Pittsburgh
ADL study: Violence against Jews doubled last year
By Yonat Shimron — April 30, 2019
(RNS) — In all, 59 Jewish Americans were physically assaulted because of their religion in 2018, up from 21 in 2017.
Former New York Times reporter slams grand jury report on clerical abuse
By Thomas Reese — January 10, 2019
(RNS) — Calling the report 'grossly misleading, irresponsible, inaccurate, and unjust,' Peter Steinfels argues that last summer's bombshell charges vastly oversimplify the Catholic bishops' response to the abuse crisis.
For former Pittsburgh prosecutor, the new inquiry into clergy abuse is personal
By Kevin Johnson — November 29, 2018
PITTSBURGH (USA Today) — David Hickton's suburban Catholic grade school, says the retired chief federal prosecutor for western Pennsylvania, "was ground zero of the clergy sexual abuse scandal."
Kristallnacht matters more than ever
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 9, 2018
"The Jew piano still plays!" Eighty years later, what is its music?
Is it dangerous to be Jewish in America?
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 6, 2018
It is not 1938. It is 2018. That is reason enough to affirm our Judaism.
In the wake of tragedy, make a difference where you are
By Elisha Wiesel — October 30, 2018
NEW YORK (RNS) — How will we as Jews confront hatred when we disagree on so many things? We will work together because our disagreements are how we will make progress.
Why Pittsburgh matters
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 28, 2018
(RNS) — The gunman hated Jews, Judaism and, most of all, Jewish values.
Suspect in custody in deadly Pittsburgh synagogue attack
By The Associated Press — October 27, 2018
PITTSBURGH (AP) — It was not immediately known how many people had been shot, whether there were any fatalities or what the shooter's motive was.
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