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Square card with white and yellow text against blue background. Card reads, "Mitzvah4Pittsburgh. Some spread darkness. We spread light. Choose a good deed. Choose a Mitzvah. Add light to the world," followed by four options and a place for respondents to list their name and email address. Some names and email addresses have been redacted for privacy.
Square card with white and yellow text against blue background. Card reads, "Mitzvah4Pittsburgh. Some spread darkness. We spread light. Choose a good deed. Choose a Mitzvah. Add light to the world," followed by four options and a place for respondents to list their name and email address. Some names and email addresses have been redacted for privacy.
Collage with a hand drawn tree in the center. Leaves comprised of multicolored tissue paper; one ready-made decorative leaf in orange and yellow fabric. Handwritten messages and illustrations in multiple colors on either side of the tree; signed lower center.
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue marker. The message reads: "Yes, we miss you with our hearts, Jerry." Signature illegible.
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue marker. The message reads: "Love is awesome." Tape affixed to the upper edge.
Letter from a member of the Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church in San Diego, California. The letter reads: "We feel your loss! We feel your pain! We pray for you and with you!"
Letter from a member of the Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church in San Diego, California. The letter reads: "Deliver us from evil! -"
Typed Hebrew letter from a student at Hebrew Academy, a private Jewish day school in Montreal, Quebec. Translated into English, the letter reads: "Dear Rabbi from the Tree of Life Congregation, My name is Hannah [last name redacted]. I am a student at Hebrew Academy of Montreal. I am truly sorry about what happened to your holy synagogue. I hope that this will not happen again. I give [?] all your family and loved ones of your synagogue."
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.
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.
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue marker. The message reads: "Rest In Peace. In your Happy Place Now."
Handwritten note written in blue ink on a piece of notebook paper. Message is difficult to read due to low ink level. Pink staining throughout due to color bleeding from other nearby materials at the Wilkins memorial.
Card with abstract images painted and drawn by a young child. The words: "Love on you" appear in large letters inside on the lower left.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "Love is strongest power exists." A Star of David appears below.
Card from the Friendship Circle of Illinois. The front cover reads: "To the Jewish community of Pittsburgh sheyichyu (may they live)." The inside reads: "I heard what happened and give my fullest sympathy. I am heartbroken by what happened, and really hope moshiach (the Messiah) will come and you'll be united with your dear ones." Spelling errors corrected for clarity.
Letter from a member of the Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church in San Diego, California. The letter reads: "Tree of Life Synagogue- We in San Diego stand with you and all send all our love. Tom and Linda [last name redacted]."
Black cotton t-shirt with the words Stronger Than Hate in white to the left of a modified Pittsburgh Steelers logo with a Star of David replacing the yellow hypocycloid.
Envelope and floral tag with ribbon addressed to Tree of Life. The floral tag features a rooster with a stack of vegetables on its head. It contains a handwritten sympathy note on the reverse.
Summary: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report on Pitt Panthers football program's response to the October 27 attack. Includes coach Pat Narduzzi offering condolences and discussing coaching his players on the day of the attack.
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