The Jewish Prayer That Guided – And Defined – Our Coverage Of The Pittsburgh Massacre
A writer searches for the right language to mourn those slain in the Pittsburgh synagogue
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News For Pittsburgh Residents, A Year Of Grief And Elbow Grease
Seymour Drescher approached the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha building in Pittsburgh and was turned away during the horrific shooting last October. He always thought he had escaped unscathed. But this Rosh Hashanah, when the congregants who normally blew the shofar were absent, he realized he had not. “When the shofar blast came out, the final…
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Fast Forward Pittsburgh Synagogue Announces Plan To Reopen After Deadly Shooting
Updated 3:00 p.m. Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Congregation in Pittsburgh, the site of the deadliest anti-Semitic incident in American history, announced Friday that they intended to eventually reopen their doors, turning their building into a “center for Jewish life in the United States.” The Tree of Life building, which housed three separate congregations, has not…
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Fast Forward ‘Pause With Pittsburgh’ Campaign Seeks Moment Of Silence On Attack Anniversary
To commemorate the one-year anniversary of the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history, the Jewish Federations of North America are calling for a nationwide moment of silence. The “Pause with Pittsburgh” campaign is meant to commemorate the 11 people who were killed in the shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha synagogue building in the…
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Opinion A Year Since The Pittsburgh Massacre, What Have We Learned? A Q&A With Abe Foxman
We are approaching the one year anniversary of the Tree of Life shooting in which Robert Bowers murdered 11 Jews at prayer. For the Yahrzeit, we will be rolling out a series of pieces reflecting on the tragedy, and what we’ve learned in the year since, beginning with an interview with Abe Foxman, the former…
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Fast Forward Pittsburgh Newspaper Donates Pulitzer Prize Money To Tree Of Life Synagogue
(JTA) — Employees of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette donated to a local synagogue the $15,000 they had won along with a Pulitzer prize for their coverage of a deadly anti-Semitic shooting at the building. The newspaper won the money and prize in April for their “immersive, compassionate coverage,” as the judges wrote, the paper noted Wednesday….
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Fast Forward Feds Seek Death Penalty For Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Despite Rabbis’ Opposition
(JTA) — Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman. They said in a court filing late on Monday that “a sentence of death is justified” in 22 of the 63 federal charges against Robert Bowers, citing his premeditation, planning, anti-Semitic motivation and the number of victims. They also noted his…
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Fast Forward Tree Of Life Synagogue Will Use Pittsburgh Church Sanctuary For High Holidays
(JTA) — Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life congregation will hold its High Holiday services in an Episcopal church located just down the street. The Calvary Episcopal Church reached out to the congregation just days after the Oct. 27 attack that left 11 Jewish worshippers dead, offering its building for any of the congregation’s needs, the Episcopal…
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