Event
On October 27, 2018, during a Shabbat service, a gunman shot and killed eleven people in the Tree of Life Synagogue-Or L'Simcha Congregation in Pittsburgh, including Penn alumnus Jerry Rabinowitz. As the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history, the shooting has had societal consequences, but for members of the Pittsburgh Jewish community, the impact is deeply personal as well—and is still unfolding.
As a way to commemorate the loss, and to help digest the event's implications, please join us for an online program featuring contributors to the newly published Bound in the Bond of Life, a collection of essays from scholars, journalists, religious leaders, activists, and community members attempting to come to terms with what happened.
Zoom Link to be provided, Password required
More information is at this link: https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-reflections-scholars-and-writers-life-and-after-americas
Sponsored by the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Cosponsored by the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, the Jewish Studies Program at the Dietrich School of the University of Pittsburgh, and the Jack Buncher Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies in the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University.