Pittsburgh

Louisiana teen rescued from box in Pittsburgh basement after online grooming

Police said the girl had been contacted on the popular app Snapchat by 26-year-old Ki-Shawn Crumity, who said he would help arrange for her to be adopted, police said.

Police vehicles block off the road near the home of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers' home in Baldwin Baldwin borough, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 27, 2018.
Ilan Chaim.

Ilan Chaim: The copy-editing conscience of the ‘Post’ - comment

Exterior sign for University of Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, November 1, 2020

Rosh Hashanah 2025: Pittsburgh's Jewish students see 'increase in Jewish joy' ahead of new year

 Vandalism outside Pittsburgh Jewish Federation, left, and a Chabad synagogue, right, in Pittsburgh, July 29, 2024.

Squirrel Hill synagogue vandal fined, sentenced to five years probation


Anne Frank’s optimism gets a bluegrass twang in Nefesh Mountain’s new song

The song relates Frank’s observations to their daughter’s comment and ultimately urges their daughter to look for lessons in the famous Holocaust diary on her own.

Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg are Nefesh Mountain.

Pittsburgh family restores Tree of Life's stained-glass windows

It's part of a planned renovation of parts of the Tree of Life grounds. Daniel Libeskind, an internationally known architect, is leading the project.

Governor Wolf Joins Pittsburgh in Mourning After Tragic Shooting in the Tree of Life Synagogue

Israeli extradited to the US found guilty of rape

Moshe Journo, who operated a store in the Pittsburgh area, was initially arrested in 2004 on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.

Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Penn State student government adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

The vote follows an April 8 resolution by the student government to fight antisemitism on campus.

Pennsylvania State University.

Antisemitism victims memorialized in new website by Diaspora Affairs Min.

Hundreds of Jews killed in an antisemitic attacks in the Diaspora since the end of the Holocaust will be commemorated on a new website.

Flowers and other items have been left as memorials outside the Tree of Life synagogue following last Saturday's shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 3, 2018

A bagel and a shmear: New Yiddish course comes to Duolingo, plus free nosh

The course, which has taken five years to develop, launches on Tuesday, April 6.

Learn Yiddish on Duolingo.

Two years after shooting, Pittsburgh becomes hub for white supremacists

The city has become a symbol and pilgrimage site of a far more insidious sort: for white supremacists who see the Tree of Life gunman as an inspiration.

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Tom Hanks, Billy Porter join Tree of Life's upcoming campaign

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and Joanne Rogers will also be a part of the "REMEMBER. REBUILD. RENEW." campaign

A visitor views a makeshift memorials outside the Tree of Life synagogue  in Pittsburgh, in 2018.

JCC of Greater Pittsburgh surviving pandemic through grit, finesse

Before the onset of the coronavirus outbreak, the Pittsburgh JCC had been on a positive financial track, having just paid off all of its long-term debts with the fees from its 20,000 members.

Squirrel Hill Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh.

A moving collection of essays on the Tree of Life terror attack

Two years after the attack, 23 members of the community explore different facets of the attack and the aftermath.