Tree of Life synagogue

Jewish Federations to hire 100 professionals to combat rising antisemitism across North America

JFNA launched a $35 million initiative to fight antisemitism and has expanded its efforts in 120 communities across the United States.

American Jews and their supporters participate in the March for Israel in Washington, DC, earlier this month.
Police officers guard the Tree of Life synagogue following shooting at the synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, October 27, 2018.

Jewish security group launches survivor testimony project to combat rising antisemitic threats

 Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, 1948-2020.

Editor's Notes: Even after his death, Rabbi Sacks' idea of antisemitism stays dangerously relevant

A memorial ceremony for former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, November 7, 2019

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


Artworks by children around the world installed at Tree of Life synagogue

“#Hearts Together: The Art of Rebuilding” features 101 works of art printed on canvas that are wrapped around the synagogue building in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood.

Flowers and candles are placed beneath a police cordon outside the Tree of Life Synagogue after a shooting there left 11 people dead in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on October 27, 2018

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette gives prize money to Tree of Life synagogue

The newspaper's employees won the Pulitzer Prize and recieved $15,000, which they plan on donating to the Tree of Life synagogue.

Police near the "Tree of Life" synagogue in Pittsburgh

U.S. to seek death penalty for accused Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

Robert Bowers, 46, shouted "all Jews must die" as he fired on congregants gathered for Sabbath services at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, authorities said.

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.

Beto O'Rourke calls Trump white supremacist without hesitation

Although the Democratic presidential candidate has called Trump racist and a white nationalist in the past, he has stressed the point even more since the mass shooting in El Paso.

Beto O'Rourke (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton)

Dayton shooter showed Pittsburgh massacre video to girlfriend on a date

A woman who briefly dated Connor Betts, 24, earlier this year wrote about his troubling behavior in an essay posted Tuesday on Medium.

Shoes are piled in the rear of Ned Peppers Bar at the scene after a mass shooting in Dayton

NGO requests blocking gun possession rights to man threatening Jews

Ross Farca was arrested and booked into Contra Costa County Jail on felony charges.

Man holding a machine gun (illustrative)

Boston rabbi suggests congregants bring guns to synagogue for protection

“I don’t want people to have guns. But I think to protect our families, it’s a necessity now,” said Rabbi Dan Rodkin of Shaloh House in Brighton, a Boston neighborhood.

A San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputy secures the scene of a shooting incident at the Congregation Chabad synagogue in Poway, north of San Diego, California, U.S. April 27, 2019

Judah Samet: A double hero, a double survivor

"I was four minutes late arriving at the Tree of Life Congregation; if I’d been on time, I wouldn’t be here today."

Holocaust survivor Judah Samet addresses Jerusalem Post Conference

Family of two 'Tree of Life' Pittsburgh victims visits Israel

The shooting was the deadliest terrorist attack ever perpetrated on the Jewish community in the United States and shook the entire world.

From left to right: Michele (sister), Joy (mother), Eli (father) and Diane (sister) Rosenthal, next to the trees planted in their brothers' memory

Remembrance Day ceremony for Jews killed in antisemitic attacks - watch

Victims of antisemitic attacks in synagogues in the United States will be at the center of this year's memorial ceremony being held by the Jewish Agency for Israel.

 Marnie Fienberg, the daughter-in-law of Joyce Fienberg, who was murdered in the Pittsburgh synagogue attack, lights a memorial torch together with Chairman of The Jewish Agency for Israel Isaac Herzog