The "grotesque" baobab tree has long been known as the "tree of life" for its ability to create and maintain its own ecosystem in arid regions. Since the time of the ancient Egyptians, people have ...
All species on Earth, both living and extinct, are related. We know this because of a biological tool called the tree of life. This "tree" takes the form of a diagram that maps the relationships ...
Human-induced climate change and environmental degradation is causing entire genera to go extinct at rates 35 times higher than what’s been estimated to have occurred in the past one million years. A ...
ON THE PLANS HERE. THAT’S RIGHT. THIS DEMOLITION WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS. MOST OF THE OLD BUILDING WILL COME DOWN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A HISTORIC AND RECOGNIZABLE PORTION RIGHT AT THE CORNER ...
When I am invited to give talks about the Tree of Life synagogue massacre, I sometimes ask my audiences this question: “How many mass shootings in the United States can you name?” I can see them begin ...
October 27 will mark seven years since the horrific massacre of 11 innocent worshipers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, and the site is still awaiting its ...
Audrey Glickman learned about antisemitism at a young age. In the second grade, the third-generation Pittsburgher started walking to B’nai Emunoh, an Orthodox shul a few blocks away in Greenfield’s ...
For five years, they waded through tides of healing and commemoration. A monthslong trial that was punctuated with a death sentence and reopened old wounds. Hundreds of Shabbat services led in ...
Audrey Glickman showed up for morning minyan today — as she has nearly every morning since Oct. 27, 2018, when she survived the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Glickman, now 68, was ...