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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Community members mourn the lives lost in the Tree of Life shooting during a ceremony in Schenley Park on Thursday afternoon.

‘Their light remains here with us all’: Tree of Life victims remembered four years later

By Pamela Smith, Contributing Editor • October 28, 2022
Family and friends of those killed in the Tree of Life massacre lit candles in memory of their loved ones in Schenley Park Thursday afternoon.
Community members embrace at a Wednesday ceremony in Schenley Park to commemorate three years after the Tree of Life massacre.

‘Steel ourselves’: Community commemorates 2018 Tree of Life massacre

By Brandon Raglow, Staff Writer • October 28, 2021
Several hundred community members attended a Wednesday evening commemoration ceremony in Schenley Park for the 2018 Tree of Life massacre, which took the lives of 11 Jewish worshippers in the deadliest attack ever on American Jews.
Flowers, candles and chalk drawings placed outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in 2019.

Editorial | We still need to remember the Tree of Life massacre

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 26, 2021
Three years out from the Tree of Life massacre, there’s still much work to be done in preventing antisemitism.
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