Tree of Life Synagogue

The 10.27 Healing Partnership and the Jewish service organization Repair the World will host a voter registration drive on Sunday. Other volunteer events include a clean-up at a local Jewish cemetery and gardening projects.

Gun-control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund says it will spend $1 million to place a new ad on TV and online in the Pittsburgh market, blasting Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano for his ties to the social media site Gab.

The long-delayed capital murder trial of Robert Bowers in the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre will begin in April.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: Mayor Ed Gainey nominated Kim Lucas, the acting director of the city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, to officially lead the department, and we speak with her about plans for updating Smithfield Street, and the department’s priorities under the current administration; Gwen’s Girls executive director Kathi Elliott discusses what the organization has accomplished in 20 years, and how it’s celebrating the milestone; and we’re joined by the director of a new documentary about the Tree of Life attack and the community’s recovery.

The caretakers of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh have big plans to transform the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. They announced plans on Tuesday for a center that will combat antisemitism and other forms of hate.

Alleged Tree of Life synagogue shooter Robert Bowers asked in January to change the venue of his death penalty trial. A federal judge rejected that request Friday but said he could revisit the decision if necessary.

A federal judge denied defendant Robert Bowers' request to stop jurors from hearing evidence about statements he's alleged to have made after the 2018 attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill. Eleven worshippers were killed in the shooting.

Lawyers have requested a new trial site for the man accused of killing 11 worshippers in the 2018 attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill. They say unfavorable pre-trial publicity prevents their client from receiving a fair hearing in western Pennsylvania.

The state of Pennsylvania has awarded $6.6 million for redevelopment of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, where a gunman killed 11 people in 2018 in the nation’s deadliest attack on Jews.

Federal prosecutors say a Pittsburgh synagogue massacre defendant’s statements at the scene and at a hospital should be allowed at trial because concerns about public safety were a valid reason to question him even after he'd asked for an attorney.