The Aftermath of Tragedy

Maggie Feinstein (photo provided by Maggie Feinstein)

September 26, 2019, 10:27 am

Webinar offers advice for coping with High Holiday triggers

Experts suggest taking good care of yourself as first step in helping others

By Toby Tabachnick

September 20, 2019, 6:04 pm

Victims, community leaders share insights from Oct. 27 massacre

Upcoming events, such as the High Holidays and the one-year mark of the shooting, could be triggering, experts warn

By Toby Tabachnick

From left: Maggie Feinstein, Ellen Leger, Dan Leger, Marnie Fienberg, Marissa Weis, Michelle Simon Weis,Leigh Stein and Sharyn Stein (Photo provided by Leigh Stein)

August 28, 2019, 2:59 pm

Families of nationwide mass shooting victims form community, learn coping skills

Seven family members and survivors of the Oct. 27 massacre joined together with those from Parkland, Columbine, Aurora, Las Vegas

By Toby Tabachnick

August 21, 2019, 1:15 pm

Rabbi Jonathan Perlman speaks on the massacre, the media and moving forward

The spiritual leader of New Light, one of the three congregations attacked in the Tree of Life building, has been reluctant to share his story. He spoke candidly to the Chronicle.

By Toby Tabachnick

The Tree of Life synagogue building. Photo by Maureen Kelly Busis

August 16, 2019, 12:07 pm

Day of programming announced to commemorate Oct. 27 massacre

The events will include Torah study and opportunities for volunteering.

By Toby Tabachnick

Police respond to a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Oct. 27, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

August 7, 2019, 4:27 pm

Nine months after Squirrel Hill massacre, two mass shootings leave 31 dead

The Texas gunman had posted anti-immigrant rants on social media before killing 22 people at a Wal-Mart.

By Toby Tabachnick and Marcy Oster

Rev. Eric S.C. Manning, left, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers and congregants of Mother Emanuel gather outside Tree of Life Congregation. (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)

May 10, 2019, 10:26 am

Mother Emanuel survivors visit Tree of Life, offer strength, solidarity

In 2015, nine worshipers at Mother Emanuel church in Charleston, S.C. were murdered by a white supremacist. They know too well the pain felt by survivors of Tree of Life.

By Toby Tabachnick

The Nov. 11 Stronger Together event brought out a free music and food loving crowd. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)

November 16, 2018, 10:01 am

Free concert and food warm hearts and stomachs

The event switched from an international food festival with an upscale kosher smorgasbord of chardonnay and charcuterie to a free concert for families.

By Adam Reinherz

Police respond to the site of a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Oct. 27, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

November 14, 2018, 1:54 pm

Early hour collaborations after massacre were years in the making

The scope of the horror on the morning of Oct. 27 awoke a collective response among Pittsburgh’s Jewish communal organizations.

By Adam Reinherz

November 14, 2018, 1:53 pm

Rabbi receives letter of support from president of Germany

Almost 80 years after the German synagogue where Rabbi Walter Jacob’s father served was set on fire by Nazis, Jacob received a letter from German President Frank Walter Steinmeier.

By Toby Tabachnick

November 14, 2018, 1:52 pm

As donations roll in, leaders grapple with disbursement

Ken Feinberg, who administered the federal government’s fund for victims of 9/11 and several other recent gun-related tragedies, will now help leaders here.

By Toby Tabachnick

People listen at a vigil at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018 as local political and Jewish community leaders and visiting dignitaries remembered the Tree of Life victims. (Photo by Joshua Franzos)

November 13, 2018, 10:39 am

Global reactions pour in after massacre

The following letters represent a sample of what the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle received in the days after the Tree of Life shooting.

Makeshift memorials to the victims stand guard outside Tree of Life. (Photo by Maureen Kelly Busis)

November 13, 2018, 10:38 am

Pittsburgh is an inflection point for American Jewish identity

The trauma that happened to my neighborhood has demolished the idea that being Jewish in America is solely expressed through identification with Israel.

By Joel Rubin

Michael Keaton at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International in San Diego, California. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/ Wikimedia commons)

November 12, 2018, 5:32 pm

Michael Keaton reflects on Squirrel Hill, shares reaction to Tree of Life attack

The Oscar-nominated actor was tapped to assist the city in last Friday’s rally at Point State Park.

By Adam Reinherz

“Those of us in public life, we have to take action, we can’t just talk about it and say ‘thoughts and prayers.’" Rep. Conor Lamb, (D-District 18), who stood beneath an umbrella beside attendees at the rally. (Photo by Angela Leibowicz)

November 11, 2018, 3:43 pm

Politicians and celebrities call for unity and strength at downtown rally

Poor weather does not detract from unified message to city residents.

By Lauren Rosenblatt and Adam Reinherz