Tag: Tree of Life Synagogue
Why security for the Jewish community is needed now more than ever
I knelt in Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue several days after the attack. Six years ago this week.
It was still a crime scene. I felt the bullet holes in the walls. In the prayer...
Family in Reserves
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...
Federal agents arrest white supremacist, whose threats JNS reported exclusively
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...
Secure Community Network tells X (Twitter): Stop boosting Jew-hatred
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...
After death-penalty verdict, Pittsburgh Jewish community expresses relief, looks ahead
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...
Final deliberations to begin in Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s trial
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...
Quick verdict: Pittsburgh synagogue shooter eligible for execution
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
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,...
Jury deliberates in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial
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...
Judge rules death penalty still on table for alleged Tree of Life shooter
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...