CMU Community Gathers on 5th Anniversary of Tree of Life Synagogue Shootings

Five years ago on Oct. 27, members of the Tree of Life*Or L'Simcha, Dor Hadash and New Light congregations were attacked while worshiping a mile from Carnegie Mellon University's campus. Eleven Pittsburghers lost their lives, and others were injured. Today, more than 200 members of the campus community joined CMU President  Farnam Jahanian in Simmons Auditorium in the Tepper Building to remember the victims of the attack, support those with deep scars, and honor the resilience of the Carnegie Mellon and Pittsburgh communities. "We will move forward using our platform to educate and push against hate for all identities in our CMU community." - Wanda Heading-Grant The program opened with a performance of Ernest Bloch's "Nigun" by Andrés Cárdenes , the Dorothy Richard Starling & Alexander Speyer Jr. University Professor of violin, accompanied by Dimitri Papadimitriou , assistant teaching professor of chamber music and piano in the School of Music. Following the performance, Jahanian spoke about expectations related to grief and healing.