The FBI’s Pittsburgh office is investigating violent threats made this week against religious schools and places of worship in Western Pennsylvania. They included two threatening emails sent to a Catholic school and a handful of antisemitic online messages sent to members of the Jewish community in the city. The Jewish
Pittsburgh police confirmed Wednesday that detectives are investigating reports of several yard signs defaced or destroyed in the Squirrel Hill area this week.
Pittsburgh police increased patrols in Squirrel Hill this week after vandals defaced at least 10 “We Stand With Israel” yard signs with images of bloody handprints — the latest in a spike of antisemitic activity in both the Pittsburgh region and nationwide. The yard signs were vandalized Monday and Tuesday