Tag: Tree of Life Synagogue
‘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...
First four of 11 Jewish victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting laid to rest
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.
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Despite mixed reactions, Trump visits Pittsburgh days after synagogue mass shooting
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...
DOJ launches hate-crimes website following shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue
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.
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Inspired by Jewish friend, Iranian immigrant raises nearly $1 million online for Tree of...
Iranian immigrant Shay Khatiri created an online fundraiser for the victims of Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh after waking up on his Jewish friend’s couch to the heartbreaking news that 11 mostly...
Tree of Life community in Pittsburgh seems split on potential visit by Trump
The Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue community is apparently split regarding a potential visit by U.S. President Donald Trump after a gunman killed 11 people and injured six others, including four responding law-enforcement officers, during...
In Pittsburgh memorial service, rabbi vows that shooting ‘will not break us’
Thousands attended a memorial service for the victims of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue on Sunday night, where many decried the growing toxic political discourse in the United States, while vowing to come together...
At least 11 dead in Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting, killer made anti-Semitic threats
At least 11 people have been reported dead and several injured as a result of a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.
The shooting took place at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Squirrel...