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Author Oppenheimer, Mark, 1974- author.

Title Squirrel Hill : the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting and the soul of a neighborhood / Mark Oppenheimer.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
©2021

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  305.892 OPP    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.15234 OPPENHEIMER    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  364.1523 OPPENHEIMER    Check Shelf
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Edition First edition.
Description 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Prologue -- The attack -- Those inside -- The gentiles -- The young -- The archivist -- The body guards -- The funerals -- The Trump visit -- The symbols -- The high school -- The history -- The visitors -- The money -- The scene of the crime -- The building -- The springtime -- The High Holy Days -- The anniversary -- Epilogue.
Summary "Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh is one of the oldest Jewish neighborhoods in the country, known for its tight-knit community and the profusion of multi-generational families. On October 27, 2018, a gunman killed eleven Jews who were worshiping at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill--the most deadly anti-Semitic attack in American history. Many neighborhoods would be understandably subsumed by despair and recrimination after such an event, but not this one. Mark Oppenheimer poignantly shifts the focus away from the criminal and his crime, and instead presents the historic, spirited community at the center of this heartbreak. He speaks with residents and nonresidents, Jews and gentiles, survivors and witnesses, teenagers and seniors, activists and historians. Together, these stories provide a kaleidoscopic and nuanced account of collective grief, love, support, and revival. But Oppenheimer also details the difficult dialogue and messy confrontations that Squirrel Hill had to face in the process of healing, and that are a necessary part of true growth and understanding in any community. He has reverently captured the vibrancy and caring that still characterize Squirrel Hill, and it is this phenomenal resilience that can provide inspiration to any place burdened with discrimination and hate"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and index.
Subject Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting, Pittsburgh, Pa., 2018.
Antisemitism -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
Tree of Life - Or L'Simcha Congregation (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Ethnic relations.
Antisemitism. (OCoLC)fst00810769
Ethnic relations. (OCoLC)fst00916005
Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh. (OCoLC)fst01205171
Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Squirrel Hill. (OCoLC)fst01328728
Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : 2018) (OCoLC)fst02025442
Other Form: Online version: Oppenheimer, Mark, Squirrel hill New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. 9780525657200 (DLC) 2020041861
ISBN 9780525657194 (hardcover)
0525657193 (hardcover)
9780525657200 (ebook)
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