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Date – Cards
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Hand painted card with abstract lines and shapes in brown, green, and blue paint on paper. Signed: "Love, Khira D." lower right. The card has been laminated.
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue ink. The message reads: "May their memories be a blessing." Color bleeding due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
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.
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 black marker. The message reads: "No one ever do that."
Hand painted card with a rainbow-colored heart on the front. Signed lower right: "Love, Brian S." The card has been laminated.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black ink. The message reads: "We stand with you, always, with prayer and love."
Handwritten note in black marker on paper. The note reads: "Pittsburgh we are all with you." Tearing and staining due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Post-it note with handwritten message in green marker. The message reads: "We will never forget. Love conquers Hate [heart]."
Post-it note with handwritten message in green marker. The message reads: "Doubt is not the opposite of faith, fear is [underlined] let us not fear."
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).
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue marker. The message reads: "R.I.P. Dr. Rabinowitz."
Printed note in light blue ink on white paper. The note reads: "Love and Peace" and is illustrated with peace symbol.
Floral tag from floral arrangement addressed to Tree of Life synagogue. The message is printed on a tag from a local florist.
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.
Post-it note with handwritten message and illustration in blue marker. The note features an illustration of a winged angel with a sad face in the center and a sun in the upper right corner. The words: "Love > hate [encircled with a slash trough the center]" appear below.
Handmade card in colored marker on paper. The front of the card features the word: "LOVE" in bubble letters; the letter "o" has been replaced with a large Star of David. Several smaller hearts and a multi-colored asterisk appear throughout. Signed, upper left: "Rylee Love." The back is signed, twice: "Love Rylee" in orange and purple marker, respectively. The card has been laminated.
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