Tag: Mass Shooting
Arrested teen had ‘detailed plan’ to attack Reform temple in Canton, Ohio
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...
Global Jewish leaders stand in solidarity to honor the memories of 11 killed in...
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...
Governor orders flags to fly half-staff to mark year since Pittsburgh shooting
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...
Pittsburgh Jewish community reflects on turbulent year, discusses future plans
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...
Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Tree of Life Pittsburgh shooter
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...
Dayton shooter showed ex-girlfriend ‘play-by-play’ of Pittsburgh shooting
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...
The Israeli gun culture and approach to preventing mass shootings
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...
Netanyahu pronounces condolences following mass shootings in Texas and Ohio
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...
ADL: Anti-Semitic incidents lower in 2018, but assaults and vandalism doubled
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...
‘Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’ wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Tree of Life shooting
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...