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
Shabbat morning two weeks ago, we witnessed the deadliest massacre of Jews ever on American soil in which 11 of our brothers and sisters were brutally murdered as they gathered together in prayer. We have experienced barbaric attacks here in …
A Jewish Louisville native is in Pittsburgh this week, assisting Israeli first responders as they train local providers to care for a community coping with the fallout from a mass shooting. Cari Margulis Immerman, regional development director of the Friends … Read More
As the vigil for 11 worshippers killed in a Pittsburgh synagogue and two shoppers gunned down at the Jeffersontown Kroger got under way, Shalom Malka’s mind went to happier thoughts. He had attended Tree of Life, scene of Saturday’s carnage, … Read More