Pittsburgh synagogue
Tree of Life synagogue demolition begins ahead of rebuilding site of deadly antisemitic attack
By Brooke Schultz and Gene Puskar — January 18, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Most of the building will be removed, although portions of the sanctuary walls will be preserved.
After synagogue gunman’s death sentence, Pittsburgh’s Jews feel relief, resilience — and gratitude
By Ron Kampeas — August 3, 2023
PITTSBURGH (JTA) — The overriding feeling in this city now that the gunman convicted of murdering 11 Jews here in 2018 has been sentenced to death is gratitude.
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter will be sentenced to death, jury finds
By Kathryn Post — August 2, 2023
PITTSBURGH (RNS) — The jury’s unanimous decision comes after just over a day of deliberation and two months of grueling, graphic testimony.
Defense presses case that mental illness spurred Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
By Associated Press — July 31, 2023
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The defense argues Bowers has schizophrenia and acted out of a delusional belief that Jews were participating in a genocide of white people.
The Pittsburgh synagogue gunman should be eligible for the death penalty, prosecutor argues
By Peter Smith — July 13, 2023
PITTSBURGH (AP) — To reach the threshold of eligibility, the jury must conclude Bowers formed the intent to kill and that there was at least one aggravating factor that made the crime especially heinous.
‘The defendant hated Jews’: In Pittsburgh synagogue trial, closing arguments debate intent
By Kathryn Post — June 15, 2023
PITTSBURGH (RNS) — 'He turned a sacred place of worship into a hunting ground,' said prosecutor Soo Song.
Gunman used social media to attack Jews before deadly Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, jurors learn
By Associated Press — June 14, 2023
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bowers’ Gab profile said “Jews are the children of Satan,” and he posted, liked or shared a stream of virulently antisemitic content.
The sins of our gun-obsessed society are being visited on our children (Resend)
By Jonathan Perlman — June 13, 2023
(RNS) — Our children need their grownups to fight to make their homes and schools safe.
New cemetery chapel honors victims of synagogue attack
By Peter Smith — November 17, 2022
SHALER, Pa. (AP) — What had been an outbuilding at the cemetery of New Light Congregation has been transformed into a chapel with stained glass windows and other mementos honoring victims of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre.
Book explores how a diverse Jewish neighborhood responded to a horrific hate crime
By Yonat Shimron — October 26, 2021
(RNS) — In his new book, ‘Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood,’ Mark Oppenheimer takes a probing look at how a neighborhood of 13,000 Jews coped in the aftermath of the tragedy.
Felled by bullets, 11 Pittsburgh Jews will be remembered this Yom Kippur as martyrs
By Yonat Shimron — October 8, 2019
(RNS) — A new poem to be recited during services Wednesday (Oct. 9) is just one example of the tangible ways the horrific events of Oct. 27, 2018, are reshaping the American Jewish community.
In the wake of the Pittsburgh shooting, finding a new Jewish voice at Shavuot
By Beth Kissileff — June 7, 2019
(RNS) — Many of the things that those killed did helped others find their own Jewish voices. And that, in some ways, is what Shavuot is about.
What dying children can teach America about responding to shootings
By Justin Baker — November 9, 2018
(RNS) — Accompanying children with cancer on their journey, an oncologist says, has taught him that we need show up for those who are grieving.
Synagogue shooting prompts Muslims to act charitably—and humbly
By Dilshad Ali — November 8, 2018
(RNS) — Amid the hashtags and photos posted on Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and other social media when engaging in charitable acts today, we need a spiritual strategy to avoid seeking attention for ourselves.
Saying goodbye to couple who were married and massacred at Tree of Life
By Yonat Shimron — November 1, 2018
PITTSBURGH (RNS) — Sylvan and Bernice Simon were killed in what has been described as the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history.
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