Andrea Wedner was among the hundreds of people who gathered Wednesday to remember the victims of the Tree of Life synagogue attack three years earlier. Wedner’s mother, Rose Mallinger, was among the 11 people killed. “It helps to be with people,” Wedner said outside the synagogue. It helps to talk,
Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review
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Jewish, Christian and Islamic leaders from across Pittsburgh will participate in an interfaith service March 18, one year to the day after the first covid death in Pennsylvania.
The Tree of Life Congregation will host the service to memorialize the more than 525,000 lives lost across the country since the pandemic began and acknowledge the suffering from the closing of businesses and schools and the disruption of family and religious traditions.
The virtual service, “Covid-19 One Year Later: A Service of Remembrance, Healing & Renewal,” will begin at 8 p.m. and include remarks from Gov. Tom Wolf and religious leaders representing many Pittsburgh communities.