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by Ron Kampeas PITTSBURGH (JTA) — A jury has given the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter a death sentence, handing down the maximum punishment for the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history. The sentence marks an end to the months-long trial of … Read More
By JTA Staff (JTA) — American Jewish organizations reacted to the news that Robert Bowers, the man who murdered 11 Jews at prayer in 2018, has been sentenced to death. Groups stressed in their comments that the memory of the … Read More
By Ron Kampeas PITTSBURGH (JTA) — “If I have chance, will continue war,” appeared in a scrawl on a notepad, projected onto large TV screens in the courtroom. The image showed a note taken by a psychiatrist in early June … Read More
By Ron Kampeas PITTSBURGH (JTA) — Jurors in the trial of the gunman who killed 11 Jewish worshipers in a Pittsburgh synagogue took less than two hours to find him eligible for the death penalty, setting up a final phase … Read More
By Ron Kampeas PITTSBURGH (JTA) — To try to save his client from the death penalty, a lawyer defending the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter spent hours this week pressing a prominent psychiatrist on a question that has occupied many over time: … Read More
By Ron Kampeas PITTSBURGH (JTA) — The gunman who committed the worst antisemitic attack in U.S. history is guilty of all charges he faced, according to the verdict delivered by a federal jury on Friday morning (June 16). Robert Bowers, … Read More
Human Resources Lee Chottiner Recently, after a program at my synagogue, I ducked into the Highlands Kroger to pick up a carton of milk before going home. I walked briskly to the dairy case, selected my item, then lined up … Read More
On an average Saturday morning at the Orthodox Ohel Tefillah synagogue on Chicago’s North Side, about 10 percent of the men carry a handgun. That number may seem high in a liberal city with some of the strictest gun laws … Read More
On October 27, the front line in the struggle to save and perpetuate Judaism ran through Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I know a little something about that front line. Born in Pittsburgh, raised in her suburbs, an adult living on the North … Read More
It was the holy day of Shabbat – Saturday morning, October 27. A man entered a synagogue in Pittsburgh and murdered 11 people. Eight men and three women were mercilessly killed – because they were Jews. The immediate question is, … Read More
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