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Handmade card in watercolor on paper. The card features a hand painted illustration of various flowers , including red tulips, growing from the earth against a blue sky. The card reads in the upper center: "Stronger than hate."
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "No one ever do that."
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 blue ink. The message reads: "Full recovery for all injured."
Post-it note with handwritten message in pink marker. The message reads: "Our hearts cry with yours for shalom." Signed with a heart, cross, and Star of David.
Letter from a member of the Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church in San Diego, California. The letter reads: "Brothers and Sisters LOVE conquers all!!!"
Metallic red rose with wire stem attached to a rock base.
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue marker. The message reads: "May your loved ones rest in peace. May your hearts heal and know that we are with you and will defend and love you."
Floral tag enclosed in pink envelope from floral arrangement; tape on the lower left front. The tag reads: "You will never be forgotten. Each and every one will live in our memories forever." The note is written in black ink on a printed tag with a floral bouquet in the lower right corner. The reverse is stamped with the contact information for Squirrel Hill Flower Shop.
Folded card on orange paper. Red and green staining. Due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial, the message on this card is no longer visible.
Folded card with marker illustration. Cover shows a Star of David in the center, surrounded by six hearts. Inside features a tree and reads: "May you all be surrounded by love at this difficult time." Back features a Star of David encircled by a heart.
Collage with a hand drawn tree in brown crayon and black ink with a tree hole in the center. Leaves comprised of multicolored tissue paper. Handwritten messages in black ink on either side of the tree.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black ink. The message reads: "You are so strong. Thank you for being so strong in the face of evil. Please be more Jewish. We must show our community's great life in the wake of antisemitism. That is the best revenge. Growth. Love. Life."
Hand painted sign with white, black, and red paint on cardboard with the word "Hate" crossed out with a red slash inside a red circle.
Printed tag with a photograph of Melvin Wax. The tag reads: "In Memory of Melvin Wax." Creasing and staining due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Handmade sign on cardboard written with black marker reading: "Hate has no home here."
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "Love is strongest power exists." A Star of David appears below.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The note is written in Hebrew. Translated into English, it reads: "Be strong, be strong, and may we be strengthened!"
Hand written and illustrated poem dedicated to the eleven leaves which feel from the Tree of Life, a euphemism for the eleven victims of the October 27 attack. Eleven illustrations of different kinds of leaves appear around the poem.
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