Pittsburgh Jewish Community Votes Amid Rise in Anti-Semitism, 6 Years After Synagogue Shooting

PITTSBURGH—On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman killed 11 people and injured six others at the Tree of Life–Or L’Simcha Congregation—the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. Less than five years later, the Hamas terrorist group launched in Israel the deadliest single-day anti-Semitic attack since the Holocaust. More than six years after the synagogue shooting and a year after Hamas’s attack, the Jewish community in Squirrel Hill, where the synagogue is located, will head to the polls to vote in a key state amid a rise in anti-Semitism. The Epoch Times saw plenty of Harris–Walz campaign signs, and just one Trump campaign sign, throughout Squirrel Hill, where most of Pittsburgh’s Jews reside as there is a notable Orthodox Jewish presence that is split but leans Republican. The Jewish community in Pittsburgh overall, as is the case nationwide, is heavily Democrat....