UID:
edocfu_9959798017102883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) :
,
illustrations
ISBN:
0-8229-4651-3
Content:
On October 27, 2018, three congregations were holding their morning Shabbat services at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood when a lone gunman entered the building and opened fire. He killed eleven people and injured six more in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history. The story made national headlines for weeks following the shooting, but Pittsburgh and the local Jewish community could not simply move on when the news cycle did. The essays in this anthology, written by local journalists, academics, rabbis, and other community members, reveal a city's attempts to cope, make sense of, and come to terms with an unfathomable horror. Here, members from the three impacted congregations are able to reflect on their experiences in a raw, profound way. Local reporters who wrote about the event professionally contribute stories that they were unable to articulate until now. Activists consider their work at a calm distance from the chaotic intensity of their daily efforts. Academics mesh their professional expertise with their personal experiences of this shattering event in their hometown. Rabbis share their process of crafting comforting messages for their constituents when they themselves felt hopeless. By bringing local voices together into a chorus, they are raised over the din of national and international chroniclers who offer important contributions but do not and cannot feel the intensity of this tragedy in the same way as locals. The essays in this anthology tell a collective story of city shaken to its very core, but determined that love will ultimately win.
Note:
Foreword / David M. Shribman -- Introduction / Eric Lidji -- Here Is Squirrel Hill / Molly Pascal -- Closed because of yesterday / Andrew Goldstein -- I Read somewhere that Pittsburgh is stronger than hate / Tony Norman -- The news next door / Ann Belser -- Wire and string / Kevin Haworth -- Imposter or activist / Avigail S. Oren -- Pittsburgh positive / Brooke Barker -- Sharing their stories / Laura Zittrain Eisenberg -- Processing / Eric Lidji -- Honey from the carcass / Beth Kissileff -- Lisa's tango survival strategy / Lisa D. Brush -- The day they honored / Susan Jacobs Jablow -- Covering the unprecedented / Peter Smith -- Memorialization, mourning, surviving / Adam Shear -- Finding the vessels / Rabbi Daniel Yolkut -- Shocked, not surprised / Arlene Weiner -- Eleh Ezkerah, Nusach Pittsburgh / Rabbi Jonathan Perlman -- Keith Way / Campbell Robertson -- The last day I felt safe as an American Jew / Toby Tabachnick -- Walking is my tribute / Abby W. Schachter -- After the outpouring / Jane Bernstein -- Fall semester 2018 / Barbara S. Burstin -- "You will get through it" / Linda F. Hurwitz -- Afterword / Beth Kissileff.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8229-6694-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8229-8797-X
Language:
English
Keywords:
Personal narratives
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