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title: A community gathers to honor victims of the tragedy in Pittsburgh
description: A community gathers to honor victims of the tragedy in Pittsburgh
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# [A community gathers to honor victims of the tragedy in Pittsburgh](https://blog.jewishphilly.org/a-community-gathers-to-honor-victims-of-the-tragedy-in-pittsburgh)

 Written by [Emma Needleman](https://blog.jewishphilly.org/author/emma-needleman) | Oct 27, 2018 7:30:47 PM

Dozens of people gathered in Philadelphia Saturday night to honor the victims of the tragedy at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood.

Sacred songs of the Jewish faith served as a guiding light in a solidarity vigil for the Philadelphia Jewish community, reeling from the massacre at the synagogue on Shabbat, the Jewish sabbath.

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