
Primary Type – Cards
Secondary Type - Cards
Language – Cards
Creator – Cards
Date – Cards
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Event – Cards
Half-page program containing typed text. First page includes a graphic of a tree. Lists speakers for event.
Folded card with pencil illustration. Cover features flower on ground under words "Just remember..." Interior features illustration of heart superimposed on planet Earth with human figures dancing on it and the words, "We Are All Jews Together." Additional note reads, "Please know that Beth Chai Congregation members like us are thinking of you. Karen & Howard [last name redacted for privacy]."
Page of typed text on white paper. Provides detailed descriptions of two recent Squirrel Hill Stands Against Gun Violence events.
Handwritten note written in black marker on a manilla envelope. Note is addressed to Tree of Life and contains messages in both English and Hebrew.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "With you in strength and heartbreak and love that remembers all that you are."
Folded card with marker illustration. Cover reads "Stella." Interior reads, "We at Beth Chai Congregation offer our deepest condolences. Wishing full healing to the wounded and peace to those who loves the victims" with two decorative hearts and a Star of David and the name Oona [last name and other personal information redacted for privacy] Md. Back cover features a collage of balloons, cats, and stickers, and the word "LOVE."
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "May god be with you. Cierra [last name redacted]. Pittsburgh, PA."
Handmade card with black and white stripes with a printed graphic with a blue Star of David overlaid with eleven candles and the message "Our hearts cry for Shalom" in the upper center. The Stronger Than Hate hashtag appears below. A whole was punched in the upper center.
Rectangular piece of plywood wrapped in metal with embossed design of Hebrew word "Chai," meaning "Life."
Clear glass globe vase with rippled lip. Vase filled with translucent marbles and two synthetic light pink roses.
Card from a congregant at the Holy Angels Parish. The front cover contains a stock illustration of seven children holding hands around a table with a large goblet and loaf of braided bread, and seven doves. The illustration is labeled: "We are people of God's peace." The inside reads: "Dear Tree of Life member. You are all in our thoughts and prayers. Holy Angels\CCD. Jason [last name redacted]." Due to water exposure at the memorial site, the ink on this card has partially lifted.
Green envelope with note handwritten in blue ink with the message: "Let steadfast love become your comfort..." Staining due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
13-page program. Black text on blue paper. Contains selection of readings and prayers as part of a "Sabbath of Learning" service.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "What happened here will not be forgotten." Signed with a Star of David.
Two-sided sheet of printed text. Front contains an open letter to the Jewish community of Pittsburgh from the members of the Vaad Harabonim. Back contains a day-long schedule of classes and programs, as well as the names of the victims of the October 27 attack.
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue marker. The message reads: "My heart, my grief, my compassion, and my best wishes are with all of you. Love, Cherlz from L.A."
Glass jar containing nine miniature Israeli and American flags.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "I was not here, but I live nearby. Had I been home I could have grabbed my baseball bat, and gone after Bowers."
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "We should all remember preaching hate results in hatred. Preach love, and support!"
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