Tag: Tree of Life Synagogue
Grief into action: Fundraisers, volunteering, Shabbat programs, even therapy pets, on Pittsburgh college campuses
Sheri-Rose Rubin was looking forward to visiting her daughter during Parents Weekend at the University of Pittsburgh. She, her husband Seth and their son Max had set off from their home in New Jersey...
‘Anti-Semitism upholds white supremacy’
On a sunny afternoon last Tuesday in Pittsburgh, about 200 demonstrators gathered outside the JCC in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, a short distance from the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh where, on...
Returning to synagogue, how do we speak to our children about Pittsburgh?
Unlike any previous tragedy, where we listen to the horror stories, process our emotions and then return to ordinary life, this time is different. As the tragic shooting took place in a synagogue, the...
Jewish president of hospital that treated alleged shooter: ‘My job isn’t to judge him’
The doctor who treated the alleged gunman who killed 11 Jewish worshippers on Saturday at Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh said Robert Bowers was treated like any other patient.
“Quite honestly, he’s just...
Funeral services held for three more Pittsburgh victims
Funeral services continued on Thursday for three of the 11 victims killed in Saturday’s mass shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
On Thursday, husband and wife Sylvan and Bernice Simon, 86 and 84,...
Grappling with the roots of anti-Semitism after Pittsburgh
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...
Herzog flying to Pittsburgh to mourn, Jewish Agency sends trauma counselors
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...
Robert Bowers, suspect in synagogue shooting, charged with 44-count indictment
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...
Special Editorial: #WeAreAllJews
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...
‘He took a bullet for the Jewish people’
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...