Ceremony Remembers Tree Of Life Tragedy

October 29, 2023 3:30 am

PITTSBURGH (AP) — In one sense, there was a feeling of closure as survivors marked five years since the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. They joined with hundreds of others for an outdoor commemoration of the 11 people who were killed at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. It was the first commemoration since the killer was convicted and sentenced to death after a long-stalled legal process. But it also came less than three weeks after Hamas attacks killed more than 1,400 in Israel. And it was two days after the latest mass shooting in the United States claimed 18 lives in Maine.