Beth Israel Congregation holds vigil to mourn Pittsburgh victims
Eleven candles were lit before a vigil got underway Sunday night in the sanctuary of the Beth Israel Congregation.Those candles burned in honor of the 11 victims who were killed during a shooting spree at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday.As Rabbi Eve Eichenholtz put it, those in attendance had come “specifically because of the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh in Squirrel Hill during the sacred (observation of) Shabbat, when Jews gather together […]
