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Oct. 27

Pittsburgh community prepares to mark eight years since synagogue shooting

By Adam Reinherz

Volunteering, study and commemoration afford community members ‘channels’ for meaningful engagement

Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro (L) faces President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva (R) in runoff elections in Brazil. (Photo by Evaristo SA and Sergio LIMA / AFP)

World politicsLula’s reelection puts the brakes on Latin America’s pro-Israel shift

By Juan Melamed

Actors playing a couple in a grocery store blame Israel for high prices in a campaign ad meant to support Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, paid for by the left-wing Rebellion PAC, Oct. 26, 2026. (Screenshot via X)

AntisemitismEl-Sayed campaign disavows PAC ad linking US inflation to Israel

By Andrew Lapin

Nuseir Yassin "Nas Daily" speaks at the Jerusalem Post Conference on May 19, 2025, in New York City. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

AntisemitismIsraeli-Arab influencer behind ‘Nas Daily’: Anti-Zionism is antisemitism

By Sharon Udasin

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(Original photo by Photo by Cam Miller via Flickr at https://rb.gy/r2yato. Screenshot and composition by David Rullo)

October 27, 2026, 1:08 pm

University of Pittsburgh, Working Group on Antisemitism push back on criticism

The university called it categorically false “that Jewish members of our Pitt community — and especially Jewish students — did not have their perspectives included."

By David Rullo

October 27, 2026, 11:59 am

James Hayes believes in his path to victory in District 12

“I believe I can win,” he said.

By David Rullo

October 27, 2026, 11:50 am

Pittsburghers unite to combat hate

Hate "leads to a dark, desolate place that destroys individuals who permit themselves to be taken over by" it, Gaynor said.

By David Rullo

October 26, 2026, 7:31 pm

El-Sayed campaign disavows PAC ad linking US inflation to Israel

Backed by Cenk Uygur, the spot drew criticism for invoking antisemitic tropes about U.S. support for “killing Palestinans.”

By Andrew Lapin

Teens, parents, medical professionals and staff of Friendship Circle of Pittsburgh participate in an Oct. 21 program. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)

October 26, 2026, 4:45 pm

Friendship Circle encourages teens and parents to talk about drugs — and to continue talking

'If we don't allow ourselves to have conversations that just feel normal and casual, everything is going to feel like a big secret'

By Adam Reinherz

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed testifies at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, July 11, 2024. (Credit: U.S. Congress/Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)

October 26, 2026, 3:33 pm

Ad for El-Sayed blaming rising grocery costs on Israel a ‘case study’ in Jew-hatred

“You want to know what desperate looks like? Blaming the price of bananas on the Jewish state,” the Anti-Defamation League said.

By Rikki Zagelbaum | JNS

Presidential inauguration of Keiko Fujimori (Public domain photo via Wikimedia)

October 26, 2026, 9:53 am

Peru adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

The move reflects a diplomatic realignment of center-right governments in Latin America toward Israel.

By Etgar Lefkovits | JNS

October 26, 2026, 9:28 am

Israeli-Arab influencer behind ‘Nas Daily’: Anti-Zionism is antisemitism

Viral video creator Nuseir Yassin talked to JTA at a conference aimed at combatting hatred of Jews.

By Sharon Udasin

October 26, 2026, 8:36 am

Lula’s reelection puts the brakes on Latin America’s pro-Israel shift

Since 2023, several Latin American countries have strengthened ties with Israel

By Juan Melamed

One of the most famous pictures of Jews being rounded up by Nazi Germans during the Holocaust, this from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in May 1943. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

October 23, 2026, 5:24 pm

Pittsburgh district defends ethnic studies course, doesn’t address materials comparing Gaza to Warsaw Ghetto

Pittsburgh Public Schools also stated that it “does not train students to become political activists or require them to adopt particular political positions.”

By Jessica Russak-Hoffman | JNS

An upcoming event will help local businesswomen create community. (Photo by jacoblund via iStock)

October 23, 2026, 4:30 pm

Jewish women entrepreneurs create group with intent to connect and grow

This is an opportunity for women to 'benefit and share from each other'

By Adam Reinherz

This combination of pictures created on October 23, 2026 shows armed Palestinian men during a fire exchange with Israeli forces at the northern checkpoint of Hebron on October 23, 2026. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)

October 23, 2026, 4:23 pm

IDF planning major West Bank campaign after 2 soldiers killed, Netanyahu says

The army said it will also evacuate homes and destroy terror infrastructure in the Hebron neighborhood where the gunmen lived.

By Tomer Almagor

Some of the mosaic tiles exhibited in “From Darkness to Light: Expressing Hope through Mosaic Art” (Photo courtesy of David Kalla)

October 23, 2026, 1:16 pm

Mosaic exhibition honors Pittsburgh shooting victims and brings message of hope

Exhibit on display at Congregation Beth Shalom

By Deborah Weisberg

The FBI emblem on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in downtown Washington, D.C. (iStock)

October 23, 2026, 8:58 am

‘I wanna blow up a synagogue’: Online posts lead to hate crime charge against Utah man

Authorities say they found six pipe bombs in the suspect’s residence.

By Ron Kampeas

Unified Religious School students pose with 3-D printed sukkahs. (File photo)

October 23, 2026, 7:28 am

Unified Religious School brings Dara Horn’s teachings on Jewish identity to students

Goal is for students to leave classroom 'feeling aware and empowered'

By Adam Reinherz