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The trial for the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter who killed 11 people began this week. Victims recounted the events at the trial in chilling detail.

Rabbi Jonathan Perlman knew the Pittsburgh synagogue where his New Light congregation worshipped was under attack. As he ushered three of his congregants to hide in a storage closet at the back of their sanctuary, he saw Stephen Weiss, a member of the Tree of Life congregation that had been

Testimony from Rabbi Jonathan Perlman and Stephen Weiss

As the trial for the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter gets underway, the judge and jury are learning about Jewish terminology like "Shabbat," "yarmulke" and "tallis bag."

Carol Black and her brother, Richard Gottfried, shared their Jewish faith and always sat together on the left side of the New Light sanctuary inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill. Together, they served as gabbais — holding the Torah as it was read to the congregants.

Testimony has resumed in the trial of a suburban truck driver charged with carrying out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.

Carol Black told the jury about how she and others in her congregation heard gunfire as they started Sabbath services.

Carol Black's brother was also killed in shooting; defense attorney hopes to remove hate crime charges, enabling shooter Robert Bowers to dodge death penalty

It was her brother's active faith that inspired Carol Black to recommit as an adult to being a practicing Jew several years ago, and their shared commitment brought them to the Tree of Life synagogue on the October 2018 day it was attacked.

Carol Black says she watched as the gunman killed an 87-year-old member of her congregation.