The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/pittsburgh/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:02:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Pittsburgh | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/pittsburgh/ 32 32 HBO’s ‘The Pitt’ pays homage to 2018 Tree of Life shooting https://www.timesofisrael.com/hbo-series-the-pitt-pays-homage-to-2018-shooting-at-tree-of-life-synagogue/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 07:11:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3740315 Dr. Robby Robinavitch, played by Noah Wyle, treats a patient who survived the attack; she later thanks a Hijab-wearing nurse for the Muslim community's support after the shooting

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]]> Judge orders University of Pittsburgh to reinstate Students for Justice in Palestine https://www.timesofisrael.com/judge-orders-university-of-pittsburgh-to-reinstate-students-for-justice-in-palestine/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:12:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3633480 Decision comes as new school year starts, anti-Israel protests expected to continue; Pitt's SJP chapter was suspended in March for 'disrupting disciplinary process'

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]]> Antisemitic fliers thrown from car in Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh https://www.timesofisrael.com/antisemitic-fliers-thrown-from-car-in-squirrel-hill-neighborhood-of-pittsburgh/ Tue, 20 May 2025 01:54:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3553052 Papers found in neighborhood that endured 2018 Tree of Life Synagogue shooting include quotes cherry-picked from the Talmud that aim to show Jewish discrimination against non-Jews

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]]> Anti-Israel activists renew BDS referendum effort in Pittsburgh after first one fails https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-israel-activists-renew-bds-referendum-effort-in-pittsburgh-after-first-one-fails/ Sat, 11 Jan 2025 01:37:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3456169 Not On Our Dime pushes referendum that would require Pittsburgh to divest from Israel, companies related to Israel, which officials say could be deeply challenging for city

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]]> For Pittsburgh Jews, attack anniversary adds to an already grim October https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-pittsburgh-jews-attack-anniversary-adds-to-an-already-grim-october/ Sat, 05 Oct 2024 01:04:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3390409 'The trauma runs deep in our community,' says local rabbi, in reference to 2018 Tree of Life killings. 'You can’t separate Jews attacked in Pittsburgh and Jews attacked in Israel'

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]]> Police, FBI probing second antisemitic assault at University of Pittsburgh in weeks https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-fbi-probing-second-antisemitic-assault-at-university-of-pittsburgh-in-weeks/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:58:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3387571 Student tells police he was attacked, physically and verbally, by a group of six to eight men after they noticed his Star of David necklace

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]]> Man arrested after attacking Jewish students at University of Pittsburgh https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-arrested-after-attacking-jewish-students-at-university-of-pittsburgh/ Sat, 31 Aug 2024 15:49:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3365399 Two students treated for injuries caused by unidentified suspect; antisemitism on the rise on US campuses since October 7

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]]> Pittsburgh group backs off bid to put Israel divestment on November ballot https://www.timesofisrael.com/pittsburgh-group-backs-off-bid-to-put-israel-divestment-on-november-ballot/ Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:27:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3357404 Democratic Socialists of America chapter describes decision to pull referendum measure as 'strategic' retreat following legal challenges from local rabbis, city controller

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]]> Jewish groups seek to quash referendum that would force Pittsburgh to boycott Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-groups-seek-to-quash-referendum-that-would-force-pittsburgh-to-boycott-israel/ Sat, 17 Aug 2024 03:28:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3355786 Lawsuits filed to remove measure from ballot that one of Pennsylvania's US senators has denounced as 'rank antisemitism' and the other says targets the city's Jewish community

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]]> Groups challenge Pittsburgh petition to bar city from doing business with Israel https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/jewish-federation-city-controller-challenge-referendum/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 06:28:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3355312 Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh as well as city's controller file challenges to proposed referendum sponsored by the Pittsburgh Democratic Socialists of America

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]]> Pittsburgh synagogue vandalized with pro-Hamas graffiti https://www.timesofisrael.com/pittsburgh-synagogue-vandalized-with-pro-hamas-graffiti/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 02:31:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3343119 Inverted red triangle used by Hamas in propaganda videos showing attacks on Israelis painted alongside 'Jews for Palestine' on Squirrel Hill Chabad. Federation, homes also hit

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]]> Emhoff blasts ‘crisis of antisemitism’ at groundbreaking for Tree of Life synagogue https://www.timesofisrael.com/emhoff-blasts-crisis-of-antisemitism-at-groundbreaking-for-tree-of-life-synagogue/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:23:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3319085 At site of Pittsburgh synagogue where extremist gunned down 11 worshipers in 2018, community starts work on new complex 'dedicated to uprooting antisemitism'

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]]> Police swiftly clear pro-Palestinian encampment outside LA city hall https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-swiftly-clear-pro-palestinian-encampment-outside-la-city-hall/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 20:25:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3305303 Officers take down roughly 20 tents set up Monday night, no arrests made; for second straight night, protesters clash with police at University of Pittsburgh

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]]> Rabbi who survived Pittsburgh synagogue shooting 5 years ago considers this dark time https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-who-survived-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-5-years-ago-considers-this-dark-time/ Sat, 28 Oct 2023 21:59:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3137495 For Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, spiritual leader of Tree of Life/Or L’Simcha Congregation, Hamas massacre of 1,400 in Israel on October 7 is 'retraumatizing' to him and his community

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]]> A Jewish journalist’s experience covering the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-jewish-journalists-experience-covering-the-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting/ Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:44:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3072248 Veteran JTA reporter tells of his conflicted, emotionally tolling odyssey, from day the 2018 Tree of Life massacre took 11 lives through recent conclusion of the murderer's trial

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