Updated on: October 28, 2024 / 12:38 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Today marks six years since the 11 worshippers were killed in a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue. It was the deadliest attack on the Jewish faith in American history. This afternoon, a commemo...
This chapter summarizes the circumstances, individual experiences, and community response to the mass shooting involving three separate Jewish congregations at the Tree of Life building in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh. Because the shooting involved three separate congregations, this author has...
PITTSBURGH, Pa.-The gunman who stormed a synagogue in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community and killed 11 worshippers will be sentenced to death for perpetrating the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Robert Bowers spewed hatred of Jews and espoused white supre...
(JTA) — The year 2018 was a hectic and often bewildering one for the global Jewish community. From the U.S. Embassy move to Jerusalem to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the past 12 months brought surprises and shocks, and in ways that often divided Jewish opinion. Here are the stories...
ThePittsburgh synagogue shootinghas put new pressure on Gab, the niche social network where alleged shooter Robert Bowers and countless other white supremacists have been able to network and post their hate-filled messages. Bowers was anactive Gab user, even posting what appeared t...
Alleged antisemitic extremist charged with killing 11 and wounding six at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
Central American migrant caravans, the pipe-bomb mailings, and the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting This episode of instant American history was starkly reminiscent of the accusations of sexual impropriety made by Anita Hill during the Senate confirmation hearing of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in...
Remembering the victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting Among the eleven worshipers who lost their lives at the brutal shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday were two brothers and a husband and wife who were married at the same synagogue in 1956. ...
A man is in custody after opening fire Saturday at a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing at least 11 people and injuring others -- including four police officers -- in what authorities are calling a "hate crime." The shooting broke out at about 10 a.m. Eastern on Saturday...
Why do the jurors want to see the guns of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter? It’s not clear why the jury wanted to see the weapons, but in weighing a death sentence, one of the statutory aggravating factors jurors must consider is the risk the gunman’s attack posed to others. ...