There were two things 9-year-old me was sad about giving up when my family made the leap into Orthodox Judaism: 8-piece chicken McNuggets, and the holy ark my dad had built to hold the Torah scroll ...

Known for his large-scale participatory art projects, JR has embarked on a new project that breathes life into a historic ...

In works from her Biblical Domestic (2021–2024) and Menstrual Hystery (2024) series, Lightman trades halos for housework, and ...

Michael Bernstein, board chair of the Tree of Life, an organization which aims to uproot antisemitism, speaks to Bianna Golodryga about the rise in safety concerns for Jewish communities in the US ...

Some Pennsylvania Jews reminded of Tree of Life shooting after arson attack on Josh Shapiro’s home Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s mansion was the target of an arson attack last weekend, but the ...

The exhibit, “Lessons from the Tree of Life: Lighting the Path Forward,” features information about the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting that killed 11 worshippers, items gifted to Pittsburgh’s Jewish ...

The name Tree of Life was chosen for its connections to both religions, including in Jewish traditions and Christianity's Tree of Jesse.

A Daniel Libeskind sketch of the new design for the Tree of Life museum, educational center and synagogue building in Pittsburgh. (RNS photo/Kathryn Post) ...

Eleven Jewish worshippers were killed and six others were injured on Oct. 27, 2018 while practicing their faith at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood.

People pay their respects at a memorial in front of the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh to the 11 Jewish victims of a mass shooting one week ...

Pittsburgh's Jewish community was joined by local, state and federal leaders at a ceremony honoring the victims of the Oct. 27, 2018 shooting and the start of construction on a new Tree of Life ...

There are disagreements about this within the Jewish community and even within the Tree of Life congregation. How the museum would address these matters is among the questions facing the congregation.