How to Stop Hate From Fueling the Next Mass Shooting
A young boy holds a sign in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh during a memorial vigil for the victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018.Gene J. Puskar/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As news broke that eleven people had been shot…
Pittsburgh Tragedy Called the “Deadliest Attack on the Jewish Community in the History of the United States”
Keith Srakocic/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With 11 confirmed fatalities, Saturday’s armed assault on Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue has emerged as an unprecedented act of anti-Semitic violence. The vast majority of the posts are anti-Semitic: “kike infestation,” “filthy EVIL jews.”Law enforcement was quick to regard the shootings as…
Former Rabbi of Targeted Pittsburgh Synagogue Speaks Out
Rabbi Chuck Diamond, a former Rabbi at Tree of Life Synagogue.AP/Gene J. Puskar Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Chuck Diamond heard there had been a shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life congregation, he started heading right over. He was stopped at a police barricade several blocks away, as investigators on…
11 Dead Following Shooting at a Pittsburgh Synagogue
First responders surround the Tree of Life Synagogue where a shooter opened fire Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. Gene J. Puskar/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update, 4:20 pm ET: Local officials confirm that 11 people were killed and six were injured—including four police officers—in the shooting at Tree of Life synagogue on…
BREAKING: At Least Eight Dead Following Shooting at a Pittsburgh Synagogue
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At least eight people were killed and several others injured when a gunman opened fire during Saturday morning services at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, according to Pittsburgh’s local CBS affiliate. The shooter, a white male, has surrendered and been taken into…
The NRA Keeps Writing Checks, But Some Republicans Aren’t Cashing Them
Protesters at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, DC, on March 24, 2018Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After the Parkland school shooting in February, student survivors issued an ultimatum to lawmakers: Stop accepting campaign contributions from the National Rifle Association, or we’ll vote you…