Dear Friends,
We know that some of our colleagues are interested in solemnizing the shloshim of the attack on the Tree of Life Congregation and New Light Congregation in Pittsburgh. We are inspired and strengthened by the courage and resilience of all of our colleagues currently in Pittsburgh, as well as those who served there previously or were privileged to grow up there.
We continue to pledge our support and our friendship to the survivors and the families of the victims. As colleagues, we extend our loving support to Jeffery Myers and Jonathan Perlman who survived the shooting, and to RA past president Alvin Berkun, rabbi emeritus of the Tree of Life Congregation.
Jeffrey Myers prepared some thoughts and Jonathan Perlman wrote a poem that rabbis could share with their congregation this coming Shabbat Parshat Vayeshev. Of course, rabbis may also want to craft their own readings in memorial of the fallen and to strengthen our entire community, worldwide, that grieves the loss of these innocent lives.
In sympathy,
Julie Schonfeld
Chief Executive Officer, Rabbinical Assembly
Please find the names and funeral dates of those who died below:
Jerry Rabinowitz 10/30/2018
Cecil Rosenthal 10/30/2018
David Rosenthal 10/30/2018
Daniel Stein 10/30/2018
Joyce Fienberg 10/31/2018
Melvin Wax 10/31/2018
Irving Younger 10/31/2018
Richard Gottfried 11/01/2018
Bernice Simon 11/01/2018
Sylvan Simon 11/01/2018
Rose Mallinger 11/02/2018