Posts Tagged: Pittsburgh shooting
Jewish Actor Seth Rogen Talks About ‘Traumatic’ Experience Filming in Pittsburgh During Tree of Life Shooting
In a recent interview with The New York Jewish Week, Jewish comedic actor Seth Rogen opened up about filming his new movie "American Pickle" in...
Governor Orders Flags to Fly Half-Staff to Mark Year Since Pittsburgh Shooting
JNS.org - Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed a proclamation declaring Oct. 27 as an official day of remembrance, ordering state flags to half-staff one year...
Almost One Year Since Deadly Shooting, Pittsburgh Jewish Community ‘Still Shaken’
JNS.org - It has been a deadly week in America with the back-to-back shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, which left a combined...
How to Prevent Another Pittsburgh
JNS.org - Last year, 11 Jewish Americans were gunned down in an attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Since then, the FBI...
After the Tree of Life Shooting, I Wanted to Hide — but I Knew I Couldn’t
JNS.org - It was a difficult stunt already, and this time I had to do it in front of 42,000 people during the final of the March...
Pittsburgh Massacre Needs to Be a Wake-Up Call (to Arms) for Jews
In 2009, I was one of two finalists for the executive director position at the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, and they invited me...
A Mourner’s Advice to the Families of the Pittsburgh Victims
To the families of the victims of the Pittsburgh massacre, I’m giving you this advice because I am a fellow survivor. My son Koby Mandell was...
What Americans Must Do After Pittsburgh to Thwart Antisemitism
"Some people don't like other people just because they're Jews," declared a main character in the 1947 Oscar-winning American classic, "A Gentleman's Agreement." The crematoria at...
Israel Plays an Important Role in Fighting Antisemitism
JNS.org - Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett recently rushed to Pittsburgh to represent the government of Israel at memorial events following the terrorist massacre...
‘Antisemitism Upholds White Supremacy’
JNS.org - On a sunny afternoon last Tuesday in Pittsburgh, about 200 demonstrators gathered outside the JCC in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, a short distance...
The Palestinian Response to Pittsburgh: A Contrast in Societies
JNS.org - For friends of Israel, the scenes from Pittsburgh were all too familiar. Terrorist attacks on Israeli synagogues, yeshivahs, Passover seders, and other religious sites...
How Social Media Is Undermining the Fight Against Antisemitism
When 11 Jews were murdered during a Shabbat service last week, the first response for most American Jews was to take to Twitter or Facebook. Most...
What’s Needed Now Is Jewish Unity
Tragedy can bring out the best in people, and it can also bring out the worst. After the horrific massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh...
Eighty Years After Kristallnacht, the Murder of Jews Continues
Over the course of 48 hours on November 9-10, 1938 -- now known as Kristallnacht -- 96 Jews were killed, 1,300 synagogues and 7,500 businesses...
