Writing ‘Scotland, PA’
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Michael Mitnick is not from Minnesota, and his play Scotland, PA isn’t about Jews. But Mitnick is Jewish, and like the ...
Tag: Tree of Life synagogue
Editorial: A mosque is like a synagogue
“A man sought in connection with two arsons at Minneapolis synagogues has been arrested and is set to appear in ...
Mass murder at the shul in Squirrel Hill
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER When asked to review Mark Oppenheimer’s book about the killings at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, ...
Editorial: Domestic terrorists threaten democracy
The year 2021 has started with a bang. The previous year, with its pandemic, police killings of George Floyd and ...
Pittsburgh has become a hub for white supremacists
By BEN SALES (JTA) — In the days after the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history, Pittsburgh became a symbol ...
After Poway synagogue shooting, ADL director calls for government to take action against white supremacists
By BEN SALES (JTA) — The head of the Anti-Defamation League said Saturday’s synagogue shooting should serve as a “wake-up ...
Pittsburgh and Parkland survivors help each other turn their grief into action
By MIKE ELK PITTSBURGH (JTA) — For many in this city’s Jewish community, after suffering through a long winter following ...
Editorial: In each generation
I had last talked with Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, in the fall of 2010, for a Jewish World story. It was ...
Editorial: Keith Ellison for Attorney General
As we work to compete this edition of the Jewish World, we share feelings of grief, anger and confusion with ...
