Death Penalty

0 Antisemitism

Jews were excluded from California county’s death penalty juries for decades, new evidence reveals

Jackie Hajdenberg in JTA · 13 May

New evidence has surfaced revealing that Jews, along with Black female jurors, were systematically excluded from Alameda County's death penalty juries in California dating back to 1977.

0 Antisemitism Politics

A Jewish voice demanding liberty, equality and fraternity — in France and in Texas — has been silenced

Robert Zaretsky in Forward · 11 Feb

Robert Badinter, a prominent French figure known for his advocacy against the death penalty and his commitment to the values of liberty, equality, and fraternity, passed away recently.

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Shlomo Brody on Capital Punishment and the Jewish Tradition

Tikvah · 10 Aug 2023

In this discussion, Rabbi Shlomo Brody addresses the topic of capital punishment in Judaism, particularly in relation to the case of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter.

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Shlomo Brody on Capital Punishment and the Jewish Tradition

Tikvah · 10 Aug 2023

Rabbi Shlomo Brody, director of an organization focused on aging, end-of-life care, and organ donation, discusses the topic of capital punishment within the Jewish tradition.

0 Politics Antisemitism

The Pittsburgh synagogue shooter got the death penalty. Pennsylvania’s Jewish governor is mum on the sentence.

Jacob Kornbluh in Forward · 3 Aug 2023

Following the jury's decision to sentence Robert Bowers to death for the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue attack, Pennsylvania's Jewish governor, Josh Shapiro, refrained from commenting directly on the death penalty.

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Texas to Execute Jewish Man on World Day Against the Death Penalty

Martine Schwan in Moment · 2 Aug 2023

Jedidiah Murphy, a Jewish man on death row in Texas for the murder of Bertie Lee Cunningham, is scheduled to be executed on October 10, 2023, which coincidentally is the World Day Against the Death Penalty recognized by the United Nations.

0 Ethics Antisemitism

I’m a rabbi who survived the Pittsburgh synagogue attack. Killing the shooter won’t bring my slain congregants back

Rabbi Jonathan Perlman in Forward · 2 Aug 2023

Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, a survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, reflects on the sentencing of the shooter to death.

0 Antisemitism History

Pittsburgh synagogue shooter sentenced to death

Ron Kampeas in Forward · 2 Aug 2023

A jury has sentenced the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter, Robert Bowers, to death, concluding a tragic chapter in American Jewish history marked by the worst antisemitic attack in the country.

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After Tree of Life sentencing, 6 Jewish scholars on what text and tradition say about the death penalty

Matthew Litman in Forward · 2 Aug 2023

After the death penalty was sentenced for Robert Bowers, the man who murdered 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, six Jewish scholars discuss Judaism's stance on capital punishment.

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The Tree of Life shooter will likely receive the death penalty. Only one question remains

Nora Berman in Forward · 13 Jul 2023

The man responsible for the deadliest crime against Jews in American history, the Tree of Life shooter, has been found eligible to receive the death penalty.

0 Holocaust Communities

Dr. Bob Libman, the brother of Pittsburgh victim Joyce Fienberg, reflects on the guilty verdict for the Tree of Life synagogue shooter

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 19 Jun 2023

An American jury recently found the gunman responsible for the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh guilty on all 63 counts, including the murder of 11 Jews, among them Joyce Fienberg, who attended the synagogue daily and was a Toronto native.

0 Politics Antisemitism

Pennsylvania governor credits families of Tree of Life victims for his anti-death penalty stance

Jacob Kornbluh in Forward · 16 Feb 2023

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has called for the abolition of the death penalty, citing moral reasons and insights from families of the Tree of Life synagogue victims.

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A Jew on Death Row

Allan Levine in Tablet · 15 Feb 2023

The article discusses the case of Pesach Rubenstein, a Polish-Jewish immigrant who was one of the first (possibly the first) Jews in post-American Revolutionary New York to be sentenced to death in 1876.

0 Television/Film Culture

Hear Ye, Hear Ye!: Ep. 262

Unorthodox · 11 Feb 2021

This episode of Unorthodox features excerpts from two new podcasts, "Take One" by Liel Leibovitz and "Anxiously" by Aimee Friedman and Lisa Sandell.

0 Politics History

If Someone Comes to Kill You: Exposing Israel’s History of Targeted Assassinations

Tel Aviv Review · 30 Jan 2018

Ronen Bergman's book "Rise and Kill First" delves into Israel's history of targeted assassinations, spanning from pre-statehood to the present day.

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