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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 592

Michael Rubinkam

Illustrative: School buses drive from the campus of East Brunswick High School after the school day on East Brunswick, New Jersey, February 22, 2018. (DOMINICK REUTER / AFP)
June 20, 2024, 3:32 pm
Officials say carelessness behind Jewish student group’s absence from US school yearbook
Probe finds yearbook advisor at East Brunswick Public Schools in New Jersey rushed and inserted wrong image on page by mistake
By Michael Rubinkam
Illustrative: School buses drive from the campus of East Brunswick High School after the school day on February 22, 2018, in East Brunswick, New Jersey. (DOMINICK REUTER / AFP)
June 8, 2024, 11:50 pm
Probe launched after Jewish group removed from New Jersey school yearbook
Jewish students’ names were omitted from page while photo of them was replaced with picture of a group of Muslim students; East Brunswick mayor denounces ‘blatant antisemitic act’
By Michael Rubinkam
Illustrative: Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators rally near Columbia University in New York on November 15, 2023. (Spencer Platt / Getty images / AFP)
December 14, 2023, 4:19 am
Brown protesters arrested, Haverford students end sit-in as war tensions roil campuses
Amid Israel-Hamas war, universities say pro-Palestinian demonstrators are hindering fellow students, staff, faculty and normal function of the schools
By Michael Rubinkam
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
Flower pots, each with a name of one of the 11 worshippers killed on October 27, 2018, when a gunman opened fire as worship services began at the Tree of Life Synagogue, line the fence surrounding the synagogue on October 26, 2019, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
October 30, 2019, 2:29 am
Judge tosses Pittsburgh gun laws passed after synagogue massacre
Court says Pennsylvania state law forbids municipalities from regulating firearms; legislative attempt tried to bar assault rifles, armor-piercing ammunition
By Michael Rubinkam
File: A menorah and flowers are seen outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in preparation for a celebration service on the first night of Hanukkah, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, December 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
May 30, 2019, 11:33 pm
Lawyers for Pittsburgh synagogue massacre suspect allege FBI meddling
Robert Bowers, accused of killing 11 and facing 63-count indictment, claims law enforcement is undermining his rights by urging people not to testify on his behalf
By Michael Rubinkam
A screen capture from a video posted by the Muslim American Society's Philadelphia chapter (screen capture via MEMRI)
May 16, 2019, 1:14 am
Philadelphia Muslims apologize for video of kids talking beheadings, Jerusalem
Community leaders declare ‘the mistake is ours to own’ in apology to ‘our partners in the Jewish community and beyond,’ say children did not understand Arabic words
By Michael Rubinkam
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, surrounded by supporters and family members of Tree of Life synagogue shooting victims, signs three gun-control bills into law, April 9, 2019, at the City-County Building in downtown Pittsburgh. (Steph Chambers/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
April 14, 2019, 9:16 am
Pittsburgh mayor won’t be charged for passing gun laws after synagogue shooting
Prosecutor rejects criminal complaints over firearms controls after shooting at Tree of Life, but says they could be considered later on ‘if somebody is aggrieved by the law’
By Ramesh Santanam and Michael Rubinkam
In this October 27, 2018 photo, Rabbi Eli Wilansky lights a candle after a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood. (Steph Chamber/ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)
March 27, 2019, 10:52 pm
Pittsburgh City Council moves to restrict guns after synagogue attack
Gun advocates likely to challenge a bill to restrict assault weapons like the one used in October 27 rampage at Tree of Life Synagogue that killed 11
By Michael Rubinkam and Ramesh Santanam
A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, on October 29, 2018 in which eleven Jews were killed while at Shabbat services. (AP/Matt Rourke)
March 27, 2019, 11:27 am
After synagogue attack, Pittsburgh tries again to curb guns
Mayor’s spokesperson says city ‘owes it to those murdered at Tree of Life,’ but opponents say legislation violates US Second Amendment, vow to challenge move in court
By Michael Rubinkam
A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, on October 29, 2018 in which eleven Jews were killed while at Shabbat services. (AP/Matt Rourke)
March 5, 2019, 10:49 pm
$6.3 million raised for Pittsburgh synagogue massacre families, survivors
Funds collected over 4 months will also be used to repair Tree of Life synagogue, set up memorial, education project
By Michael Rubinkam
Hillary Clinton speaks at the Society of Irish Women's annual dinner on St. Patrick's Day in her late father's hometown in Scranton, Pa., Friday, March 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
March 18, 2017, 5:05 am
Hillary Clinton says she’s ‘ready to come out of the woods’
Following her presidential loss, Democratic Party nominee urges divided country to work together to solve problems
By Michael Rubinkam
In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, Turkish Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen is pictured at his residence in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Selahattin Sevi, File)
July 17, 2016, 2:10 am
Denying role in Turkey coup, cleric Gulen says Erdogan may have staged it
‘Some leaders stage… false suicide attacks,’ says US-based preacher blamed by Ankara
By CHRIS POST and Michael Rubinkam
Zippo will no longer produce lighters with the iron cross and other images that have been adopted by German extremists. (Versand der Bewegung screenshot)
March 15, 2013, 10:03 pm
Zippo withdraws lighters sold on anti-Semitic website
US company apologizes, saying it didn’t realize designs had significance to neo-Nazis
By Michael Rubinkam
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