Hate Crimes
Rabbis express thanks to one of the injured law-enforcement officers, who was the first on the scene of the Pittsburgh shooting.
More than 1,800 people came to offer their condolences to the families and friends of those who will be laid to rest this week.
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“As long as he is coming to support the community and families, and not for a personal agenda, I have no problem with it,” said a local resident.
“We will continue to thrive and sing and worship and learn together and continue our historic legacy in the city with the friendliest people that I know,” said Rabbi Jonathan Perlman.
Among the victims were two brothers, an elderly husband and wife, as well as a 97-year-old woman.
Arab representatives issued statements condemning the massacre of 11 Jews by an anti-Semitic gunman at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
Dan Stein, 71, was a father and grandfather who regularly served as chazzan (cantor and prayer leader) for a congregation that met at Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
‘It’s a time of mourning’: American Jewish community reacts after Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting
“Unfortunately, this violent attack—the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in the United States since 2014—occurs at time when the ADL has reported an increase in both anti-Semitic incidents and anti-Semitic online harassment.”
The shooting took place at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, a historic Jewish neighborhood in Pittsburgh, as the synagogue was observing its weekly Shabbat services.
“We grieve today for Kim Levengrond Yehezkel and Ziv Hajbi, may God avenge their blood. We will catch this heinous killer and we will settle the score. Israeli blood will not be spilled in vain,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says as the manhunt for the gunmen continues.
After she was shot in the stomach, Kim Levengrond Yehezkel managed to flee the room and hide under her desk. She was found by two stockroom workers—one Arab and one Jew—who took care of her until paramedics arrived.
