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US synagogue gunman sentenced to die

The man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue has been formally sentenced to death after a jury...

Federal jury returns death-penalty verdict for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

A Pittsburgh jury agreed unanimously on Wednesday that Robert Bowers, 50, should be put to death for killing 11...

From Pittsburgh to Poway

Jacob Kamaras: As another antisemitic attack makes its way into the news cycle and will likely remain at the forefront of public consciousness for some time, there’s no perfectly worded press statement that can adequately condemn it.

A never ending battle…writes Michael Kuttner

Michael Kuttner: The massacre of Jewish worshippers in a Pittsburgh Synagogue has shattered any illusion that “it can’t happen here.”

Grappling with the roots of antisemitism after Pittsburgh

Melanie Phillips: It is a tremendous mistake to assume that antisemitism arises from any political activity or ideology. It is a pathology based on the wish to exterminate the Jewish people—a moral and spiritual sickness unique in human history.

First four of 11 Jewish victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting laid to rest

More than 1,800 people came to offer their condolences to the families and friends of those who will be laid to rest this week.

United Hatzalah en route to Pittsburgh, ZAKA volunteers waiting to enter Tree of Life Synagogue

As world Jewry reels following the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, United Hatzalah volunteers from Israel are on their way to the Jewish community in Squirrel Hill to help counsel witnesses and family members of those killed in the attack.