This piece is part of a series for the one year yahrzeit of the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue massacre. I write in the aftermath of an attempted massacre in Halle, Germany and in anticipation of the Yahrzeit of the Tree of Life tragedy, the worst antisemitic attack to occur on American soil. But for…
A writer searches for the right language to mourn those slain in the Pittsburgh synagogue
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…
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…
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…
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…
(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….
(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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