(Jewish Group) 3 years after Tree of Life shooting, Pittsburgh is hosting a major global summit...

[Behind the Aegis]

Three years after Tree of Life shooting, Pittsburgh is hosting a major global summit on eradicating hate

As Pittsburgh approaches the three-year anniversary of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, the city will play host to a high-profile new effort to find a global bipartisan response to rising tides of hate.

The three-day, in-person Eradicate Hate Global Summit, which will be held in the city Oct. 18-20, will feature more than 100 speakers and panelists, including former President George W. Bush (in a virtual address); current Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who is Jewish, and Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.

Also taking part are media personalities Fareed Zakaria and Major Garrett; former governors of Pennsylvania and Washington State; and Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide.

Other speakers will include members of the Pittsburgh Jewish community, including members of Tree of Life, whose building also housed two other congregations.

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[Budi]

1. Wow! I hope the tide of instigated hate can begin to turn.

This summit, it's top speaker list, it's purpose is an outstanding starting point.

Really impressed with how well this was organized behind one purpose.
I wish it was televised.

Thanks for the heads up, Behind the Aegis.
Is there a place where we can listen to these speakers?

There is much needed hope in a gathering with the scope of this one.

The three-day, in-person Eradicate Hate Global Summit, which will be held in the city Oct. 18-20, will feature more than 100 speakers and panelists, including former President George W. Bush (in a virtual address); current Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who is Jewish, and Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.

Also taking part are media personalities Fareed Zakaria and Major Garrett; former governors of Pennsylvania and Washington State; and Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide.

Other speakers will include members of the Pittsburgh Jewish community,





Visitors view items left by well-wishers along the fence at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on the first anniversary of the attack there, Oct. 27, 2019.