Choosing Peace Before Politics Rabbi Jeffrey Myers was introduced to the world in a photograph of him being rushed away from the Tree of Life synagogue, with a talit over one shoulder, clutching his kippah to his head. He quickly became the face of Jewish Pittsburgh, speaking at length to the media and eventually taking…
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, who was presiding over the service at the Pittsburgh synagogue Tree of Life on Saturday morning when the gunman murdered 11 praying congregants, told the Today show the story of the tragedy. The footage is moving. “I heard him execute my congregants,” he said. “This is my home and it’s been desecrated,”…
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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