PITTSBURGH—The gunman who killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 is eligible for the death penalty, a federal jury announced Thursday, setting the stage for further evidence and testimony on whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison. The government is seeking capital punishment for Robert Bowers, who raged against…
Gunman Who Killed 11 People in Pittsburgh Synagogue Found Eligible for Death Penalty
July 13, 2023
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Pittsburgh Synagogue Attacker Found Guilty of Hate Crimes
June 16, 2023
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A jury on Friday found Robert Bowers guilty of dozens of federal hate crimes for the killing of 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Bowers, 50, now faces the penalty phase of his trial at the U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh in which the…
Lawyers for Pittsburgh Synagogue Defendant Admit He Carried out Deadliest US Antisemitic Attack
May 31, 2023
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PITTSBURGH—Robert Bowers carried out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history when he killed 11 people and injured seven others by storming a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find. On that, everyone agrees. Even though Bowers’ defense acknowledged at the outset of his federal trial Tuesday that he was the gunman, they hope…
Lawyers for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Suspect Admit He Carried out Deadliest US Antisemitic Attack
May 31, 2023
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PITTSBURGH—Robert Bowers carried out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history when he killed 11 people and injured seven others by storming a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find. On that, everyone agrees. Even though Bowers’ defense acknowledged at the outset of his federal trial Tuesday that he was the gunman, they hope…
Jury Selection Begins Over 2018 Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack
April 24, 2023
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PITTSBURGH—Most prospective jurors said Monday that if they were to convict a man of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, they would be capable of sentencing him to die. The first day of Jury selection concluded in the trial of 50-year-old Robert G. Bowers, who faces…
Lone Suspect in 1980 Paris Synagogue Bombing Goes on Trial
PARIS—A Lebanese-Canadian academic who is the lone suspect in a 1980 bombing outside a Paris synagogue went on trial in absentia Monday, nearly 43 years after four people were killed and 46 wounded in the unclaimed attack. French authorities identified Hassan Diab as a suspect in 1999. They accuse him of planting the bomb on…
Archaeologists Uncover Rare 14th-Century Spanish Synagogue
MADRID—Archaeologists in the southern Spanish town of Utrera had uncovered a 14th-century synagogue hidden within a building that was later converted into a church, hospital and most recently a bar. Archaeologist Miguel Ángel de Dios told journalists that “the first thing to confirm is the presence of the prayer room” following years of analysis of…
Arrest Made in Shooting at San Francisco Synagogue
February 4, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO—Police have arrested a man suspected of firing a gun loaded with blanks inside a San Francisco synagogue. The man was arrested Friday evening in the Richmond District and booked on suspicion of disturbing a religious assembly, brandishing an imitation firearm and causing another to refrain from engaging in a religious service, police said…
Man Charged With Tossing Firebomb at NJ Synagogue
A man suspected of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the front door of a synagogue in northern New Jersey last weekend is now in custody. Philip Sellinger, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey announced the charges against Nicholas Malindretos, 26, of Clifton during a press conference Thursday. Malindretos is charged with attempted use of fire…
At Least 7 Dead in Synagogue Attack Outside Jerusalem: Israeli Officials
JERUSALEM—Seven people were killed and 10 were injured in a synagogue shooting attack on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Friday, Israel’s foreign ministry said. Israel’s ambulance service put the death toll at five and said another five people were wounded and transported to hospitals, including a 70-year-old woman. Israeli police described it as a “terror…
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