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U.S. Jews’ Despair Over Pittsburgh Atrocity Is Compounded by Trump’s Complicity and Netanyahu’s Hypocrisy

The victims of the horrific terror attack on the Tree of Life synagogue were murdered first and foremost because of their identification with the values that both leaders abhor

Chemi Shalev
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The murderous assault on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh is a watershed event in American-Jewish history. Several Jewish temples and community centers have been attacked in recent years, but none so violently or with so many Jewish casualties. The “tree of life,” mentioned in the kabbala, which gave the Squirrel Hill synagogue its name, turned on Saturday into a valley of death.

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