Religious Education

Rabbi Jermey Markiz was a spiritual leader at Congregation Beth Shalom in Squirrel Hill and was celebrating his wedding in Los Angeles at the time of the October 27 attack. 

Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers is spiritual leader of Tree of Life Congregation and a survivor of the October 27 attack.

Rabbi Amy Greenbaum was associate rabbi and education director at Beth El Congregation of the South Hills in suburban Pittsburgh at the time of the October 27 attack.

Rabbi Doris Dyen is a rabbi and chaplain, a member of Congregation Dor Hadash, and spiritual leader of the independent havurah (prayer group) Makom HaLev. She was one of the people on the grounds of the Tree of Life synagogue at the time of the October 27 attack.

Tim Crosson is a religion teacher at Serra Catholic High School in McKeesport, PA and a participant in the Catholic-Jewish Education Enrichment Program in Western Pennsylvania.

Rev. Dr. Darryl Canady is the senior pastor of Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church, a predominantly Black church in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

Nina Butler is an educator who is active in several Jewish community organizations called upon to address local needs in the immediate aftermath of the October 27 attack.