“I was really there thinking of Jerry and Dan, of what good people they are,” he said, adding that he and Ms. Clickner were not in court as official representatives of Dor Hadash. “It was important I think for somebody to be there on their behalf, and also as a member of the congregation, to say and to represent visually that we are still here and we are going to be here.” 
 
 Image Robert Bowers was charged with the murders of 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Credit via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images 
 
 [Read more about the shooting suspect, who frequently reposted anti-Semitic content on social media.] 
 
 After the hearing, the White House announced that President Trump would be visiting Pittsburgh on Tuesday with the first lady, a decision that had drawn criticism — and prompted disagreement within Pittsburgh’s Jewish community — before it was even announced. 
 
 Two Jewish groups had called on Mr. Trump earlier in the day to back down from inflammatory rhetoric that they said seemed to be encouraging the most radical fringes of American society. 
 
 The Pittsburgh chapter of Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, a progressive Jewish group focused on social justice in the United States, said in an open letter to Mr. Trump that he was “not welcome in Pittsburgh until you fully denounce white nationalism.” 
 
 The letter, which had 26,000 signatures on Monday morning, said Mr. Trump’s language had given confidence to white nationalists. 
 
 “For the past three years your words and your policies have emboldened a growing white nationalist movement,” the letter said. “You yourself called the murderer evil, but yesterday’s violence is the direct culmination of your influence.” 
 
 The chairman of the board of Bend the Arc: Jewish Action is Alexander Soros. He is the son of George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist and major donor to Democratic candidates, who is Jewish and who survived Nazi occupation in Hungary.
– Mike Pence is taking flak for what critics say was an extremely insensitive choice of rabbi at a campaign event Monday night. The vice president invited Rabbi Loren Jacobs to the stage at the event in suburban Detroit to offer a prayer for victims of the Pittsburgh mass shooting, and Jacobs invoked "Jesus the Messiah" in his opening remarks. Jacobs practices Messianic Judaism, which Jewish leaders consider a form of Christianity, the Washington Post reports. There are more than 60 rabbis in the state directory, "and yet the only rabbi they could find to offer a prayer for the 11 Jewish victims in Pittsburgh at the Mike Pence Rally was a local Jew for Jesus rabbi? That's pathetic!" Detroit-area Rabbi Jason Miller wrote in a Facebook post. In other developments: Wheelchair for court appearance. Alleged shooter Robert Bowers, who was injured in an exchange of fire with police, was in a wheelchair during a brief court appearance Monday, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. He was ordered held without bail after the federal judge gave an overview of the 29 charges against him, some of which carry the death penalty. His next hearing will be Thursday morning. The 46-year-old also faces state murder charges. He showed no clear signs of injury during the appearance, though he didn't move very much, the New York Times reports.