Life after the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history

On Oct. 27, 2018, 11 people attending Shabbat services at the
​​Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburg were killed in the deadliest
attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history. In the weeks and
months that followed, when the public’s attention moved on,
journalist Mark Oppenhiemer didn’t look away. He made over 30
reporting trips to the Squirrel Hill neighborhood to understand how
the oldest Jewish community in America was seeking to heal after
the massacre. He shares the lessons he learned in the new book
Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of
a Neighborhood. We talk to Mark about how this horrific attack
affected the Jewish community throughout the country and why the
media often fails to cover anti-Semitism in America. In Signs of
the Times, Zac and Ashley discuss Speaker of the House Nancy
Pelosi’s recent meeting with Pope Francis. Plus, Pope Francis has
cleared the beatification of Pope John Paul I, who, if canonized,
would become the fifth 20th-century pope to be named a saint. We
ask: Should we be canonizing so many pontiffs? Links from the show:
Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of
a Neighborhood Pope Francis receives Speaker Nancy Pelosi in
private audience Pope Francis clears the way for the beatification
of Pope John Paul I Papal Saints What’s on tap? Cajun Bloody
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