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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.

1 killed in shooting at California synagogue

By The Associated Press — April 27, 2019
POWAY, Calif. (AP) — The shooting came exactly six months since a shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue killed 11 people in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.

$6.3M raised for synagogue massacre families, survivors

By Associated Press — March 5, 2019
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A $6.3 million fund established in the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre will primarily be split among the families of the dead and survivors of the worst attack on Jews in U.S. history.

The Jewish answer to how to punish the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

By Beth Kissileff — February 27, 2019
PITTSBURGH (RNS) — I plan to avenge the attack on my husband's synagogue and our community by celebrating our lives as Jews.

At least 10 dead in Pittsburgh synagogue attack

By The Associated Press — October 27, 2018
PITTSBURGH (AP) — It comes amid a rash of high-profile attacks in an increasingly divided country, including the series of pipe bombs mailed to prominent Democrats.

Best moments in religion and film

By Laura Turner — February 25, 2014
Religion and Hollywood don't always mix. Here are a few films that got it really (mostly) right.
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