Community members, political leaders gather for new Tree of Life synagogue groundbreaking
A memoria, museum and house of worship will be built on the site of the synagogue, where 11 members of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community were murdered more than five years ago
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From left, second gentleman Doug Emhoff with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Carole Zawatsky, CEO of The Tree of Life, Sen. Bob Casey, Jr., (D-Pa) and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and others during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Tree of Life complex in Pittsburgh, Sunday, June 23, 2024. The new structure is replacing the Tree of Life synagogue where 11 worshipers were murdered in 2018 in the deadliest act of antisemitism in U.S. history.
More than five years ago, 11 members of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community were murdered at the Tree of Life synagogue on Shabbat by a white nationalist gunman. The relatives of those killed, Squirrel Hill Jewish community members and political leaders...