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Biden marks 6th anniversary of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting by highlighting an ‘appalling surge of antisemitism’

President Joe Biden has marked the sixth anniversary Saturday of a gunman’s attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 worshippers

The Independent UK

‘She preyed upon that empathy’: the TV writer who faked having cancer

Docuseries details stranger-than-fiction truth behind Grey’s Anatomy writer Elisabeth Finch’s extensive deceptions

The Guardian - US

For Pittsburgh Jews, attack anniversary adds to an already grim October

Jewish communities everywhere reacted with horror at last year’s Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel

The Independent UK

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Pittsburgh Jewish Community Reflects On Traumatic Anniversaries

Pittsburgh's Jewish community reflects on past traumas amidst rising antisemitism, seeking unity and understanding.

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Groundbreaking for new structure replacing Pittsburgh synagogue targeted in 2019 mass shooting

Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro are among the dignitaries marking the groundbreaking of a new structure replacing the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh

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Demolition begins at site of deadly Pittsburgh synagogue attack

Demolition got underway at the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, as part of the effort to reimagine the building to honor the 11 people who were killed there in 2018.

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Families had long dialogue after Pittsburgh synagogue attack. Now they’ve unveiled a memorial design

Preliminary designs are being released for an outdoor memorial to the 11 victims of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue attack

The Independent UK

Five years later, trauma compounds for survivors marking Tree of Life massacre amid Israel-Hamas war

In one sense, there was a feeling of closure as survivors marked five years since the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history

The Independent UK

‘It’s like you have a hole in your heart that’s never going to heal’: Families of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims tell jury about their slain loved ones

PITTSBURGH — Judith Kaye waited 60 years to find the love of her life.

Tribune News Service

Tree of Life and the death penalty

"Vengeance is mine, says the Lord": When people are murdered in a house of worship, we should remember that

Salon

Pittsburgh synagogue shooter can face death penalty, federal grand jury rules

Court will sentence Robert Bowers for 2018 attack that killed 11 people, after he was convicted on 63 criminal counts

The Guardian - US

Tree of Life synagogue shooter is too delusional to get death penalty, defence argues

Prosecutors say shooter showed meticulous planning

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The Conversation

The tree of life has been a powerful image in Jewish tradition for thousands of years – signifying much more than immortality

After weeks of wrenching testimony, jurors delivered a guilty verdict June 16, 2023, for the gunman who killed 11 worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 – the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. The next phase of the trial will focus on sentencing, and whether Robert Bowers should face…

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'May their memories always be a blessing': Jewish community comes together after gunman is convicted in synagogue massacre

Joyce Fienberg. Richard Gottfried. Rose Mallinger. Jerry Rabinowitz. Cecil and David Rosenthal. Bernice and Sylvan Simon. Daniel Stein. Melvin Wax. Irving Younger.

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Pittsburgh synagogue gunman found guilty in worst antisemitic attack in U.S. history

The shooter, who opened fire in the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, now faces life in prison or death row.

Tribune News Service

Gunman found guilty on all charges in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

PITTSBURGH — A jury of seven women and five men convicted Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers of all 63 charges against him Friday after less than 4½ hours of deliberation.

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Shooter found guilty of federal hate crimes in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

PITTSBURGH — Jurors found the man accused of shooting and killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue guilty on federal charges Friday.

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‘Hold him accountable for the people who couldn’t testify’: Jurors start deliberating in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial after closing arguments

PITTSBURGH — The case in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial was handed to the jury Thursday afternoon.

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'He keeps shooting and shooting': 911 call captures the terror of one survivor inside the Pittsburgh synagogue

PITTSBURGH -- The SWAT officer told Andrea Wedner it was time to go.

The Independent UK

'Felt like a year': Worshipper describes fear during gunman's deadly attack on Pittsburgh synagogue

Testimony has resumed in the trial of a suburban truck driver charged with carrying out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history

The Independent UK

Police say Robert Bowers had an ‘unthinkable’ thought – then carried out America’s deadliest antisemitic attack

The trial of Robert Bowers, the man charged with perpetrating the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018, began on Tuesday. Abe Asher writes

The Independent UK

Trial to begin in 2018 killing of 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue

Jury selection is set to begin in the federal death penalty trial of a truck driver accused of shooting to death 11 Jewish worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history

Tribune News Service

Tree of Life congregation says 'farewell for now' to synagogue ahead of construction

On a chilly Sunday, nearly 100 members of the Dor Hadash, New Light and Tree of Life congregations and others gathered at the corner of Shady and Wilkins avenues to bid a ceremonial l’hitraot, or “farewell for now,” to a building filled with memories, now the site of the most…

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