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Edelman cleats in memory of Pittsburgh shooting victims sell for $10,000

California-based Golden West Food Group purchased the cleats, and the company is donating the funds to Combined Jewish Philanthropies in Boston and Pittsburgh’s Jewish Federation.

Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman wore these cleats on Dec. 16, 2018 to remember the 11 Jewish victims of the Oct. 27, 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Credit: Julian Edelman/Twitter.
Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman wore these cleats on Dec. 16, 2018 to remember the 11 Jewish victims of the Oct. 27, 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Credit: Julian Edelman/Twitter.

Specialized cleats worn by New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman in remembrance of the 11 people killed in the Oct. 27 shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh have been sold for $10,000.

California-based Golden West Food Group purchased the cleats, and the company is donating the funds to Combined Jewish Philanthropies in Boston and Pittsburgh’s Jewish Federation.

Edelman wore the cleats last month in a loss against the Pittsburgh Steelers as part of the NFL’s “My Cause, My Cleats” campaign.

In Remembrance. בזיכרון עץ חיים#StrongerThanHate Joyce Feinberg Richard Gottfried Rose Mallinger Jerry Rabinowitz Cecil Rosenthal David Rosenthal Bernice Simon Sylvan Simon Daniel Stein Melvin Wax Irving Younger ????@MACHE275????@CJPBoston????????pic.twitter.com/PUUszklkUz — Julian Edelman (@Edelman11) December 16, 2018

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