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Still from “Repairing the World: Stories from The Tree of Life”
October 22, 2025, 2:11 pm
Documentaries about the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting streaming on Sunday
“These stories remind us what it means to stand together."
By Toby Tabachnick
Laura Levitt (Photo courtesy of Laura Levitt)
September 8, 2025, 9:51 am
Fine Fellow Levitt highlights how objects help us heal from tragedy in upcoming talk
"Offerings of Grief, Offerings of Rage: Revisiting Tree of Life Synagogue and the George Floyd Square"
By Emma Riva
A portion of a memorial outside the Tree of Life building in 2018 (Photo by Jim Busis)
May 26, 2025, 3:39 pm
‘Crisis fatigue’ and fear grip Jewish community after Washington attack
Pittsburgh Jews shaken by D.C. attack, echoing pain of 2018 synagogue shooting
By Toby Tabachnick
From left: Dan Leger, Martin Gaynor, Eric Lidji, Amy Mallinger, Andrea Mallinger Wedner and Jodi Kart (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
April 28, 2025, 2:57 pm
Synagogue shooting survivors share how global support restored faith in humanity
Each item sent after the shooting, no matter how simple, carried a powerful message: You are not alone.
By Toby Tabachnick
Audrey Glickman (left), Andrea Wedner and Ron Wedner were panelists at the Eradicate Hate Global Summit on Oct. 21 (Photo by Sally Maxson/Eradicate Hate Global Summit)
October 22, 2024, 1:22 pm
Voices of resilience: 10/27 survivors share their stories to combat hate
REACH, a speakers bureau of the 10.27 Healing Partnership, provides communities with resources and inspires others to combat hate in all forms.
By Deborah Weisberg
Survivors, some family members of victims, community leaders and elected officials smashed small glass houses at the conclusion of the event. The glass shards will be made into mezuzahs to be fixed in the doorways of the new building, which is expected to be completed in 2 1/2 years. (Photo by Dale Lazar)
June 23, 2024, 6:11 pm
Tree of Life, Inc. breaks ground on new building
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, CNN's Wolf Blitzer among speakers
A portion of a memorial outside the Tree of Life building in 2018 (Photo by Jim Busis)
May 17, 2024, 4:46 pm
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s motion for new trial denied
Judge: “Defendant planned his attack for months, espoused repugnant beliefs about Jews and Judaism on the internet and eventually told those arresting him ‘that all Jews need to die.’"
By Toby Tabachnick
The new Tree of Light building as seen from above with the Path of Light. (Photo provided by West End Strategy)
March 8, 2024, 1:27 pm
Tree of Life, Inc. poised to receive more than $1 million in federal funds
New building will house an educational center, a museum that explores the roots and manifestations of antisemitism and a Oct. 27 memorial.
By Toby Tabachnick
Mural in memory to the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting (Photo by Abigail Hakas)
January 19, 2024, 1:11 pm
Prosecutors rebuke synagogue shooter’s request for new trial
Prosecutors responded to the defendant’s motion by noting that the jury considered the defendant’s argument at the close of the trial’s guilt phase and “squarely rejected it.”
By Toby Tabachnick
Members of the media stand outside of the federal courthouse on Grant Street, Downtown, Monday, April 24, 2023, ahead of the start of the federal death penalty trial for the man accused of killing 11 worshippers from three congregations at the Tree of Life synagogue building in 2018. (Alexandra Wimley/Union Progress)
November 3, 2023, 2:10 pm
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter seeks a new trial
The defense team argues there was not enough evidence to show that the defendant intended to obstruct each victim’s free exercise of religious beliefs.
By Toby Tabachnick
Middle schoolers from Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh collected trash en route to the Tree of Life building on Oct. 27, 2023. Photo by Adam Reinherz
October 30, 2023, 6:37 pm
To mark five years since synagogue shooting, young learners visit site of attack
'What we're seeing is the next generation learning at the right moment in time'
By Adam Reinherz
Rose Mallinger's grandchildren unveil a plaque dedicated to their matriarch's memory. Photo by Joshua Franzos
October 30, 2023, 11:38 am
Rose’s Garden dedicated by family and friends at Squirrel Hill JCC
Beautified outdoor space invites community and future growth
By Adam Reinherz
Kimberly Faught, known as the Gypsy Violin Queen of Squirrel Hill, performs in front a Giant Eagle supermarket in Pittsburgh. (Photo by Benyamin Cohen)
October 27, 2023, 11:19 am
Fifth anniversary of synagogue shooting falls amid broader grief
The kosher grocery's front doors are covered with photos of Israeli hostages instead of deals on brisket and whitefish.
By Benyamin Cohen
Vandalized wall outside Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill, Oct. 26, 2023 (Photo courtesy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh)
October 27, 2023, 7:46 am
Squirrel Hill hit with antisemitic graffiti on eve of 10/27 commemoration
A wall outside Allderdice High School and several yard signs were defaced.
By Toby Tabachnick
Douglas Emhoff (Photo by Cameron Smith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
October 26, 2023, 10:23 am
Second gentleman meets with Pittsburgh synagogue shooting survivors
During Emhoff’s meeting, he emphasized the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to counter antisemitism and hate.
By Toby Tabachnick
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