Tree of Life synagogue demolition starts
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Demolition on site of worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. begins to make way for new project.
demolition is underway on the Tree of
Life synagogue in Pittsburgh the setting
of the deadliest anti-semitic attack in
American history a gunman with a hatred
for Jews and immigrants killed 11 people
and wounded six others back in 2018
about 80% of the old structures being
taken down to make way for a memorial
that honors the dead but the walls of
the sanctuary will be preserved around
it the new site will be both a place of
worship and commemoration the gunman in
that case was sentenced to death by a
federal jury but it's unclear if he will
indeed ever face that punishment since a
federal moratorium on the death sentence
is now in
place