Poway synagogue shooting

Ari Mittleman: "I began to feel compelled to write during my last trip here in 2019, after the horrible attack at the Poway synagogue."

The fact that, in 2022, the media still has the gall to ask what can be done to combat antisemitism is a shameful indictment on society.

Goldstein retired from the Chabad synagogue in November, seven months after confronting a gunman who entered his synagogue on April 27, 2019.

John T. Earnest entered the Chabad of Poway near San Diego, California in 2019 and opened fire on a crowd of worshippers, killing one and injuring three.

John Timothy Earnest is set for a September 17 change of plea hearing in San Diego federal court, after previously pleading guilty to murder and other state charges in July. 

The shooter is still facing federal charges and federal prosecutors could still seek the death penalty.

Federal death penalty cases are rare — so much so that San Diego has never tried one.

Prosecutors said he worked with his brother from 2012 to 2018 to conceal more than $700,000 in income from the IRS and avoid paying $155,881 in taxes.

The lawsuit targets alleged shooter John Earnest and his parents, as well as the gunmaker Smith & Wesson and the gun store in San Diego that sold the suspected shooter his firearm.

25 olive trees were planted at a ceremony in southern Israel in memory of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was tragically shot and killed in an antisemitic attack just over a year ago.