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The second Tree of Life shooting commemoration will bring people together in an age of separation
A global pandemic isn’t keeping the Pittsburgh Jewish community from coming together for a virtual commemoration to honor the victims of the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre. The event on Oct. 27 marks two years since the mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania claimed the lives of 11 people, the deadliest…
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I’m the archivist of the Tree of Life shooting. This is how I ‘process’ it.
The attack on October 27, 2018, lasted 83 minutes from the moment the gunman entered the synagogue until the moment the police apprehended him. In the 18 months since that Saturday morning, I have collected 189 boxes of things documenting the impact of those 83 minutes on the Jewish population of Western Pennsylvania. “Things” in…
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Almost all American Jews say anti-Semitism is a problem, according to a new poll. Half of Americans don’t know what it means.
(JTA) — Nearly half of Americans don’t know what the phrase “anti-Semitism” means. That’s one takeaway from two surveys published Monday by the American Jewish Committee. The surveys asked Jews and the general American public about anti-Semitism in the United States. The Jewish survey found that a large majority of Jews consider anti-Semitism a problem,…
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’Hatemonger’ explores Stephen Miller, the man who filled the child cages
The first time the word “cages” appears in “Hatemongers,” Jean Guerrero’s biography of senior presidential advisor Stephen Miller, it’s in reference to Jews. Miller’s great-grandfather Nison Miller, Guerrero writes, arrived by steamship in New York City in 1904, a time when hundreds of thousands of Eastern European Jews were fleeing poverty and pogroms. At Ellis…
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Beverly Hills prepares for doomsday
Beverly Hills is afraid. Very afraid. Two weeks ahead of what may prove the most contentious election in American history, rumors and fears of mass civil unrest are swirling through Beverly Hills’ lavish neighborhoods, leaving residents feeling spooked and uneasy. “If I buy a gun, can I get training from the police department?” a male…
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‘Crazy Eddie,’ white supremacy — How campaigns are trying to reach Florida’s Jews now
In one advertisement, comic book speech bubbles pop on screen as a slick salesman delivers a sarcastic pitch for Joe Biden and the Democrats over upbeat music. “This election only! A special offer,” he says. “Elect Joe Biden — get all his far-left friends too.” The spot, sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition and running…
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Are quiet Lebanon-Israel talks a harbinger of peace?
Are quiet, below-the-radar talks between Lebanon and Israel a harbinger of broader rapprochement? In Lebanon’s capital city and across the border in Israel, there’s a gathering consensus that something like peace is possible. “Looking at it from a political and economic lens, we as Lebanese are sinking by ourselves, so it is now time that…
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A Hasidic village’s coronavirus tests went from 34% positive to 4% in a month. The county health commissioner is asking how.
In the course of about a month, the Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel, N.Y., managed to drop its rate of positive tests for coronavirus infection by a dramatic 30 points — from 34.2% in the last week of September, to 4.2% this week, according to state data released Wednesday. Town leaders and New York Gov….
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Rep. Max Rose’s tight re-election race flooded with millions in national PAC dollars
This story was originally published on Oct. 21 by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. Outside political groups are pouring millions into the race for Staten Island’s swing-district congressional seat — fueling a growing bonfire of negative ads pitting freshman Rep. Max Rose…
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The global proportion of Jews living in Europe is as low as it was 1,000 years ago. And the future there doesn’t look bright.
Jews’ share of the population of Europe is as low now as it was 1,000 years ago and is declining even further, according to a landmark new demographic study. The study published Wednesday by the London-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research found 1.3 million people who describe themselves as Jewish in continental Europe, the United…
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The Republican Jewish Coalition has funneled more money to Lindsey Graham than any other group
South Carolina’s population of some 5 million people is only about .3% Jewish. Yet the biggest player on behalf of the incumbent in its Senate race — the most expensive in the country — is the Republican Jewish Coalition. That race is also a big priority for J Street, the progressive Israel advocacy organization. “This…
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