Tree of Life Synagogue
Attorneys for the death-row resident again seek to argue that the murders were not driven by antisemitism.
As students spoke of antisemitism and university presidents testified about Jew-hatred on campus in Washington, a peaceful, interfaith event took place in the City of Bridges.
Antisemitism roundup, Nov. 29-Dec. 1
“Jews are not even allowed to mourn their dead without being attacked,” wrote the head of digital at London’s “Jewish Chronicle.”
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.
“You never get over it. You just learn how to deal with it,” Adam Hertzman, of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, told JNS.
Hardy Carroll Lloyd faces 78 months in prison if the court accepts his plea agreement.
The Pennsylvania senator said the experience was humbling and “filled me with sadness.”
Hardy Carroll Lloyd is accused of trying to influence witnesses and threatening jurors in the trial of the man convicted of killing 11 Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue.
The official security organization of North American Jewry noted that anti-Jewish content is on the rise on the social media platform following the verdict in the trial of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter.
A federal jury condemned the shooter, who shot and killed 11 Jewish men and women at prayer in synagogue for Shabbat-morning services.
Jurors agreed unanimously that Robert Bowers should be sentenced to death, which the judge is slated to do formally on Aug. 3.
