
Typed letter on Alfred University letterhead in hardback certificate holder, signed by Alfred University President Mark Zupan.
In the days after the October 27 attack, people began leaving objects at two locations outside the Tree of Life synagogue--one at the corner of Wilkins and Shady avenues in front of the Zittrain Gardens, and the other on a private lawn at Wilkins and Murray avenues, just beyond police barricades. Community volunteers moved the entirety of these two memorials inside the Tree of Life building on November 14, 2018, for preservation purposes. Most of these objects including this one were moved to archival preservation over the following year, but a small number were arranged in public display in the windows of the Hailperin Sanctuary lobby. Rauh Jewish Archives staff and volunteers dismantled this display on February 16, 2023, and the objects were brought to the archive for preservation. Alfred University is a private university in upstate New York. The Hillel of Alfred hosted a short memorial service on October 31, 2018, for the victims of the October 27 attack. The university hosted a roundtable discussion on antisemtism for the campus community on November 27, 2018.