Primary Type – Cards
Secondary Type - Cards
Language – Cards
Creator – Cards
Date – Cards
Group – Cards
Location – Cards
Event – Cards
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "The neighborhood is with you." A heart appears below.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "We are here for you [Star of David]."
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "Love is stronger than hate." Signed with a heart.
Handwritten, folded card written in blue marker on scratch paper. The note, written in bubble letters, reads: "LOVE WINS." Staining and creasing due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Printed pamphlet in blue, white, and black ink on blue and white paper. The front cover reads, in English and Hebrew: "Messiah Revealed." The inner panels contain ten biblical prooftexts in support of the claim that the Hebrew Bible foretold the coming of the messiah, "Yeshua" (Jesus).
Bilingual, laminated prayer card with the text of the Jewish "Traveler's Prayer" in English and Hebrew. This "Traveler's Prayer" card was purchased an Israeli Judaica website.
Printed tag with a photograph of Bernice Simon. The tag reads: "In Memory of Bernice Simon." Creasing and staining due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Folded card on red paper with handwritten messages in black marker. The front cover is addressed: "To the strong and resilient Jews of Squarrel [Squirrel] Hill," with a heart. The inside contains a message of support and solidarity from an anonymous Jew.
Hand painted card. The card contains the Stronger Than Hate symbol with a yellow Star of David on the left. The words: "Stronger than Hate" appear in a black text box to the right. A heart appears above.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black ink. The message reads: "Am Yisrael Chai!" Translated into English, this means: "The People of Israel live!" Color bleeding due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue ink. The message reads: "I will raise my children Jewish #neverforget." Color bleeding due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Floral tag addressed to Joyce Fienberg. The tag features a white rose on the left and the stock message: "With Deepest Sympathy" in a band on the upper center.
Post-it note with handwritten message in green marker. The message reads: "May your memories be forever a blessing and may the Holy One hold in his Heart forever."
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue ink. The message reads: "Full recovery for all injured."
Post-it note with handwritten message in black ink. The message reads: "We love you and we're with you."
Folded card on yellow paper with extensive dirt stains. Due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial, the message on this card is no longer visible.
Post-it note with handwritten message and illustrations in green, blue, red, and black marker. The message reads: "He watching over Israel slumbers not nor sleeps." An illustration of houses on a hilltop with a river, trees, heart, and a moon and stars above, appears around the text.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "No words! RIP." Stain in the upper right corner due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Post-it note with illustrations in red marker. A cascading stream of hearts, outlined in red, begins in the upper left corner and extends to the lower right corner.
Envelope and floral tag with ribbon addressed to Marty and Robert. The tag features an illustration of an owl with mushrooms and other fauna growing out of its head. The inside contains a note to Marty and Robert, whom the sender is thankful did not attend synagogue on the morning of October 27.
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