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Community Vigil to be held Tuesday in response to Synagogue shooting

By: Tracy Simmons

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October 28, 2018

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On Tuesday evening the Spokane community is invited to a vigil at Temple Beth Shalom to honor those killed Saturday at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.

The shooting, which killed 11 people, is believed to be the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history.

“We will not let fear and anti-Semitism keep us from living full and meaningful Jewish lives. We cannot ignore the current climate of increased hatred and bigotry and will continue to stand up to hatred, bigotry and racism wherever we see it,” members of TBS and Congregation Emanu-El said in a statement. “We ask our broader Spokane community and its leaders to stand with us. We urge our fellow Americans to condemn bigotry and hate without hesitation.”

The community vigil will be at 5:30 p.m. at TBS, 1322 E 30th Ave.

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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