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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

Tree of Life synagogue

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
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
This image provided by Studio Libeskind shows a model with the design of a proposed memorial, lower left, outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. On Oct 27, 2018, 11 worshippers were killed when a gunman opened fire during services. (Studio Libeskind via AP)
December 8, 2023, 5:45 pm
Families unveil design for Pittsburgh synagogue attack memorial after years of dialogue
Relatives of 11 victims sought to create a monument that would be both personal and resonate with wider Jewish community
By Peter Smith
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
File - People walk outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2023. (AP/Gene J. Puskar)
October 28, 2023, 4:48 am
Biden says Hamas attack ‘deepening the wound’ of 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
Marking five years since 11 killed in shooting at Tree of Life, US president notes commemoration comes weeks after ‘the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust’
By Ron Kampeas
Zioness founder Amanda Berman at a vigil in New York City for victims of the October 7 Hamas atrocities. (Courtesy)
October 27, 2023, 1:55 pm
On Tree of Life shooting anniversary, liberal US Jews mourn alone over Hamas atrocities
Many Jewish progressives find that unlike the outpouring of support five years ago, allies don’t show up for Israel, regardless of magnitude and brutality of the violence suffered
By Danielle Ziri
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
A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 29, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP)
August 2, 2023, 9:56 pm
Tree of Life rabbi says community can ‘begin to heal’ after shooter sentenced
US Jewish groups welcome sentencing for Robert Bowers and remember victims, though most refrain from applauding death penalty
By Luke Tress and JTA
A guard tower looms over a federal prison complex which houses a Supermax facility outside Florence, in southern Colorado, October 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley,File)
July 29, 2023, 3:56 pm
Prosecutors cite Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s good behavior in plea for death row
In another strange twist in trial for 2018 murder of 11 Jewish worshipers, lawyers say defendant is a model prisoner unlikely to serve time in maximum-security Supermax prison
By Ron Kampeas
A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 29, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP)
July 29, 2023, 10:28 am
Defense presses case that mental illness spurred Pittsburgh synagogue shooter
As trial approaches conclusion, lawyers for Robert Bowers try to persuade jurors not to impose death penalty for massacre of 11 people in deadliest antisemitic attack in US history
By AP
FILE - This undated Pennsylvania Department of Transportation photo shows Robert Bowers. (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation via AP, File)
July 27, 2023, 5:25 am
Judge rejects defense request to exhume Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s father
Lawyers for Robert Bowers sought to disinter body for DNA test, after prosecutors questioned family history of schizophrenia
By AP
File - People walk outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2023. (AP/Gene J. Puskar)
July 18, 2023, 5:03 am
Survivors describe void left by synagogue massacre as jury considers death penalty
‘My whole world turned upside down,’ says widow of slain Pittsburgh Tree of Life congregant, as defense focuses on killer’s tough childhood ahead of decision on capital punishment
By AP
Driver's license photo of Pittsburgh synagogue massacre suspect Robert Bowers (Pennsylvania DOT)
July 13, 2023, 9:57 pm
Pittsburgh jury quickly finds synagogue shooter eligible for death penalty
After less than 2 hours, jurors unanimously agree Robert Bowers meets all 4 criteria for capital punishment, setting up trial’s final phase
By Ron Kampeas
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