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As a rabbi, I’m praying for two Christian children

Recent school shootings are a call to action. We must unite against hatred and violence, actively challenging hate in all its forms.

Rabbi Steven Burg

Dec. 17, 2024

Local residents knitted and hung Stars of David along the Murray Avenue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh after the mass shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

‘Struck soul of our nation’: Biden, Harris mark six years since Tree of Life shooting

"As the Talmud says, 'It is not your duty to finish the work but neither are you at liberty to neglect it,'" the U.S. president said, quoting the Mishnah.

Oct. 27, 2024

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.

Police unable to find suspect in theft of plaque honoring Tree of Life

Officials say the Pittsburgh public school district has ordered a replacement.

Oct. 16, 2024

Crocus City Hall amphitheater in Russia, a day after March 22 terrorist attack, in which ISIS claimed responsibility, March 23, 2024. Credit: Governor of Moscow Oblast via Wikimedia Commons.

Conspiracist influencers blame Jews for ISIS attack in Moscow

“So it was Israel lol,” antisemitic activist Lucas Gage wrote on X.

David Swindle

March 28, 2024

A makeshift shrine to the victims of the mass shooting at Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Credit: Brendt A. Petersen.

Tree of Life Inc. to get $1 million in federal funds for antisemitism curriculum

The organization originating from the 2018 mass shooting at the Pittsburgh synagogue will work to educate K-12 students about hate.

March 26, 2024

A Dollar General store in Fort White, Fla., about 90 minutes west of Jacksonville. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jacksonville killer’s ‘madman diary,’ full of vitriol, includes Jew-hatred

Ryan Christopher Palmeter ranted viciously about blacks, Jews, Muslims, LGBTQ, foreigners and others.

Jan. 26, 2024

A makeshift shrine to the victims of the mass shooting on Oct. 27 at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Oct. 30, 2018. Credit: Brendt A. Petersen/Shutterstock.

Five years after Pittsburgh, mass murder has a new meaning

Fueled by support for Hamas terror and hatred for Israel, a surge of antisemitism presents challenges that are not so easily understood as the Tree of Life shooting.

Jonathan S. Tobin

Oct. 27, 2023

Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Credit: Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.

Marking five years since deadliest US anti-Jewish attack, Biden denounces Islamophobia

The president's message on the five-year anniversary of the attack on Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue came days after the White House press secretary answered a question about rising antisemitism by commenting on Islamophobia.

Menachem Wecker

Oct. 27, 2023

A memorial outside the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh following the mass shooting on Oct. 27, 2018, which left 11 worshippers dead. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Five years post-Tree of Life attack, synagogues balance being welcoming, secure

“You never get over it. You just learn how to deal with it,” Adam Hertzman, of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, told JNS.

Sergio Carmona

Oct. 27, 2023