First Anniversary of Tree of Life Massacre
Pittsburgh and its Jewish community were joined by political and communal leaders on Sunday as they marked the one-year anniversary of the massacre at the...
An International View of the Pittsburgh Murders
The killing of 11 Jews at an American synagogue has now inserted itself into a sequence of other murders targeting Jews and their institutions in...
Israel Plays an Important Role in Fighting Antisemitism
JNS.org - Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett recently rushed to Pittsburgh to represent the government of Israel at memorial events following the terrorist massacre...
How Social Media Is Undermining the Fight Against Antisemitism
When 11 Jews were murdered during a Shabbat service last week, the first response for most American Jews was to take to Twitter or Facebook. Most...
New York Times Concedes Errors in Pittsburgh Coverage
The New York Times coverage of the deadly attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue is showing the Times once again challenged on basic matters of Jewish...
Eighty Years After Kristallnacht, the Murder of Jews Continues
Over the course of 48 hours on November 9-10, 1938 -- now known as Kristallnacht -- 96 Jews were killed, 1,300 synagogues and 7,500 businesses...
Pittsburgh Bids Farewell to Rosenthal Brothers Murdered in Synagogue Massacre – ‘The Sweetest Human Beings You Could Ever Meet’
The first of the funerals of the 11 victims of Saturday's antisemitic massacre in Pittsburgh took place on Tuesday afternoon, as almost 2,000 mourners bade...
Orthodox Rabbi Sues Pennsylvania Board Of Funeral Directors
Pennsylvania's Board of Funeral Directors and two state officials are being sued by an Orthodox rabbi from Pittsburgh claiming that the state's board violates religious...
