Hours before adults commemorated the events of Oct. 27, 2018, at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill, seventh and eighth graders from Jewish day schools in Pittsburgh and Cleveland gathered to honor the 11 people who were murdered in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. The Monday morning program welcomed more than 70 participants from Pittsburgh’s Community Day School and Beachwood’s Joseph and Florence Mandel Jewish Day School.

Standing outside the Tree of Life building on Oct. 27, young learners heard from Alan Hausman, Tree of Life Congregation’s president, about past atrocities and necessary steps toward a better future.

Refusing to mention the shooter’s name, Hausman recalled the events of Oct. 27, 2018, describing how a gunman entered the Tree of Life building and murdered

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