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The Daily

A Shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue

The Daily

The New York Times

News, Daily News

4.3107.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The massacre in Pittsburgh was one of the worst attacks against the Jewish community in the United States in decades. The city’s mayor called it “the darkest day of Pittsburgh’s history.” Guests: Kevin Roose, who writes about technology for The New York Times, and Campbell Robertson, a national correspondent for The Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbarale.

0:32.6

This is The Daily.

0:35.6

Today, the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh was the worst attack on the Jewish

0:48.8

community in the United States, in decades.

0:53.0

The city's mayor called it the darkest day of Pittsburgh's history.

1:00.0

It's Monday, October 29th.

1:13.2

We begin with yet another terrible day of gun violence in America.

1:21.5

This time, the attack was at a temple in Pittsburgh.

1:30.0

It has been a frightening week in the United States and many Americans are worried about

1:34.7

the direction their country is taking.

1:47.1

Kevin Ers, it feels important to know what was going on in synagogues across the country

1:52.4

last week.

1:53.4

It was something called the National Refugee Shabbat, which is a sort of annual tradition

2:00.2

that was started by this group called Hias, which stands for Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.

2:06.0

It's an organization that was founded in the 19th century to help Jews who were fleeing

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