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Tree of Life Synagogue

Rabbi Zvi Kogan. Credit: Courtesy of Chabad.org.

The murdering of the Jew

The rhetoric against Israel has been building, unchallenged by law, into a crescendo of hateful content and violent undertones.

Israel Ellis

Jan. 6, 2025

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the administration’s response to Hurricane Helene in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Sept. 30, 2024. Credit: Oliver Contreras/White House.

Many Biden death-penalty commutations, but no clemency for Tree of Life shooter

The U.S. president granted life in prison without parole to 37 of 40 death row prisoners, but not those guilty of “terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder.”

Andrew Bernard

Dec. 23, 2024

Memorials for the victims of the Tree of Life*Or Simcha Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Oct. 31, 2018. Credit: Dmitry Brant via Wikimedia Commons.

Commuting federal death sentences would include Tree of Life shooter, McConnell says

“President Biden’s decision earlier this month to pardon his son may well have set a unique and unfortunate precedent,” the Kentucky senator said on the Senate floor.

Dec. 19, 2024

Security camera. Credit: Neurolink/Pixabay.

Why security for the Jewish community is needed now more than ever

Let’s make it clear that while hate may rise, it will never define us or defeat us.

Dov Ben-Shimon

Nov. 1, 2024

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.

Alleged synagogue vandals in Pennsylvania praised Rep. Lee’s anti-Israel advocacy

Talya Lubit and Mohamad Hamad have been charged with spray-painting a Hamas triangle and anti-Jewish slogans; they also donated to House reps and signed a letter pushing for a ceasefire.

Nov. 1, 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

People pay their respects at a memorial in front of the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh to the 11 Jewish victims of a mass shooting a week earlier, Nov. 4, 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

United in grief, strong in hope before sixth anniversary of Tree of Life shooting

What sets this year apart is not only the physical trauma of a seven-front war facing Israel but the ripple effect this has had on Jews worldwide.

Steve Rosenberg

Oct. 20, 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

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

Pittsburgh Jewish leaders, officials decry proposed BDS ballot measure

“The creators of this referendum are only targeting Israel. That makes this clearly an undeniably antisemitic,” said Jeff Finkelstein, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.

Aug. 16, 2024