VIDEO: Pittsburgh Synagogue Rabbi Calls For A Stop To ‘Words Of Hate’

Jeffrey Myers, of Pittsburgh synagogue Tree of Life. Image by getty images

By Forward Staff October 29, 2018

In a vigil on Sunday night, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers who was presiding over the service at the Pittsburgh synagogue Tree of Life on Saturday when the gunman murdered praying congregants called on leaders to “stop the words of hate.”

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