Research Catalog

Title

Bound in the bond of life : Pittsburgh writers reflect on the Tree of Life tragedy / edited by Beth Kissileff and Eric Lidji.

Publication

• Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2020]
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kissileff, Beth
• Lidji, Eric

Description

xiv, 242 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"On October 27, 2018, three congregations were holding their morning Shabbat services at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood when a lone gunman entered the building and opened fire. He killed eleven people and injured six more in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history. The story made national headlines for weeks following the shooting, but Pittsburgh and the local Jewish community could not simply move on when the news cycle did. The essays in this anthology, written by local journalists, academics, rabbis, and other community members, reveal a city's attempts to cope, make sense of, and come to terms with an unfathomable horror. Here, members from the three impacted congregations are able to reflect on their experiences in a raw, profound way. Local reporters who wrote about the event professionally contribute stories that they were unable to articulate until now. Activists consider their work at a calm distance from the chaotic intensity of their daily efforts. Academics mesh their professional expertise with their personal experiences of this shattering event in their hometown. Rabbis share their process of crafting comforting messages for their constituents when they themselves felt hopeless. By bringing local voices together into a chorus, they are raised over the din of national and international chroniclers who offer important contributions but do not and cannot feel the intensity of this tragedy in the same way as locals. The essays in this anthology tell a collective story of city shaken to its very core, but determined that love will ultimately win. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go to Jewish Family and Community Service of Pittsburgh."--

Subject

• Tree of Life - Or L'Simcha Congregation (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
• 2000-2099
• Mass shootings > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History > 21st century
• Hate crimes > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History > 21st century
• Mass murder > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History > 21st century
• Jews > Crimes against > History > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > 21st century
• Antisemitism > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History > 21st century
• Antisemitism
• Hate crimes
• Jews > Crimes against
• Mass murder
• Mass shootings
• Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh

Genre/Form

• Essays.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Foreword / David M. Shribman -- Introduction / Eric Lidji -- Here Is Squirrel Hill / Molly Pascal -- Closed because of yesterday / Andrew Goldstein -- I Read somewhere that Pittsburgh is stronger than hate / Tony Norman -- The news next door / Ann Belser -- Wire and string / Kevin Haworth -- Imposter or activist / Avigail S. Oren -- Pittsburgh positive / Brooke Barker -- Sharing their stories / Laura Zittrain Eisenberg -- Processing / Eric Lidji -- Honey from the carcass / Beth Kissileff -- Lisa's tango survival strategy / Lisa D. Brush -- The day they honored / Susan Jacobs Jablow -- Covering the unprecedented / Peter Smith -- Memorialization, mourning, surviving / Adam Shear -- Finding the vessels / Rabbi Daniel Yolkut -- Shocked, not surprised / Arlene Weiner -- Eleh Ezkerah, Nusach Pittsburgh / Rabbi Jonathan Perlman -- Keith Way / Campbell Robertson -- The last day I felt safe as an American Jew / Toby Tabachnick -- Walking is my tribute / Abby W. Schachter -- After the outpouring / Jane Bernstein -- Fall semester 2018 / Barbara S. Burstin -- "You will get through it" / Linda F. Hurwitz -- Afterword / Beth Kissileff.

Call Number

JFD 21-804

ISBN

• 9780822946519
• 0822946513

OCLC

1143627881

Title

Bound in the bond of life : Pittsburgh writers reflect on the Tree of Life tragedy / edited by Beth Kissileff and Eric Lidji.

Publisher

Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Kissileff, Beth, editor.

Lidji, Eric, editor.

Research Call Number

JFD 21-804