2018
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting survivors read Psalm 23 standing before 11 candles lit in memory of those murdered on Oct. 27, 2018. (Photo by David Rullo)
October 28, 2025, 1:06 pm
Community commemorates Pittsburgh synagogue shooting seven years later
"Seven years later we are still fighting the hate that led to the attack. We are still working to ensure that no community, Jewish or otherwise, faces such terror again."
By David Rullo
Students from Community Day School and Joseph and Florence Mandel Jewish Day School gather outside the Tree of Life building for a joint commemoration on Oct. 27, 2025. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
October 28, 2025, 9:08 am
Day school students from Pittsburgh and Cleveland embrace lessons of Oct. 27
Remembrance is important, educators say, but students also need to know the 'world is made up of more goodness than evil'
By Adam Reinherz
An Oct. 27 commemoration brought survivors, victims' families, community members and students together for an age-appropriate program at Community Day School on Oct. 28, 2024. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
October 29, 2024, 12:20 pm
Community Day School educators keep memories alive during Oct. 27 commemoration
'The only way that they're going to find out is if we tell the story'
By Adam Reinherz
Patty Epps from Greenfield talks with Marlene Haus Squirrel Hill while looking over the 1981 Tolusy yearbook during the Memories of Tree of Life Storytelling and Sharing at the Wightman School Community Building organized by the 10.27 Healing Project in collaboration with the Rauh Jewish Archives of the Heinz History Center and the Holocaust Center of Greater Pittsburgh Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak / Union Progress)
August 30, 2023, 4:12 pm
A ‘shiva to an era’: Tree of Life congregants share memories of a bygone time
Night of mingling and refreshments yields tales and preservation of congregation's past
By Adam Reinherz
August 3, 2023, 11:58 am
Justice, not vengeance
A jury representing a cross-section of our region found that the crimes the killer committed deserved the ultimate punishment.
By Toby Tabachnick
Rabbi Doris Dyen, a member of Congregation Dor Hadash, speaks surrounded by other survivors and the family members of victims during a press conference at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023, after a jury decided that the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting gunman will receive the death penalty for killing 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
August 3, 2023, 11:53 am
After verdict, those affected most by synagogue shooting reflect back and look ahead
'We’re here, and we are Jews, and we will keep doing what we do. And nothing is going to stop that'
By Adam Reinherz and David Rullo
Memorial outside the Tree of Life building, Oct. 2018 (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
May 25, 2023, 4:59 pm
Jury finally selected in synagogue massacre trial
The jury is comprised of seven men and 11 women, all of whom are white except one Asian woman.
By Torsten Ove
Brad Orsini, former Jewish Federation director of community security, prepares group before entering the Pervin Chapel at the Tree of Life Building in November 2018. Photo by Adam Reinherz
May 15, 2023, 8:03 pm
Federation’s first director of community security recalls Oct. 27, 2018
“It’s still difficult for me because my role in the community was to keep people safe and that day we lost 11 people,” he said. “That’s what I think about.”
By David Rullo
Former Mayor Bill Peduto in front of the Tree of Life building on April 23, 2023 (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
April 26, 2023, 4:30 pm
Former Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto recalls Oct. 27, 2018
“It was evident that they were all in shock. There was a rawness of emotion that was almost covered over by what felt like a malaise of not knowing what to do.”
By David Rullo
The virtual second year commemoration ceremony in honor of those murdered Oct. 27, 2018, was hosted by the 10.27 Healing Partnership. (Screenshot of the 10.27 Healing Partnership website)
October 28, 2020, 3:44 pm
Virtual event honors lives of those killed during Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
10.27 Healing Partnership hosted event remembering 11 murdered
By David Rullo
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