Pittsburgh
Don’t look! Why we should turn away from visual images of atrocities
By Beth Kissileff — December 12, 2023
(RNS) — If we concentrate on the atrocities done to victims we are only choosing to see them as their tormentors did, not as they would prefer to be seen and remembered.
Families had long dialogue after Pittsburgh synagogue attack. Now they’ve unveiled a memorial design
By Peter Smith — December 7, 2023
PITTSBURGH (AP) — In the design, a walkway leads visitors into garden memorial with 11 sculpted forms of open books, each representing one of the victims.
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.
Out of the death penalty in Pittsburgh, a testament of life
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 3, 2023
Robert Bowers cannot become the best known name from that horrific day. Let us remember his victims. Each one had a name.
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.
How Tom Hanks became my rabbi
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 8, 2023
We need not only a Statue of Liberty. We need a Statue of Responsibility.
Amid horrific testimonies, Pittsburgh Jews hold each other up
By Yonat Shimron and Kathryn Post — June 2, 2023
PITTSBURGH, (RNS) — The long-awaited trial of Robert Bowers has reopened old wounds and resurfaced painful memories.
‘Felt like a year’: Worshipper describes fear during gunman’s deadly attack on Pittsburgh synagogue
By Peter Smith — June 1, 2023
Robert Bowers, a truck driver from the Pittsburgh suburbs, could face the death penalty if he’s convicted of some of the 63 counts he faces in the Oct. 27, 2018, attack, which claimed the lives of worshippers from three congregations using the city's Tree of Life synagogue.
Lawyers for Pittsburgh synagogue defendant admit he carried out deadliest US antisemitic attack
By Peter Smith — May 31, 2023
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bowers’ defense acknowledged at the outset of his federal trial that he was the gunman, but hope to spare the suburban truck driver a possible death sentence over the Oct. 27, 2018, massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue.
Should the Tree of Life shooter get the death penalty?
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 9, 2023
(RNS) — A new podcast: Should murderers be executed? For the Jews of Pittsburgh, the question is personal.
Why the Biden administration should spare Tree of Life shooter Robert Bowers’ life
By David Saperstein — April 19, 2023
(RNS) — The government should consider the guidance of the collective wisdom of Jewish institutions.
Black church, NHL’s Penguins reach historic land-use accord
By Peter Smith — April 17, 2023
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The battle is a microcosm of a larger one over the legacy of the 1950s project, in which leaders in the Black community have long sought redress from the powers that be in Pittsburgh’s political, business and sports realms.
‘Rosary beads? Yes. But crystals, no.’: Catholic school counselor loses her job
By Heather Greene — January 26, 2023
(RNS) — An employee who invited three Wiccan high priestesses to speak to marketing students did not believe that the crystals they handed out nor their religion would cause a stir.
At 50, ‘Immaculate Reception’ still lifts a region’s spirits
By Peter Smith and Jessie Wardarski — December 19, 2022
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Immaculate Reception crystallized the rise of the Steelers — even as their namesake industry was on the decline, as was the Pittsburgh of compact immigrant neighborhoods with multiple ethnic Catholic parishes.
Sikh Americans honor 10th anniversary of Oak Creek shooting
By Alejandra Molina — August 2, 2022
(RNS) — It remains the deadliest act of anti-Sikh hate in U.S. history — now Sikhs are standing in solidarity with other faith communities that have since fallen victim to violent hate crimes.
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