Pittsburgh shooting
My husband survived the Tree of Life shooting. The Texas synagogue attack reopened our wounds
I know firsthand how challenging the healing process from an attack like this will be.
After Texas synagogue attack, Lipstadt urges Jews: Go to shul this weekend
“We are standing tall and we are standing straight. But we are checking for the exits.”
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 the 2018 attack.
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.
Cantor’s children’s book offers healing in the wake of Pittsburgh massacre
“As cantors, whose role it is to guide the diverse spectrum of our community, we know education is crucial to long-term change,” Stoehr said.
Bernie Sanders includes Israel in list of countries where authoritarianism is rising at Pittsburgh shooting memorial
Sanders spoke about how illiberalism and authoritarianism were on the rise around the world, including in Israel.
The second Tree of Life shooting commemoration will bring people together in an age of separation
“We’re doing it 100% virtually because we didn’t want to have to limit the number of people who could attend.”
I’m the archivist of the Tree of Life shooting. This is how I ‘process’ it.
In the past 18 months, I have collected 189 boxes of things documenting the impact of those 83 minutes on the Jewish population.
Families of Pittsburgh synagogue victims to get $3 million from donated funds
More than $5.4 million was collected in the months following the 2018 shooting that killed 11 at the Tree of Life synagogue.
Special Coverage: Pittsburgh, One Year Later
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