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An artists rendering of the new building is projected on a screen before a groundbreaking ceremony for the latest addition to the Tree of Life synagog in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. The congregation will break ground for a memorial, museum, and education center. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rabbi Jeffrey Myers greets people before a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagog in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. The congregation will break ground for a memorial, museum, and education center. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Volunteers set up placards before a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagog in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. The congregation will break ground for a memorial, museum, and education center. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, center, of the Tree of Life congregation, is joined onstage for an interfaith blessing
at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rabbi Jeffrey Myers enters the tent before a groundbreaking ceremony for the new construction at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. The congregation will break ground for a memorial, museum, and education center. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Audience members take their seats before a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagog in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. The congregation will break ground for a memorial, museum, and education center. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Invited guests received a baseball cap and a program on their seats before a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagog in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. The congregation will break ground for a memorial, museum, and education center. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An artists rendering of the new building is projected on a screen before a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagog in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. The congregation will break ground for a memorial, museum, and education center. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Second Gentleman of the United States Douglas Emhoff, left, Gov. Josh Shapiro, Carole Zawatsky, CEO of the Tree of Life, and Sen. Bob Casey applaud a speaker at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Diane Rosenthal, center, whose twin brothers were killed at the Tree of Life on Oct. 27, 2018, applauds a speaker during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Second Gentleman of the United States Douglas Emhoff listens intently during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Gov. Josh Shapiro greets Jeffrey Letwin, event co-chair, after introducing him at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The shofar is blown to begin a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra play to begin a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, center, of the Tree of Life congregation, listens to a musical performance by the Northgate High School Choir during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new addition to the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, center, of the Tree of Life congregation, is joined onstage by survivors, families, and dignitaries for a breaking of the glass and singing of the Shehecheyanu at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Second Gentleman of the United States Douglas Emhoff, center, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, right,, of the Tree of Life congregation, watch survivors, families and dignitaries break the glass at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jeffrey Solomon, left, greets Second Gentleman of the United States Doughlas Emhoff after he spoke to the crowd at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Second Gentleman of the United States Douglas Emhoff speaks to the crowd at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Survivor Andrea Mallinger Wedner, hugs friends and family before a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh police surround the site during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Lucy Schaly\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":35095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4,15,132],"tags":[],"coauthors":[55],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/20240623LSTreeofLIfe05-e1719169525599.jpg?fit=2076%2C992&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35090"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35117,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35090\/revisions\/35117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35090"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=35090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}