The students, who were wearing yarmulkes, were on their way to the Hillel Jewish University Center building for Shabbat dinner after a pre-Shabbos gathering at Hemingway’s Café, according to Daniel Marcus, executive director and CEO of Hillel Jewish University Center of Pittsburgh.

She told me she needed a “dose of Yiddishkeit—Judaism” and asked if she could join us for Shabbat. Of course, I said yes—that’s what we’re here for!

The University of Pittsburgh's Jewish community is disturbed by Friday night's attack on two Jewish students, but at the same time, expressing strength.

Roughly 200 Harvard affiliates attended a vigil on Sunday to mourn the lives of the six hostages whose bodies were recovered from Gaza and to demand the return of all the remaining hostages held captive by Hamas.

The attack took place on the Forbes Avenue sidewalk near the Cathedral of Learning. The students were walking to a service at the campus Hillel when a man smashed a bottle over one of the students' heads, according to an account from Rabbi Shmuli Rothstein, director of Chabad at the...