Remembering Tree of Life Synagogue
WE REMEMBER
Joyce Fienberg
Rich Gottfried
Rose Mallinger
Jerry Rabinowitz
Cecil Rosenthal
David Rosenthal
Bernice Simon
Sylvan Simon
Dan Stein
Irving Younger
Mel Wax
Strength Within Fellowship
Alyssa Rheingold, Ph. D.
Director, Preparedness, Response, & Recovery
October 27, 2021
Today marks the three-year commemoration of the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting, where hate took the lives of 11 gentle souls and injured seven people who gathered for morning worship services. This tragedy marked the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.
Over the past weekend family, friends, congregants, and Jewish communities across the country and around the world recognized the yahrzeit (“anniversary”) through prayer and lighting a memorial candle to never forget and pay tribute to those lives killed by hate.
I have been privileged to work with responders, victim service professionals, and mental health professionals by consulting and providing support within the first week of the shooting and throughout the response and recovery efforts.
I was in Pittsburgh just last week presenting at the ‘Eradicate Hate Global Summit’ alongside the Director of the 10/27 Healing Partnership Resiliency Center. While there, I had the opportunity to share dinner with several family members, victims, and survivors and heard not only words of struggle, but also words of healing. It was inspiring to see strength within fellowship. It reaffirmed in me the mission of the National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center – to continue our service so that no community is left feeling alone in its grief and loss after a mass violence incident. We are here to be that support throughout the long journey of recovery.
While hate and anti-Semitism continue to plague our country, faith and service also continue to flourish. In honor and memory of those impacted by the attack on three Pittsburgh Jewish congregations, I encourage all to engage in acts of service in your community.
Mass Violence Podcast
What is a resiliency center?
The National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center's Dr. Dan Smith is joined by Maggie Feinstein, Director of the 10.27 Healing Partnership resiliency center in Pittsburgh, PA. Dan and Maggie discuss the response to the Tree of Life synagogue shooting on Oct. 27, 2018, and explore the components of a resiliency center. Maggie provides tips to victim service providers about working with faith-based communities and communities that might be different from their own upbringing.
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10.27 Healing Partnership Director Maggie Feinstein's guest column in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
About the 10/27 Healing Partnership Resiliency Center
10.27 Healing Partnership was established first and foremost to help those directly and indirectly affected by the October 27, 2018 synagogue mass shooting. It will act as a safe haven and a central communication channel for all those seeking help and healing from trauma.
Our mission is to foster a sense of community well-being by providing support, connection and opportunities for reflection for individuals and their loved ones impacted by the October 2018 attack and others who experience hate-induced trauma.
We provide a wide range of services for healing and building resilience through a network of effective providers across the community.
- We are a human services provider. We offer counseling, support groups, wellness activities, case management, and more.
- We are a gathering place. We offer a place for community building, a meeting space, planned activities, youth activities, and more.
- We are educators. We share best practices to support mental health and wellness for our community, and other communities that experience events like that of October 27, 2018.
- We commemorate. We honor the memory of the people we lost on October 27, 2018 year round, and coordinate annual commemoration events."