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After Texas synagogue attack, Lipstadt urges Jews: Go to shul this weekend

Deborah E. Lipstadt, President Biden’s nominee to serve as the State Department’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, is calling for Jews to attend shul this weekend in light of the Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis. And none shall make YOU afraid-Lev26:6:Jews-Orthodox/Reform/Conservative/Reconstructionist/JCC/Havurah/Atheist/Break-fast/Proud&Not so/LQBTQ/Straight/Unsure/Educated/Don’t know an Alef vs. Bet: SHOW UP IN SHUL THIS SHABBAT/SHOW UP…

By Rudy Malcom Jan 18, 2022 | 2 min read
Opinion
We are Jews from Pittsburgh. Please don’t use the Tree of Life tragedy for political gain

On Oct. 27, 2018, a white supremacist opened fire in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh during Shabbat services, killing eleven people and injuring two. Three years later, in the beginning of October, Pittsburgh hosted the three-day Eradicate Hate Global Summit, presented in honor of the members of our community murdered and wounded in…

By Ami Weintraub, and Ben Case, and Jess Gold Oct 27, 2021 | 4 min read
Culture
After the Tree of Life massacre, an inspiring story of a community coming together

Mark Oppenheimer tells the story of how the Pittsburgh Jewish community rebounded after tragedy

By Benyamin Cohen Sep 30, 2021 | 4 min read
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Pittsburgh congregation asks DOJ to reverse course on death penalty for shooter

A Reconstructionist congregation that was housed in the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha building in Pittsburgh targeted in a deadly shooting in 2018 is asking Attorney General Merrick Garland to “abandon its quest for the death penalty” in the case against the accused shooter. In a June 17 letter to Garland, the president of Congregation Dor…

By Molly Boigon Jun 25, 2021 | 2 min read
News
Cantor’s children’s book offers healing in the wake of Pittsburgh massacre

To Cantor Steven Stoehr, Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood was a haven of ethnic diversity and harmony, with a charm that felt like nothing could disrupt it. That’s the first thing he wants readers to know in “That’s What Friends Do,” a children’s book he wrote about the aftermath of the 2018 shooting that took 11…

By David Ian Klein Jan 19, 2021 | 2 min read
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Bernie Sanders includes Israel in list of countries where authoritarianism is rising at Pittsburgh shooting memorial

(JTA) — In a speech about the dangers of bigotry at a memorial for the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, Bernie Sanders included Israel in a list of countries where authoritarianism is rising. Sanders, the democratic socialist Vermont senator, was the keynote speaker at a virtual memorial event hosted by Bend The Arc, a progressive Jewish…

By Ben Sales Oct 29, 2020 | 2 min read
News
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…

By Sarah Brown Oct 26, 2020 | 4 min read
News
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…

By Eric Lidji Oct 26, 2020 | 9 min read

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