Tree of Life
A portion of a memorial outside the Tree of Life building in 2018 (Photo by Jim Busis)
May 26, 2025, 3:39 pm
‘Crisis fatigue’ and fear grip Jewish community after Washington attack
Pittsburgh Jews shaken by D.C. attack, echoing pain of 2018 synagogue shooting
By Toby Tabachnick
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers. (Photo by Abigail Hakas)
May 23, 2025, 1:26 pm
Tree of Life’s Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers named Cantors Assembly president
'I've got one foot in the past — in the tradition of the cantor of Eastern Europe — and I'd like to think that I have one foot straddling the line between present and future'
By Adam Reinherz
From left: Dan Leger, Martin Gaynor, Eric Lidji, Amy Mallinger, Andrea Mallinger Wedner and Jodi Kart (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
April 28, 2025, 2:57 pm
Synagogue shooting survivors share how global support restored faith in humanity
Each item sent after the shooting, no matter how simple, carried a powerful message: You are not alone.
By Toby Tabachnick
Community Day School. (Photo courtesy of Community Day School)
April 17, 2025, 9:10 am
If we want Jewish life to survive, we must invest in the living
Jewish continuity has never come from educating others about our suffering. It always comes from educating our children about their story, faith and future.
By Mendy Cohen
Panels from the new exhibition Lessons from the Tree of Life: Lighting the Path Forward.” (Photo by David Rullo)
March 24, 2025, 3:55 pm
Tree of Life launches traveling exhibition
‘Lessons from the Tree of Life: Lighting the Path Forward’ opens March 27
By David Rullo
A memorial outside the Tree of Life building after the Oct. 27, 2018, attack (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
March 11, 2025, 10:52 am
Tree of Life to unveil new traveling exhibit, building design
Exhibition tells the story of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
By David Rullo
Tree of Life building rendering with new memorial, the path in front of the building with stone markers. (Photo copyright Studio Libeskind)
February 11, 2025, 8:04 am
Antisemitism experts to shape Tree of Life’s museum and educational programs
Amy Spitalnick of the JCPA and Holocaust expert Daniel Greene join advisory council
Tree of Life building rendering with new memorial, the path in front of the building with stone markers. (Photo copyright Studio Libeskind)
November 6, 2024, 11:52 am
Tree of Life gets $4 million from commonwealth
“I am proud to help ensure that the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in America will stand as a monument to tolerance, education and resilience.” — State Rep. Dan Frankel
By Toby Tabachnick
Yolanda Savage-Narva, vice president of racial equity, diversity and inclusion, communities of belonging for the Union for Reform Judaism (left) moderated the Tree of Life, Inc.’s first public program featuring Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Rep. Jamie Raskin and Maya Wiley, present and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. (Screenshot by David Rullo)
October 1, 2024, 2:14 pm
Tree of Life debuts programming in Washington D.C.
"A locally grounded institution with a national reach"
By David Rullo
The Tree of Life building days after the attack. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
July 3, 2024, 5:06 pm
Tree of Life targeted by bomb threat hoax
The July 2 threat was similar in language to previous threats that have been aimed at Jewish institutions both locally and throughout the country.
By David Rullo
Interfaith leaders say a group prayer at the Tree of Life groundbreaking. (Photo by Dale Lazar)
June 26, 2024, 1:16 pm
Tree of Life’s mission to uproot antisemitism couldn’t come at a more critical time
One of Tree of Life’s core missions is to uproot antisemitism and other identity-based hate.
Participants gather to break glass houses at the Tree of Life groundbreaking ceremony June 23. (Photo by Dale Lazar)
June 24, 2024, 1:09 pm
Tree of Life, Inc. breaks ground
New building will be located on site of deadliest antisemitic incident in U.S. history
By David Rullo
Survivors, some family members of victims, community leaders and elected officials smashed small glass houses at the conclusion of the event. The glass shards will be made into mezuzahs to be fixed in the doorways of the new building, which is expected to be completed in 2 1/2 years. (Photo by Dale Lazar)
June 23, 2024, 6:11 pm
Tree of Life, Inc. breaks ground on new building
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, CNN's Wolf Blitzer among speakers
New dirt is brought to the Tree of Life site in June 2024, following the razing of the building in preparation for construction of a new building. (Photo by Dan Rothschild)
June 18, 2024, 6:32 pm
Tree of Life prepares for groundbreaking
“It’s a moment that highlights the reality of the building,” the architect said, “and that’s important for everybody.”
By David Rullo
REMEMBER REBUILD RENEW: LIGHTING THE PATH FORWARD, in the Russell Senate Office Building Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Senate photo)
June 7, 2024, 1:25 pm
Casey, Fetterman host exhibit in Congress honoring memories of 10/27 victims
Tree of Life to become living memorial to lives lost to antisemitism
By Toby Tabachnick
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