Posts Tagged: Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
Murders by US Right-Wing Extremists in 2018 at Highest Peak in Over Two Decades, New ADL Report Reveals
Murders carried out by right-wing extremists in the United States rose dramatically last year, according to a new report issued by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)...
House Antisemitism Task Force Praises Unanimous Passage of Condemnation of Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre
The House of Representatives Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism praised the passage on Wednesday of a bipartisan resolution denouncing the Oct. 27 massacre of...
NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins Donate Nearly $350K to Shooting Victims
The Pittsburgh Penguins donated nearly $350,000 Thursday to the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh to benefit victims and families of the shootings at the Tree of Life Synagogue in...
After 80 Years, Antisemitism Endures, but So Does Our Resolve to Confront It
This article was originally published in the Miami Herald. One week after the murder of 11 worshipers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Shabbat,...
Bill Condemning Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Introduced in House of Representatives
A bipartisan resolution denouncing the Oct. 27 massacre of 11 Jewish worshipers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh by a white supremacist gunman was introduced in the...
Pope Condemns Antisemitism Amid Increase in Attacks on Jews
Pope Francis called on Monday for the eradication of antisemitism following an increase in attacks and hate crimes against Jews in several countries and said...
At Last of Funerals for Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Victims, Family and Friends Pay Tribute to ‘Bubbie’ Rose Mallinger
Mourners gathered in Pittsburgh on Friday for the funeral of the last and oldest of 11 victims gunned down in a massacre at a synagogue,...
Amid Pittsburgh Funerals, Synagogue Massacre Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
Appearing defiant and swaggering, the man charged with killing 11 worshipers in a Pittsburgh synagogue, pleaded not guilty on Thursday in a federal court as...
Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Suspect to Be Arraigned
The avowed antisemite accused of opening fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue and killing 11 worshipers is scheduled to appear in federal court on Thursday, as...
Fighting Fire With Fire: US Jews Train to Stop Repeat of Pittsburgh Shooting
David Ortner adjusted his yarmulke, cocked his pistol and took aim -- something he wishes a civilian had done to defend Pittsburgh's Tree of Life...
Pittsburgh Buries Three More Shooting Victims as Suspect Faces New Charges
Federal prosecutors added more charges, including religious hate crimes, against the man accused of killing 11 Jews in a Pittsburgh synagogue, according to an indictment...
Commemorating Pittsburgh Victims, UN Secretary-General Guterres Denounces ‘Stupid Crime’ of Antisemitism
The secretary-general of the United Nations on Wednesday denounced antisemitism as the "oldest hatred of humankind" during an address at a memorial service in New York...
American Jewry ‘Lost Its Innocence This Week,’ Community Leader Says After Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre
American Jewry "lost its innocence this week," a top community leader told The Algemeiner on Tuesday, as the first of the funerals for the 11...
Special Editorial: #WeAreAllJews
The following is a joint editorial drafted by Jane Eisner, Editor-in-Chief of The Forward, and Dovid Efune, Editor-in-Chief and CEO of The Algemeiner, and signed...