Pittsburgh

Pitt officials say some Jewish students were interviewed for campus antisemitism report

Campus antisemitism committees and reports have become a key tool as universities try to address concerns about the campus climate for Jewish students.

The Student Union on the University of Pittsburgh campus, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Coffee on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh campus, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In Pittsburgh, campus antisemitism report’s authors neglected to speak with Jewish students

 J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Building WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 3: A Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation sign is displayed outside of the J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation building on June 3, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Young Pennsylvania man arrested over alleged ISIS-inspired mass attack plot targeting synagogues

Police vehicles block off the road near the home of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers' home in Baldwin Baldwin borough, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 27, 2018.

Louisiana teen rescued from box in Pittsburgh basement after online grooming


How Pittsburgh changed the way American Jews think about security

While some were worried extra security bring about unwanted attention, many members of the Jewish community now see it's necessary to have security up at all times

Mourners attend a memorial service at the Sailors and Soldiers Memorial Hall of the University of Pittsburgh on October 28, 2018, a day after 11 worshipers were shot dead at the Tree of Life congregation in Pittsburgh

How Pittsburgh survivors are struggling a year later

“I don’t think that I could ever go back in that building and not be continually reminded of what took place there.”

Mourners react during a memorial service at the Sailors and Soldiers Memorial Hall of the University of Pittsburgh, a day after 11 worshippers were shot dead at a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 28, 2018

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Artworks by children around the world installed at Tree of Life synagogue

“#Hearts Together: The Art of Rebuilding” features 101 works of art printed on canvas that are wrapped around the synagogue building in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood.

Flowers and candles are placed beneath a police cordon outside the Tree of Life Synagogue after a shooting there left 11 people dead in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on October 27, 2018

Chabad synagogue receives $100,000 federal grant to improve security

The funding was granted by the US Federal Department of Homeland Security.

A San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputy secures the scene of a shooting incident at the Congregation Chabad synagogue in Poway, north of San Diego, California, U.S. April 27, 2019

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette gives prize money to Tree of Life synagogue

The newspaper's employees won the Pulitzer Prize and recieved $15,000, which they plan on donating to the Tree of Life synagogue.

Police near the "Tree of Life" synagogue in Pittsburgh

U.S. to seek death penalty for accused Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

Robert Bowers, 46, shouted "all Jews must die" as he fired on congregants gathered for Sabbath services at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, authorities said.

FOLLOWING THE October 27 shooting, US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk with Tree of Life synagogue rabbi Jeffrey Myers as White House advisers Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner walk with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, outside the synagogue on October 30.

Pittsburgh rabbi to US A-G: Forgo death penalty for synagogue gunman

Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, whose New Light Congregation lost three worshippers in the October attack by Robert Bowers that killed 11, has written to Barr “as a victim of the attack."

The cover of the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle regarding the Tree of Life shooting of October, 2018

Museum tapestry

Beit Avi Chai screened a series of conflict-related films during Tisha Be’av, but this year did not attract quite as many people as in the past.

The Israel Museum

Jewish communities give $700,000 to victims of New Zealand mosque attacks

'Our faith has a shared Abrahamic tradition, and Jews and Muslims have both suffered persecution and racism historically, and unfortunately still do today.'

People gather at a vigil to mourn for the victims of the Christchurch mosque attack in New Zealand at Washington Square Park, New York City.