For Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, spiritual leader of Tree of Life/Or L’Simcha Congregation, Hamas massacre of 1,400 in Israel on October 7 is 'retraumatizing' to him and his community
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Marking five years since 11 killed in shooting at Tree of Life, US president notes commemoration comes weeks after 'the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust'
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Many Jewish progressives find that unlike the outpouring of support five years ago, allies don't show up for Israel, regardless of magnitude and brutality of the violence suffered
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A JTA reporter tells of his conflicted, emotionally tolling odyssey, from the day the 2018 Tree of Life massacre took 11 lives through the recent conclusion of the murderer's trial

'May their memory be a blessing,' judge says of 11 Jews killed at Tree of Life as their families confront Robert Bowers before sentencing: 'You will never be forgiven. Never'

US Jewish groups welcome sentencing for Robert Bowers and remember victims, though most refrain from applauding death penalty

In another strange twist in trial for 2018 murder of 11 Jewish worshipers, lawyers say defendant is a model prisoner unlikely to serve time in maximum-security Supermax prison

As trial approaches conclusion, lawyers for Robert Bowers try to persuade jurors not to impose death penalty for massacre of 11 people in deadliest antisemitic attack in US history

Lawyers for Robert Bowers sought to disinter body for DNA test, after prosecutors questioned family history of schizophrenia

'My whole world was turned upside down,' says widow of slain Tree of Life congregant as defense focuses on killer's tough childhood ahead of final decision on capital punishment