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Audrey Glickman’s heart still aches for Joe — especially on Oct. 27 each year. Five years ago on Friday, Glickman and Joseph Charny, her late companion, fled Pervin Chapel when a gunman broke into their Squirrel Hill synagogue and opened fire. They hid inside a room near the choir loft,
Hundreds gathered at Prospect Drive in Schenley Park at 3 p.m. on Friday in remembrance of the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue massacre that occurred five years ago on Oct. 27, taking the lives of 11 and wounding six others. Hosted by the 10.27 Healing Partnership, the commemoration featured a candle lighting ceremony by victims’ families, music performances and speeches by various community leaders.
In one sense, there was a feeling of closure as survivors marked five years since the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. They joined with hundreds of others for an
In one sense, there was a feeling of closure as survivors marked five years since the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history