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Lexie Niskanen, a college student, stood at the front of the gathering and urged people to check on one another. “There’s a lot of things we can do as students and as a community in these negative times. First, we can check in on each other and make sure we are not alone,” she said.
Five years ago today, the Tree of Life synagogue shooting became the worst antisemitic attack in U.S. history. In Pittsburgh, Jews say they are lonelier and more afraid now – a shift from the way the community rallied around them in 2018.