Community Event: A Tree of Life

In Pittsburgh in 2018, a white supremacist opened fire at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history. The survivors recount the harrowing experience and detail how their lives have fundamentally changed. Executive Produced by Michael Keaton and Marc Cuban, and directed by Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning director Trish Adlesic, A Tree of Life confronts the "moral decay of humanity" and takes a larger look at the hate-based crisis stemming from the political climate. As the first film to document the survivor’s stories and the only documentary with this level of personal access to the survivors and families of the victims, viewers will experience first-hand how the lives of those directly affected have fundamentally changed and how the Pittsburgh community and the congregations set out on a path towards healing.

Featuring a special Q&A session with Rabbi Shira Stern, who serves as the Director of the Center for Pastoral Care and Counseling in New Jersey. Rabbi Stern is a key figure in disaster spiritual care for the American Red Cross in New Jersey. She was deployed to Pittsburgh during the tragic event and played a crucial role as a liaison to the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh on behalf of the American Red Cross.