Posts Tagged: synagogue shooting
Wave of Yom Kippur Incidents in Canada Highlights Rising Hostility Toward Jewish Community
As Canadian Jews tried to gather peacefully for Yom Kippur services during the holiest holiday on the Jewish calendar, they faced threats of violence and...
Survivor of Copenhagen Bat Mitzvah Terror Attack Appeals for Support in Battle With Cancer
A Danish woman whose daughter's 2015 bat mitzvah was the target of a harrowing terrorist attack has appealed for support as she battles a cancer...
Amid Pandemic, Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting Survivors Prepare for Second Anniversary of Antisemitic Attack
As the second anniversary of the 2018 mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue approaches, those affected by the incident are finding different ways...
Honoring the Two-Year Anniversary of the Tree of Life Shooting by Strengthening Communal Bridges
JNS.org - Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, the religious leader of the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha synagogue, and several other survivors of the mass shooting that cut...
Sadly, German Synagogue Was Better Protected Due to Past Attacks
In the Times of Israel (TOI) account of the first person shooter video made by the neo-Nazi murderer Stephan Balliet, he is described as being...
The Poway Chabad Synagogue Tragedy Has a Local History
Nicknamed “the city in the country,” Poway was once a sleepy agricultural community in northern San Diego County, until it boomed with the addition of...
What if There’s No Way to Stop Another Synagogue Shooting?
JNS.org - Why did a madman enter a synagogue in Poway, California, and begin shooting? And what can we do to stop another such extremist...
Chabad Statement Expresses Concern Over More Antisemitic Attacks
JNS.org - Chabad-Lubavitch leaders worldwide are warning Jewish communities about the possibility of more antisemitic attacks like the Saturday synagogue shooting in Poway, Calif., on the last...
Pittsburgh 2018: A French Moment for the American Jewish Community
October 3, 1980 was a special day on the Jewish calendar. Jews around the world celebrated both Shabbat and Simchat Torah that day. Inside Copernic...
Pittsburgh and the Uniqueness of Antisemitism
Antisemitism is frequently viewed as “the canary in the coal mine.” It signals a more general climate of prejudice that manifests itself in an increasing...
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...
Names of Dead, Possible Motive to Be Released in Mass Shooting at Pittsburgh Synagogue
The names of those shot dead by a gunman yelling "All Jews must die" will be released on Sunday after the deadliest attack on the...
