Religious, community and political leaders plan to gather this Sunday at Temple Sinai to mark six months since a gunman killed 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue.
Squirrel Hill Stands Against Gun Violence, a group formed in the aftermath of the Oct. 27 attack, will host the gathering in collaboration with CeaseFirePA. The event features speeches and culimates in a march to Schenley Park where a tree will be planted in honor of the victims.
Founders Carolyn Ban and Dana Kellerman joined Rabbi Doris Dyen, chaplain at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, to explain how both the group and the event came together. Dyen says the community continues to grieve as part of a year-long healing process in accordance with Jewish tradition. All three are members of the Dor Hadash congregation.
Elsewhere in the program:
VisitPITTSBURGH, the official tourism agency for Allegheny County, is launching a national campaign to better market Pittsburgh outside the Western Pennsylvania area. Chief marketing officer Tom Loftus says the inspiration for a new ad came from what he calls the welcoming nature of Pittsburghers. The video will be screened in several major cities before screenings of, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” the upcoming film about Fred Rogers starring Tom Hanks.
Clean up and restoration has just begun at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. A catastrophic fire engulfed the church last Monday, threatening the city’s skyline. While crews work to assess the damage, University of Pittsburgh medieval history expert Elizabeth Archibald breaks down the significance of the cathedral and its artifacts.
And Pitt's prosthetics and orthotics master's degree is one of just 13 in the country, and has a 98% placement rate for graduates. With resources like a modern manufacturing lab, the department can prepare students for what it’s like to work with amputees in a medical setting. 90.5 WESA’s Katie Blackley reports on the program and talks with a patient model who works with students to improve their bedside manner and technical work on artificial limbs.
90.5 WESA's Meg Fair contributed to this program.
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