This past Saturday, a historic shooting occurred is Pittsburg at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill. Eleven jews were killed, thus making it the deadliest attack on jews in all US History. This has shaken the residents of the neighborhood and has impacted them in multiple ways. They now have been struck with fear, but still are resilient, inclusive, friendly, and supportive of each other in many ways.
This article was written by Kyle Swenson, Gabriel Pogrund, and Kayla Epstein on October 29, 2018 at 8:31 PM. Previously, I had known some information over the shooting, but I had not known about Squirrel Hill as a hub of Jewish residents. This article was written to inform people about the terrible things going onnin our country and how the threats of guns are being handled. We can relate this to the Holocaust because this was a Nazi hate crime. These Jews were being oersecuted for their religion and their beliefs, just like many other jews were in the Holocaust. Although this is relatively small compared to the massive scale in which Jews were murdered duringbthe Holocaust, it still is important especially because of the violation of First Amendment Rights and how it was a hate crime.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/synagogue-shooting-shatters-sense-of-safety-for-squirrel-hills-jewish-residents/2018/10/29/d92e6636-dbb8-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html?utm_term=.e59cb0bae240
It is frankly disgusting that at a safe haven in a community, where people go to worship were attacking so violently.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand how in today's society people can still go this far in disgusting acts like this
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