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Second deadly shooting spree
in Pittsburgh in two months
spurs calls for increased gun
control and hate crimes laws.

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This is your chance to "visit" the major cities of Israel.

Enjoy activities at each station and g et y our passport stamped.

All completed passports will receive a prize.

iXPRING THE BEST Of ISRAEL
IN ONE AFTERNOON.

FUN FOR THE WHOLE DAILY:

• Wall climbin g in the Golan" • Yemenite jewelr y makin g

• Biblical animals • Israeli snacks & refreshments for purchase

Due to construction on 1-696, please seek alternate route to 10 Mile.

* If it rains, israelFest will be held in the Jimmy Prentis Morris Building of the Jewish
Community Center. Thanks to Temple Emanu-El for the use of its grounds for this event.

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Pittsburgh
ome Jewish facilities in
Pittsburgh are under increased
security following last week's
shooting rampage that killed
five minorities, including one Jewish
Second Incident
woman. Police are adding patrols and
The rampage was the second appar-
keeping marked police cars parked near
ently racially motivated crime in the
some Pittsburgh Jewish institutions.
Pittsburgh area in the past two
"We live in an era of random risk,
months.
and I'm watching Jewish institutions •
In March, a black man allegedly
take increased precautions," said Brian
killed
three whites in the working-
Schreiber, executive director of the
class
suburb
of Wilkinsburg.
Jewish Community Center of Greater
"These
incidents
are becoming less
Pittsburgh. "But we don't want this to
shocking,
and
that's
shocking in and
become Ft. Knox," said Schreiber, who
added that he supports the security mea- of itself," said Schreiber.
Last Friday, Richard Scott
sures.
Baumhammers, 34, allegedly began
On Monday, police were patrolling
his spree by killing Anita Gordon, a
the parking lot of Congregation Beth El
Jewish
woman who was one of his
of South Hills, which was one of two
next-door
neighbors and a family
synagogues shot at during the rampage.
friend.
Windows were boarded, and the antise-
Gordon, a 63-year-old native of
mitic graffiti spray-painted there during
Pittsburgh
who was the married
the rampage was covered.
mother of three daughters, held a
The tragedy is spurring calls for
bachelor's degree in interior design.
increased gun safety laws and passage of
She was known for her work as a vol-
the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which
unteer at Beth El and once designed
has been stalled in Congress.
the cover of the synagogue directory.
President Clinton called for national
"Many members talked of her as if
legislation against hate crimes in an
she
were a second mother," said Beth
address Sunday at a fund-raiser for the
El's rabbi, Neal Scheindlin.
NAACP in Detroit. The incident,
A standing-room-only funeral for
Clinton said, shows, "There are still peo-

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