Tree of Life synagogue

This month in Jewish history: Rabin assassination, Tree of Life shooting

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A memorial ceremony for former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, November 7, 2019
 The Tree of Life synagogue at the intersection of Shady and Wilkins avenues, in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, on Oct. 30, 2018.

Pennsylvania man caught with child porn, antisemitic mass attack plans

 The Tree of Life synagogue at the intersection of Shady and Wilkins avenues, in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, on Oct. 30, 2018.

Tree of Life murderer is one of 3 death row inmates exempted from Biden’s commutation order

DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris, together with Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, plant a tree to mark the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, in Washington.

'Extinguishing an epidemic of hate': Emhoff appeals to Jewish voters for the last time


Pittsburgh approves restrictions on 'assault weapons'

The Tree of Life shooting was the impetus for the new restrictions.

The cover of the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle regarding the Tree of Life shooting of October, 2018

Transgender Youtuber shot while filming LA synagogue and girl's school

The self-described "free speech activist" can be seen mocking and laughing at the security guard before beings hot in the leg outside the Etz Jacob synagogue.

Screenshot of YouTube provocateur's video of a Los Angeles synagogue minutes before being grazed in the leg by the security guard's warning shot

Pittsburgh shooting survivor and injured cop guests at State of Union

The two men were among 13 guests of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump on Tuesday.

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

Grand jury indicts alleged Pittsburgh shooter with hate crime charges

Along with the hate crimes, the new indictment includes six firearms charges.

This image widely distributed by US media on October 27, 2018 shows a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) ID picture of Robert Bowers

Pittsburgh survivors meet with members of black church attacked in 2015

The New Light Congregation congregants came to Charleston on Friday to meet members of the Emanuel AME Church, where nine African-American worshipers were killed.

Police near the "Tree of Life" synagogue in Pittsburgh

Three synagogues in Maryland receive suspicious letters, no hazards found

Synagogues are on high alert after a gunman who had made antisemitic slurs on social media opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue on Oct. 27, one of the deadliest attacks on Jews in US history.

Jewish Museum of Maryland, Lloyd St., Baltimore City, Maryland Lloyd Street Synagogue on the left and the Chizuk Amuno Synagogue on the far right

What I learned at the dinner table: Talking about antisemitism

In the wake of the Tree of Life horror, I heard words of outrage and comfort from classmates, foreign diplomats and others whose first reactive response was to reach out to the Jews they know.

Police officers guard the Tree of Life synagogue following shooting at the synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 27, 2018

Four lessons between murder to hope

Our government of hatred toward the other is well connected to the governments inflaming this hatred, encouraging antisemitism, leading to murder like the one in Pittsburgh this week.

FOLLOWING THE October 27 shooting, US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk with Tree of Life synagogue rabbi Jeffrey Myers as White House advisers Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner walk with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, outside the synagogue on October 30.

Jewish nurse who treated synagogue shooter: I chose to show him empathy

"This was the same Robert Bowers that just committed mass homicide. The Robert Bowers who instilled panic in my heart worrying my parents were two of his 11 victims less than an hour before."

Entrance to the Emergency Trauma Center at Allegheny General Hospital, where authorities say Saturday's Tree of Life synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers is hospitalized, is pictured in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Iranian immigrant raises over 1m. for Pittsburgh synagogue

Khatiri, a graduate student at John Hopkins University, does not himself live in Pittsburgh. However, a conversation with a Jewish friend spurred him to begin the account.

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