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Family members of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip begin a march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Nov. 14, 2023. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/TPS.

Knesset bill enabling death penalty for terrorists on hold

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Legislation allowing for the death penalty to be applied to terrorists will be put on hold pending the approval of Israel’s Security Cabinet, said coalition chairman MK Ofir Katz on Monday. The announcement came after...
Rose Mallinger, who was killed on Oct. 27, 2018 at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh, with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchild. Courtesy: Amy Mallinger.

After death-penalty verdict, Pittsburgh Jewish community expresses relief, looks ahead

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After death-penalty verdict, Pittsburgh Jewish community expresses relief, looks ahead After a federal jury announced its verdict on Wednesday—that the gunman who killed 11 worshippers in the bloodiest massacre of Jews in U.S. history should...

Guilty: Bowers convicted on all counts in Pittsburgh synagogue trial

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It took jurors five hours to come to their conclusion: The man accused of murdering 11 Jewish worshippers at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh on the morning of Oct. 27, 2018,...
The Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh, where a mass shooting took place during Shabbat services on Oct. 27, 2018. Source: Google Maps screenshot.

Judge rules death penalty still on table for alleged Tree of Life shooter

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In an 11-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Robert Colville ruled that the defendant’s legal team in the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue shooting trial “fails entirely” to show that the government arbitrarily pursued the...
Poway synagogue shooter John Earnest. Source: Screenshot.

Chabad of Poway gunman to face death penalty for murder of 60-year-old congregant

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The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday that it will seek the death penalty against John Earnest, the 20-year-old man charged with shooting and killing congregant Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, and wounding three people,...
Vladimir Lubarsky, the father of murdered Israeli soldier Ronen Lubarsky, attends a press conference in Tel Aviv on July 3, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Murderer of Israeli soldier Ronen Lubarsky gets life sentence

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The Palestinian man that killed Israel Defense Forces’ Staff Sgt. Ronen Lubarsky during an arrest raid near Ramallah last year was sentenced on Monday to life in prison, plus eight months. Islam Yusuf Hamid, 33,...