This Friday marks five years since a gunman entered the Tree of Life-Or L’Simcha synagogue and killed 11 Jewish worshippers during an Oct. 27, 2018, Shabbat service.

The Tree of Life building will include an education center and museum on the grounds of the synagogue where the attack was perpetrated on Oct. 27, 2018. The new building will also continue to be ...

Tree of Life CEO Carole Zawatsky has said “the heart of what we’re building is 11 Jews who were murdered.” “Our work is there to uplift those voices,” said Zawatsky, 65, of Shadyside ...

Seven different scenes dot the exhibit’s 2.5 acres of land, culminating at the top of a hill with Jesus Christ standing underneath the tree of life.

Landmark The tree is situated over a small creek that drains from the cliff onto the beach. Spruce is a species that can grow to over 300-feet-tall but the Tree of Life is thick and squat.

Robert Bowers, who killed 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, was Friday convicted by a federal jury on capital offenses and hate crimes.