August 03, 2023 (vol. 174, iss. 20) • Page Image 63
…8 | AUGUST 3 • 2023 PURELY COMMENTARY O n Oct. 27, 2018, Robert Bowers entered Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue intending to kill Jews. His murder of 11 congregants was the deadliest antisemitic attack in our country’s history, shattering a community and forcing Jews, including me, to reckon with our place in America. At the time, I had just started a doctoral program in philosophy in New York. The attacks in Pittsburgh made...…

