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Temple Israel in Canton, Ohio. Source: Google Street View.

Arrested teen had ‘detailed plan’ to attack Reform temple in Canton, Ohio

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A 13-year-old boy who shared a "detailed plan" to attack Temple Israel, a Reform congregation in Canton, Ohio, has been arrested and charged with inducing panic and disorderly conduct. He is due in Stark...
From left: Jewish agency board chair Michael Siegel, Pittsburgh community leader and chair of United Israel Appeal Cindy Shapira and Jewish Agency chair Isaac Herzog light a candle in memory of the 11 Jewish lives lost in the Oct. 27, 2018 synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. Credit: The Jewish Agency.

Global Jewish leaders stand in solidarity to honor the memories of 11 killed in...

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At Sunday’s opening of the Jewish Agency’s board of governors meeting from Oct. 27-29 in Jerusalem, Jewish leaders from around the world stood side by side to memorialize the first anniversary of the attack...
The Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh, where a mass shooting took place during Shabbat services on Oct. 27. Credit: Google Maps screenshot.

Governor orders flags to fly half-staff to mark year since Pittsburgh shooting

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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed a proclamation declaring Oct. 27 as an official day of remembrance, ordering state flags to half-staff one year after the attack at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in...
People pay their respects at a memorial in front of the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh to the 11 Jewish victims of a mass shooting one week earlier, Nov. 4, 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Pittsburgh Jewish community reflects on turbulent year, discusses future plans

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Members of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community convened a press conference late last week to talk about the Oct. 27 synagogue massacre almost a year ago and their plans moving forward. At the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, a...
A mug shot of Robert Bowers, the suspect behind the shooting of 11 Jewish worshippers at Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018. Credit: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Tree of Life Pittsburgh shooter

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Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Robert Bowers, who is accused of killing 11 Jewish worshippers at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018, according to a...
Ned Peppers Bar in Dayton, Ohio, on Aug. 5, 2019. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Dayton shooter showed ex-girlfriend ‘play-by-play’ of Pittsburgh shooting

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The gunman who killed nine people on Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, apparently showed his ex-girlfriend, Adelia Johnson, a “play by play” video of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in October, Johnson wrote on Monday. According to Johnson, she...
Israelis practice shooting handguns at the Olympic Shooting Range in Herzliya. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

The Israeli gun culture and approach to preventing mass shootings

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Mass shootings are nothing new in the United States, but their sudden rise is ballooning into a shocking nationwide epidemic. Many blame a toxic political culture that is accentuating divisions rather than commonalities between...
Tel Aviv City Hall lit up in the colors of an American flag in solidarity following mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 4, 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Netanyahu pronounces condolences following mass shootings in Texas and Ohio

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conveyed his condolences to the American people on Sunday night after back-to-back mass shootings rocked the cities of El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend. “In the past...
A memorial outside of the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh following the mass shooting on Oct. 27, 2019 that left 11 Jewish worshippers dead. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

ADL: Anti-Semitic incidents lower in 2018, but assaults and vandalism doubled

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There were 1,879 anti-Semitic incidents in 2018, representing the third-highest figure of such incidents since 1979, according to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League released on Tuesday. The highest number of anti-Semitic incidents was in...
The Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh, where a mass shooting took place during Shabbat services on Oct. 27. Credit: Google Maps screenshot.

‘Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’ wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Tree of Life shooting

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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize on Monday for breaking-news reporting, covering the October 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, where 11 Jewish...