PITTSBURGH — Rabbi Jonathan Perlman took the witness stand Thursday wearing the yarmulke he had on the day a gunman burst into his Pittsburgh synagogue during Sabbath services and began shooting anyone he could find. The skullcap Jews wear as a reminder of God’s presence fell off during the Oct. 27, 2018, attack on the Tree of Life synagogue, which …
Rabbi Bentziyon Pil’s storefront synagogue is easy to miss, just a corner shop with boxes of halvah stacked in the window. Rabbi Bentziyon Pil raises the Torah during prayers at the Schneerson Jewish Center. Jacob Hallovany, left, Junior Rabbi Alon Chanukov and Rabbi Bentziyon Pil pray at the Schneerson Jewish Center. Pil and his congregants were so certain no one …
