P’nai Or and the Eastside Jewish Commons will present a documentary film about the October 2018 Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh, There will also be commentary from a Eugene resident — who was in Pittsburgh at the time — about that shooting, and about antisemitic events in Oregon.

This important showing will be Sunday 16th November at 2:30pm, at the Eastside Jewish Commons, 2042 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, 97232.

Admission is free; please reserve your seats on GiveButter.

On Saturday, 27th October 2018, a white supremacist walked into the Tree of Life Synagogue with four semi-automatic assault weapons, shouting “all Jews must die.” He murdered eleven congregants as they prayed. The documentary A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting paints a deeply personal, trauma-informed portrait of the survivors, victims, and victims' family members, and brings into sharp focus the hate-based crisis that threatens our collective safety and our social fabric. The film-makers’ personal access to the survivors, and to the families of the victims, help viewers experience how the lives of those directly affected have been profoundly changed, and how the Pittsburgh community and the congregations set out on a path towards healing.

After the screening, a member of the Oregon Jewish community who was in Pittsburgh at the time will share information about antisemitic experiences in Oregon, and how communities and individuals have responded.

This screening is partially supported by a grant from the Oregon Jewish Community Youth Foundation (OJCYF).

Antisemitism in Pittsburgh and Oregon—"A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting"

By P'nai Or of Portland

Antisemitism in Pittsburgh and Oregon—"A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting"

Showing of the documentary with a discussion afterwards with an Oregon Jewish community leader who was there that day