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Vice President Mike Pence speaks July 7 2017 at the Christians United for Israel conference in Washington DC. (CUFI)

Mike Pence’s Messianic problem

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It was the sort of unforced error that was the last thing the Trump administration needed in a week during which its liberal critics have been trying to place blame for the massacre at...
U.S. President Donald Trump huddles in prayer outside the Tree of Life Synagogue with Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers and first lady Melania Trump, as the president’s daughter, Ivanka, and her husband and senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner look on. Credit: David Aaronson/Twitter.

Grappling with the roots of anti-Semitism after Pittsburgh

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As Jews around the world grieve for those who were slaughtered in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, the reaction of many in both Jewish and non-Jewish circles has demonstrated a refusal to acknowledge the true...
Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog (center) attends an Oct. 29 memorial service in Jerusalem for the 11 Jewish worshippers killed in a shooting attack the day before at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue. He is flying to Pittsburgh to spend Nov. 2-4, 2018, with the families and community in mourning. Photo by Aharon Krohn/Flash90.

Herzog flying to Pittsburgh to mourn, Jewish Agency sends trauma counselors

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Isaac Herzog, the Jewish Agency for Israel’s new chairman, will visit Pittsburgh this weekend, from Nov. 2-4, to mourn the 11 Jewish victims of the Oct. 27 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue *Or...
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. Credit: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Robert Bowers, suspect in synagogue shooting, charged with 44-count indictment

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Robert Bowers, the suspect behind the killingof 11 Jewish worshippers on Saturday morning at the Tree of Life*Or’L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh, was charged on Wednesday in a 44-count indictment that accuses the 46-year-old of federal...
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.

Special Editorial: #WeAreAllJews

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Earlier this year, our colleagues at the three leading Jewish newspapers in the United Kingdom published the same front-page headline and joint editorial voicing concern over rising anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labor party. Today we have...
Officer Dan Mead, center, holds a letter of thanks from second-grade students at Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh. He is flanked by Rabbi Yisroel Rosenfeld, left, and Rabbi Henoch Rosenfeld. Credit: Chabad.org/News.

‘He took a bullet for the Jewish people’

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Officer Dan Mead woke up on Saturday, Oct. 27, and put on his uniform, as he does every morning. He checked in at the station house and began his shift patrolling the streets of Pittsburgh with...
Daniel Stein, 71, was shot dead by a lone gunman, along with 10 other Jewish worshippers, at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018.

First four of 11 Jewish victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting laid to rest

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The first of the 11 victims of Saturday’s shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh, where a gunman killed 11 people and injured six others, were laid to rest on Tuesday. More than...
U.S. President Donald Trump huddles in prayer outside the Tree of Life Synagogue with Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers and first lady Melania Trump, as the president’s daughter, Ivanka, and her husband and senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner look on. Credit: David Aaronson/Twitter.

Despite mixed reactions, Trump visits Pittsburgh days after synagogue mass shooting

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Despite mixed reactions, U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon in the aftermath of a gunman killing 11 people and injuring six others at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue. The visit...
U.S. Department of Justice headquarters. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

DOJ launches hate-crimes website following shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue

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Following the shooting that killed 11 people and injured six others at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh, the U.S. Department of Justice launched a new government website to help people prevent and report hate crimes. Deputy...

A Tree of Life, and Light for Joy: Philanthropy After Terror

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All weekend as I watched the news, I wondered again what I’ve wondered before: why isn’t pain a zero sum game? Why can’t we spread the sadness thin by sharing it, until it almost...