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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 617

Pittsburgh

A photo of the antisemitic fliers distributed in Squirrel Hill. (Corey O'Connor/X via JTA)
May 20, 2025, 4:54 am
Antisemitic fliers thrown from car in Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh
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
By Grace Gilson
Not On Our Dime volunteers stand outside the Squirrel Hill Giant Eagle attempting to gather signatures for a referendum that would force Pittsburgh to divest from Israel. (David Rullo)
January 11, 2025, 3:37 am
Anti-Israel activists renew BDS referendum effort in Pittsburgh after first one fails
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
By David Rullo
Rabbi Seth Adelson of Congregation Beth Shalom, sits for a portrait with Audrey Glickman, a Tree of Life member who survived the 2018 synagogue attack, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
October 5, 2024, 4:04 am
For Pittsburgh Jews, attack anniversary adds to an already grim October
‘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’
By Peter Smith
The Cathedral of Learning towers over the University of Pittsburgh campus in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, September 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
October 1, 2024, 5:58 am
Police, FBI probing second antisemitic assault at University of Pittsburgh in weeks
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
By JTA and ToI Staff
The Cathedral of Learning towers over the University of Pittsburgh campus in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
August 31, 2024, 6:49 pm
Man arrested after attacking Jewish students at University of Pittsburgh
Two students treated for injuries caused by unidentified suspect; antisemitism on the rise on US campuses since October 7
By AP
The Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh holds a peace vigil in support of Israel at the Jewish Federation in Pittsburgh, May 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
August 19, 2024, 8:27 pm
Pittsburgh group backs off bid to put Israel divestment on November ballot
Democratic Socialists of America chapter describes decision to pull referendum measure as ‘strategic’ retreat following legal challenges from local rabbis, city controller
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative: A man draped in an Israeli flag waits for the start of a commemoration ceremony, on October 27, 2023, in in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh to remember the 11 worshippers killed by a gunman at the Tree of Life synagogue five years earlier. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
August 17, 2024, 6:28 am
Jewish groups seek to quash referendum that would force Pittsburgh to boycott Israel
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
By Andrew Lapin
Picture showing the City Council building in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 2, 2017. (Eric Baradat / AFP)
From the WebAugust 16, 2024, 9:28 am
Groups challenge Pittsburgh petition to bar city from doing business with Israel
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh as well as city’s controller file challenges to proposed referendum sponsored by the Pittsburgh Democratic Socialists of America
Vandalism outside Pittsburgh Jewish Federation, left, and a Chabad synagogue, right, in Pittsburgh, July 29, 2024. (Courtesy Pittsburgh Jewish Federation)
July 30, 2024, 5:31 am
Pittsburgh synagogue vandalized with pro-Hamas graffiti
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
By Ron Kampeas
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff gives remarks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Tree of Life complex in Pittsburgh, Sunday, June 23, 2024. The new structure is replacing the Tree of Life synagogue where 11 worshipers were murdered in 2018 in the deadliest act of antisemitism in US history. (AP/Rebecca Droke)
June 26, 2024, 1:23 pm
Emhoff blasts ‘crisis of antisemitism’ at groundbreaking for Tree of Life synagogue
At site of Pittsburgh synagogue where extremist gunned down 11 worshipers in 2018, community starts work on new complex ‘dedicated to uprooting antisemitism’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Tents are pictured at a pro-Palestinian encampment set up outside City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on June 3, 2024. (Etienne Laurent/AFP)
June 4, 2024, 11:25 pm
Police swiftly clear pro-Palestinian encampment outside LA city hall
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
By AP and ToI Staff
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, October 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke)
October 29, 2023, 12:59 am
Rabbi who survived Pittsburgh synagogue shooting 5 years ago considers this dark time
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
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Pittsburgh Jewish Federation CEO Jeff Finkelstein speaks to the press after a jury find the gunman who shot 11 Jewish worshipers guilty of federal crimes. The writer kneels at lower left, in Pittsburgh, June 16, 2023. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Union Progress via Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle via JTA)
August 15, 2023, 3:44 am
A Jewish journalist’s experience covering the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
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
By Ron Kampeas
In this combo image made from photos provided by the US District Court Western District of Pennsylvania are the victims of the October 27, 2018, assault on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. On the top row, from left: Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Cecil Rosenthal, and David Rosenthal; bottom row, from left, Bernice Simon, Sylvan Simon, Dan Stein, Melvin Wax, and Irving Younger. (United States District Court Western District of Pennsylvania via AP)
August 3, 2023, 9:32 pm
Gunman formally sentenced to death for carrying out Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
‘May their memory be a blessing,’ judge says of 11 Jews killed at Tree of Life as their families confront Robert Bowers before sentencing: ‘You will never be forgiven. Never’
By Peter Smith and Michael Rubinkam
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers leads survivors and families of the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in a prayer of thanks, at the Jewish Community Center in Pittsburgh, August 2, 2023. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)
August 3, 2023, 7:53 pm
‘Long slog over’: Pittsburgh Jews relieved, resilient and grateful after sentencing
While differences remain over death penalty, members of Jewish community say they’re ‘united in supporting each other’ as trial for perpetrator of Tree of Life massacre reaches end
By Ron Kampeas
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