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Minneapolis shooting suspect ‘posted antisemitic videos’ before attack

Police identified Robin Westman, a 23-year-old city resident, as their sole suspect in the murder of two young children

By Jacob Jaffa

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Robin Westman, 23, was named by police as the only suspect in the Minneapolis mass shooting (Image: YouTube screenshot)
Victims of Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue terror attack to be remembered with memorial
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Victims of Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue terror attack to be remembered with memorial

By Olivia Gittel

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PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 31: Mourners visit the memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue on October 31, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Eleven people were killed in a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on October 27. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
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White supremacist accused of threatening jury and witnesses in trial of Pittsburgh synagogue gunman

By Richard Percival

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PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 27: Visitors look at items well-wishers have left behind along the fence at the Tree of Life Synagogue on the 1st Anniversary of the attack on October 27, 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One year ago, Robert Bowers killed 11 people and wounded severa others during an attack of the Tree of Life synagogue. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
Dominic Green

By Dominic Green

The Pittsburgh synagogue killer’s death sentence is a dead letter already

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Pittsburgh Jewish community expresses relief after death sentence for killer
Tree of Life shooting

Pittsburgh Jewish community expresses relief after death sentence for killer

By Heather Robinson

6 min read
PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 31: Mourners visit the memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue on October 31, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Eleven people were killed in a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on October 27. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain

By Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain

Punish the Pittsburgh gunman but do not kill him

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PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 31: Mourners visit the memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue on October 31, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Eleven people were killed in a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on October 27. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
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Tree of Life gunman sentenced to death for deadliest antisemitic shooting in US history

By Richard Percival

1 min read

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Tree of Life gunman was dismayed not to have inspired more attacks on Jews, court hears

By JC Reporter

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July 31, 2023 10:56
PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 31: Mourners visit the memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue on October 31, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Eleven people were killed in a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on October 27. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Pittsburgh Tree of Life gunman found guilty of carrying out deadliest antisemitic shooting in US history

By JC Reporter

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June 16, 2023 16:25
PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 31: Mourners visit the memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue on October 31, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Eleven people were killed in a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on October 27. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Pittsburgh gunman said Jews 'were children of Satan' before deadly Tree of Life synagogue shooting

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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June 14, 2023 10:03
Pittsburgh gunman said Jews 'were children of Satan' before deadly Tree of Life synagogue shooting

Pittsburgh Tree of Life shooter considered Jews 'a cancer on this planet'

By JC Reporter

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May 30, 2023 16:44
PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 31: Mourners visit the memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue on October 31, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Eleven people were killed in a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on October 27. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
Dominic Green

By Dominic Green

This glass block is no way to replant Tree of Life shul

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May 24, 2023 12:23
This glass block is no way to replant Tree of Life shul
Dominic Green

By Dominic Green

Green's America: The Pittsburgh massacre was just a taste of things to come

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May 4, 2023 10:28
PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 31: Mourners visit the memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue on October 31, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Eleven people were killed in a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on October 27. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Judge rules death penalty still on table for Pittsburgh Tree of Life shooter

By JC Reporter

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May 4, 2023 09:22
PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 31: Mourners visit the memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue on October 31, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Eleven people were killed in a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on October 27. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)