Remembering
Five years after Tree of Life attack, Pittsburgh Jewish community commemorates massacre — and grieves with Israel
This anniversary, already a difficult day for a grieving community, comes less than three weeks after Hamas’ deadly terrorist attacks in Israel that have deeply affected Pittsburgh’s Jewish community
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Tree of Life Synagogue is the site of the 2018 mass killing that was the deadliest act of anti-Semitism in U.S. history, seen on April 21, 2023, in Pittsburgh, PA.
Five years ago, an armed white nationalist walked into a Pittsburgh synagogue that was just starting its Saturday morning Shabbat service and began shooting. Eleven people died in the massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue, the most deadly...