Pittsburgh
Tree Of Life Synagogue Will Use Pittsburgh Church Sanctuary For High Holidays
The Calvary Episcopal Church reached out to the congregation just days after the October 27 attack that left 11 Jewish worshippers dead, offering
Pittsburgh Rabbi Says He’s Against Death Penalty For Synagogue Shooter
Jonathan Perlman of the New Light Congregation cited religious tradition and his congregants’ still-opened wounds.
Pittsburgh’s Survivors Brace Themselves For The Saddest Day Of The Jewish Year
As the Book of Lamentations says, of then and now: “Alas, priest and prophet are slain in the Sanctuary of the Lord!”
Pittsburgh Jewish Federation Gives Over $650,000 To Christchurch Mosque Victims
More than $60,000 of that total was raised by the Tree of Life congregation, which was targeted by an anti-Semitic gunman five months prior.
Pittsburgh Restaurant Manager Fired Over Anti-Semitic Facebook Post
The post was a meme that shows the interior of an oven and read “Jewish bunk beds for sale.”
Pittsburgh Synagogue Killer’s Lawyers Say The FBI Is Meddling With Witnesses
The lawyers say that FBI agents have dissuaded witnesses from meeting with their defense team.
Pittsburgh Jewish Family Names Newborn After Poway Victim Lori Gilbert-Kaye
The couple said the decision “just felt right,” as she exemplified someone “that every parent would want their child to turn out to be like.”
Poway Mayor: Post-Pittsburgh Precautions Saved Lives
The mayor praised one Chabad congregant, an off-duty border patrol agent who he said was able to gain access to a weapon not on his person.
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Remember Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
The special joint session came a day after the mayor signed into law gun control legislation introduced in the aftermath of the October shooting.
House To Hold Hearings On White Nationalism, 6 Months After Pittsburgh Shooting
The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security had accused the FBI and Department of Justice of “stonewalling” a briefing on the issue.
