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SCAN PAGE AND SEE
VIDEO OF THE VIGIL.

Nearly 400 people participated in a
vigil held by University of Michigan
Hillel Sunday evening in memory of
the 11 people killed Saturday at Tree of
Life Congregation in Pittsburgh.
Kendall Coden, Michigan Hillel
board chair, said, “Tonight, we will
resist hatred in all its forms with our
love and support for one another. We
are here tonight, and across the world,
in the spirit of unity, community and
love to mourn, to hold each other, to
share our sadness and outrage.”
Other speakers included Kevin
Lieberman, chair of JUnion, and two
students from Pittsburgh.
Senior Jonathan Schermer’s family
attends Tree of Life Congregation.
“Every Jew here and every Jew around
the world stands together and, symbol-
ically, we are all members of the Tree
of Life synagogue,” he said.
Senior Eva Rosen said, “While this
incident has changed our communi-
ty forever; it is so much bigger than
Squirrel Hill, or even Pittsburgh,
because it has tragically proven that
anti-Semitism is alive and real.”
The vigil ended with the Mi
Shebeirach prayer for healing, a psalm
and the singing of “Oseh Shalom.” ■

PHOTOS BY SAMII STOLOFF

Michigan
Hillel Hosts
Campus Vigil

Nearly 400 people attended the vigil on the Diag at the University of Michigan.

Students Jonathan Schermer and Eva Rosen, both of Pittsburgh, share their
feelings about the shooting in their hometown.

Squirrel Hill natives Shoshana Kaplan and Rachel Rollman stand
together at the vigil.

Sending a prayer for the victims

Lauren Levy, a freshman from Squirrel Hill, is comforted by
friends at the vigil.

Team Effort

This package of stories was coordinat-
ed and edited by JN Story Development
Editor Keri Guten Cohen, with reporting
by Contributing Writers Stacy Gittleman,
Shelli Liebman Dorfman, Shari S. Cohen,
Suzanne Chessler, Gail Zimmerman, Eli
Finkelman and Barbara Lewis, photogra-
phers Rudy Thomas and Samantha Stoloff,
designer Michelle Sheridan, editors Jackie
Headapohl, Lynne Konstantin and Hannah
Levine, and Executive Editor/Publisher
Arthur Horwitz.

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