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Service, commemoration and study planned in memory of lives lost on Oct. 27, 2018
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Documentary about the attack at the Tree of Life building premieres on HBO
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Repair the World Pittsburgh volunteers help beautify an outdoor space.
Photo courtesy of Repair the World Pittsburgh
By Adam Reinherz | Staff Writer
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our years after the attack at the Tree of Life building on Oct. 27, 2018, two organizations are enabling community members to serve and commemorate. The 10.27 Healing Partnership and Repair the World Pittsburgh are organizing numerous volunteer events in memory of the 11 Pittsburgh Jews murdered that day. Members of Tree of Life Congregation, Congregation Dor Hadash and New Light Congregation were worshipping at their respective Shabbat services in the Tree of Life building when a gunman entered and opened fire. Six other people were seriously wounded in the attack, including four first responders. This year’s service opportunities, which are scheduled through the end of October, include beautifying local spaces, donating blood and packing books. Each project, said Maggie Feinstein of the 10.27 Healing Partnership, ensures the
“voices of the three congregations and families and survivors are honored and reflect what we’ve learned over the last three years: This was an attack on the Jewish community, and the lives should be a blessing for the entire community.” Annie Dunn, a senior program associate of Repair the World: Pittsburgh, said four themes — civic engagement, community care, environmental stewardship and honoring loved ones — guide the volunteering opportunities, and that many of the projects were planned in collaboration with those principally affected by the events of Oct. 27, 2018. In Judaism, after a loved one dies, it’s common to say, “May their memory be a blessing,” Dunn noted. This year’s projects seek to honor the “commitments, passions and service” that each of the 11 people who died shared with the community throughout Please see Events, page 10
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By David Rullo | Staff Writer
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ilmmaker Trish Adlesic’s “A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting” is a deeply personal portrait of those who survived the horror of the Oct. 27, 2018, massacre. Told through first-person accounts, the film documents the violence and terror that unfolded that day — but it is also a story of survival and strength seen through the eyes of survivors, family members of those who were killed and the community. This style of storytelling was important to the director. Adlesic said that she knew Please see Documentary, page 10
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