Pittsburgh jury condemns Tree of Life synagogue killer to death
Reuters A federal jury on Wednesday voted to sentence Robert Bowers to death for killing 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history. In June, the jury found Bowers, 50, guilty of dozens of federal hate crimes in a trial held at the US District Court […]
Online anti-Semitism rises in Czech Republic amid pandemic
Prague, Czech RepublicAP Anti-Semitic incidents in the Czech Republic continued their rise last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the bulk of the anti-Jewish hatred being expressed online, the country’s Jewish community said Wednesday. In its annual report, the Federation of the Jewish Communities said it registered 874 antisemitic incidents in 2020, 180 more than […]
Postcards: Attack, then pandemic – Pittsburgh Jewish congregations cope
Two years after 11 worshippers were killed when an anti-Semitic gunman opened fire at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, DAVID CRARY, of the Associated Press, reports on how the three congregations which shared that space have fared…