Volunteers pay tribute to the victims of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting

Pittsburgh marks eight years since Tree of Life synagogue shooting

Pittsburgh, Pa. will hold a public ceremony on Tuesday to commemorate the Oct. 27, 2018 mass shooting a the city's Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Congregation.

Volunteers pay tribute to the victims of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting

This Tuesday marks eight years since the Tree of Life synagogue shooting took the lives of 11 people. Volunteers on Sunday paid tribute to the victims, giving back to the community with a day of service.

The Tree of Life Shooting

Saturday, October 27, 2018, marked the deadliest attack on Jews in American history. That morning, a gunman entered Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life-Or L’Simcha Congregation during Shabbat services, killing 11 Jewish worshippers and injuring several others. The massacre prompted many American Jews to question their safety in a country where their families had sought refuge.  Tree of Life, which at the time housed three congregations (Tree of Life-Or L’…

Day of service throughout Pittsburgh honors lives lost in 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting - Beaver County Radio

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Police respond to an active shooter situation at the Tree of Life synagogue on Wildins Avenue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pa., on Saturday, October 27, 2018. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette via AP) Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News (Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh community came together to honor the eleven...