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(JEWISH GROUP) 'The tree is still growing': At the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history
‘The tree is still growing’: At the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, Tree of Life breaks ground on its futureAudrey Glickman is revisiting history.
The diminutive 67-year-old is standing on the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. On this very spot — on Oct. 27, 2018 — a shooter burst into Shabbat morning services at the Tree of Life synagogue.
Glickman is a survivor of the attack. She was leading services when she heard the rat-a-tat of gunfire. She grabbed congregant Joe Charny, then 88, and raced up the stairs and into a small room filled with bags of clothes to be donated to those in need. Together, huddled and scared, they hid under their prayer shawls.
She’s returned to the scene of the crime this Sunday for what she, and many others, is a turning of the page. Most of the building has been demolished to make way for something new: A facility that will house a museum about the history of antisemitism in America, classrooms for lectures about countering hate and a space for kosher-catered events. And, of course, the sanctuary for Tree of Life.
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