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Family in Reserves

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A basic aspect of life in Israel is the requirement that every adult, whether male or female, must serve in the IDF for a few years upon reaching the age of 18. While serving...
Local and state police secure the area around Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018. Credit: Shutterstock/Brendt A Petersen.

Federal agents arrest white supremacist, whose threats JNS reported exclusively

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In early June, JNS reported exclusively that a known white supremacist, previously jailed on weapon charges, threatened jurors in the federal trial of the now-convicted shooter, who killed 11 Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Yesterday, federal...
X, formerly Twitter. Source: Screenshot.

Secure Community Network tells X (Twitter): Stop boosting Jew-hatred

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Since the acquisition of Twitter (now called X) by business magnate Elon Musk, the social-media platform’s verification process has “enhanced” certain antisemitic content. For example, extensive coverage of the trial of the Pittsburgh synagogue...

Novel highlights sacrifices of Ethiopian Jewish immigrants to Israel

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Kim Salzman, Israel and overseas director at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, spent more than 13 years writing her debut novel, Straddling Black and White, which she published earlier this year. “I gave birth to three...
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...
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Final deliberations to begin in Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s trial

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Patricia Fine, the aunt of Robert Bowers, who was convicted of murdering 11 people at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018, told victims and their loved ones that...
Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Credit: Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.

Quick verdict: Pittsburgh synagogue shooter eligible for execution

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It took fewer than two hours of deliberation for the jury's unanimous decision that the murderer convicted of perpetuating the massacre at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue should potentially face the death penalty. Jurors in the...

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,...
Pittsburgh strong: Proceeds from a T-shirt made by Sasha Hofman (Hillel) will go to the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue. Credit: Courtesy.

Jury deliberates in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial

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After hearing from 60 witnesses—all called by the prosecution—jurors began deliberations on June 15 in the trial of Robert Bowers, accused of killing 11 Jewish worshippers at Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh...
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...