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PITTSBURGH SYNAGOGUE SHOOTER SENTENCED TO DEATH

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 >

Latest News August 2, 2023

How American Jewish groups are reacting to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s sentence

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 >

Latest News August 2, 2023

Pittsburgh synagogue shooter is dismayed not to have inspired more attacks on Jews, psychiatrist testifies

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 >

Latest News July 31, 2023

Pittsburgh jury finds synagogue gunman eligible for the death penalty, setting up trial’s final phase

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 >

Latest News July 13, 2023

Is antisemitism always delusional? The Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s punishment could hinge on the answer.

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 >

National/Global July 12, 2023

Jury finds Pittsburgh synagogue shooter guilty on all counts

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 >

Latest News June 16, 2023

Remembering Pittsburgh for philo-Semitism

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 >

Latest News October 31, 2019

After Pittsburgh: Some synagogues are more comfortable with guns in their pews

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 >

Latest News National/Global January 24, 2019

Pittsburgh is where I lived; synagogue is where I’m home

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 >

Latest News National/Global November 26, 2018

D’var Torah: Pittsburgh aftermath: Where is G-d?

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 >

Latest News November 26, 2018

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