A former college student who carried out a hate-motivated shooting at the Chabad of Poway that killed one woman and injured three other people is expected to receive a second life sentence Tuesday in federal court • Full Story

A 22-year-old former nursing student was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Thursday for bursting into a Southern California synagogue on the last day of Passover in 2019 with a semiautomatic rifle, killing one worshipper and wounding three others. An agreement with prosecutors spared John T. Earnest the death penalty, but the hearing gave victims and families their first opportunity to address the killer directly during victim-impact statements in San Diego Superior Court • Full Story

Under the terms of his plea agreement with federal prosecutors, attorneys for John T. Earnest and the government will jointly recommend that he receive a life term in prison when he is sentenced on Dec. 28, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. Earnest is accused of killing one worshiper and wounding three others in a shooting spree inside a California synagogue about a month after setting fire to a nearby mosque • Full Story

John Earnest, who carried out the April 27, 2019 shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue that killed one woman and injured three other people, pleaded guilty in San Diego Superior Court Tuesday to murder and other state charges. He previously admitted to both the shooting in which he killed Lori Kaye, and the mosque fire in an online open letter in which he espoused flagrant anti-Semitic sentiments and a need to protect the “European race” • Full Story

The question of capital punishment continues to hang over the federal prosecution of John T. Earnest, the 21-year-old man charged with opening fire inside a Poway synagogue last year, killing one and wounding three others • Full Story

Prosecutors in California plan to seek the death penalty against a former college student accused of carrying out a 2019 attack on a San Diego-area Shul that left one woman dead and three others wounded • Full Story

Lori Lynn Lane was dedicated Friday in memory of Lori Lynn Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed last April in a shooting at the Chabad of Poway. The short street off Stone Canyon Road, near where Gilbert-Kaye lived, was renamed from Eva Drive to Lori Lynn Lane at the request of family and friends and with the blessing of the city • Full Story

Poway Mayor Steve Vaus and Chabad of Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein were among the first to greet President Donald Trump when he deplaned Air Force One Wednesday at MCAS Miramar in San Diego. Mayor Vaus said he gave President Trump a “Mayor’s Medallion” after shaking the president’s hand in the receiving line upon his arrival • Watch

It has been nearly three months since that Passover day when Lori’s life was cut down by a gunman’s bullets. As the calls for help came from the lobby that fateful morning, I rushed from the sanctuary and saw a woman grievously injured, and my lifesaving training kicked in. It was not until after long minutes of trying to breathe life back into the woman’s inert body that I realized she was my wife. Written by Howard Kaye • Full Article

Thursday afternoon, Vice President Mike Pence together with his wife Karen, made an unannounced stop to the Chabad of Poway, where one person was killed and three were injured in an anti-Semitic attack on the last day of Pessach. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, the Shliach and hero who was shot, was thrilled to see him • Full Story, Photos

Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein spoke at the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday morning, just under two months after the deadly shooting at his synagogue. The rabbi’s remarks were part of a larger address calling on countries around the world to collaborate to fight anti-Semitism • Photos

Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein spoke at the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday morning, just under two months after the deadly shooting at his synagogue. The rabbi’s remarks were part of a larger address calling on countries around the world to collaborate to fight anti-Semitism • Watch

Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, survivor of the Poway Chabad shooting and the congregation’s leader, is set to address the United Nations General Assembly in a special sitting on antisemitism next week • Full Story

A special ceremony was held Monday morning to mark the sheloshim of Mrs. Lori Kaye Hy”d, who was killed in the attack on the Chabad of Poway. The ceremony was graced by the presence of Israel’s Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi David Lau, who is presently in Los Angeles in a visit dedicated to encouraging the Jewish community • Full Story

In response to the act of terror in Poway, there was a mitzvah campaign created in partner with Charidy.com which is a forum for non-profit organizations to raise money. This Campaign is different than others, the Pause for Poway Campaign is to raise mitzvos and increase in goodness and kindness • Full Story, Video

In the newly launched Lag B’Omer website, by RebbeDrive, one of the pictures that was released, was a special picture. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, the Shliach of Poway, California, can be seen standing at the Lag B’Omer parade of 5753, pointing with his now most famous index finger towards 770.

Aharon Tzvi Altman, a Lubavitcher from Crown Heights was in Poway this past Pesach, visiting his family. That fateful morning, he was Chazan in the Chabad house for Shachris. Listen to his interview with Zev Brenner • Listen

About 400 people crowded into Chabad Synagogue Tuesday night in a show of unity and support in the wake of last weekend’s shooting at a synagogue in Poway, California. Many had gathered in Highland Park and walked down Raritan Avenue to attend the event on College Avenue • Full Story, Photos

On Monday night, another vigil was held at Beth Menachem Chabad of Newton in honor of the 60-year-old woman killed and three others wounded. “We’re with you, we feel your pain, we’re grieving with you, we’re going to be strong, we won’t be afraid,” said Rabbi Shalom Ber Prus • Full Story, Photos

A California nursing student accused of a deadly shooting spree in a San Diego-area synagogue and arson at a nearby mosque was charged on Thursday with 109 counts of federal hate crimes and civil rights violations, prosecutors said • Full Story

From the depths of my heart I thank you for inviting me to your beautiful community this Shabbat, virtually one week to the moment when your sacred sanctuary was grotesquely defiled and one of your very own was torn away from you. Written by Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Full Letter

In the wake of a deadly attack on a Chabad house in California, Shluchim will press for a mandatory moment of silence in American schools, a measure that will reduce violence • Full Story

Official White House photo: President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence host Poway Shliach, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, together with his son and brother in the Oval Office.

Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, Shliach of Poway, California, spent Thursday in Washington DC, the nations capital. He started off in the Chabad House, and then arrived at the White House where he shared the Rebbe’s message that our nation’s schools are to begin each day with a moment of silence • Photos

The heroic rabbi who was wounded in the California synagogue shooting last Saturday said President Trump is supportive of reintroducing a “moment of silence” back into public schools. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who wasn’t on the official schedule, was invited by Trump to the podium at the service for the National Day of Prayer • Full Story