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Jewish security group launches survivor testimony project to combat rising antisemitic threats
SCN's new project features testimonies from 10 survivors of attacks targeting Jewish communities in Pittsburgh, Poway, Colleyville, Overland Park, and Surfside to strengthen security training.
Editor's Notes: Even after his death, Rabbi Sacks' idea of antisemitism stays dangerously relevant
This month in Jewish history: Rabin assassination, Tree of Life shooting
Pennsylvania man caught with child porn, antisemitic mass attack plans
Pittsburgh synagogue attacker found guilty of hate crimes
A jury has found Robert Bowers guilty of federal hate crimes for killing 11 worshippers at a synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history.
Pittsburgh synagogue massacre trial: Defense concedes shooter’s hatred of Jews
The free exercise of religious beliefs “does not include the engagement in good works or conduct that may or may not be part of religious belief,” she said.
Defense rests in Tree of Life synagogue shooting trial without witnesses
Judge Robert Colville dismissed the jury on Wednesday and told jurors to return on Thursday to hear closing arguments, after which the jury will deliberate and deliver its verdict.
Tree of Life shooter facing death penalty in Pittsburgh federal trial
The man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue shooting is facing dozens of federal charges.
Following jury selection, Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial to begin May 30
The alleged shooter is just the fourth person in Western Pennsylvania to ever face a federal death penalty. None of other three were executed.
Pittsburgh man goes on trial for synagogue attack, could face death penalty
If jurors decide Bowers is guilty of the crimes he faces, they will then determine whether he spends the rest of his life in prison or be executed by lethal injection.
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial to kick off Monday, igniting pain, fear, hopes for closure
The trial threatens to broadcast the white supremacist ideas that lay behind the attack, and continue to pose risks for Jewish communities.
Michigan GOP candidate who was raised Jewish now says she’s a Messianic Jew
Lena Epstein, who was raised Jewish, made the comments at a candidate forum at a Baptist church in Holland, Michigan.
Can a Tree of Life memorial ‘end antisemitism in our lifetime’?
Carole Zawatsky, a longtime veteran in Jewish nonprofit leadership, was announced as the first new Tree of Life CEO.
US Jewish communities increase security by 42% amid rising antisemitism
Jewish Federations launched last year a $130 million LiveSecure initiative, the largest security campaign in the history of the North American Jewish community.
