Debates over antisemitism have flared for months on college campuses, in local government meetings and in Congress, in many cases boiling down to bitter disagreements over what is, and what is not, antisemitism.
There was no such argument five and a half years ago in Pittsburgh.
When 11 worshipers were killed at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, the gunman who carried out the massacre was blunt in his bigotry, declaring beforehand on social media that he was acting out of a conviction that Jewish people were conspiring to replace the white race.
On Sunday, members of the Tree of Life congregation will gather to break ground for a memorial and a new Tree of Life building.
It is a story that has gotten more complicated to tell since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and the war that has followed.
Persons:
Daniel Libeskind
Locations:
Pittsburgh, America, Israel