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In the days after a gunman killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the Star of David flag and art created by school children are displayed outside Columbia’s Beth Shalom Synagogue on North Trenholm Road on Oct. 29.<\/p>\n
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Columbians are set to honor and remember the 11 people who were shot and killed Saturday at their Pittsburgh synagogue with a vigil hosted by Beth Shalom Synagogue on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will gather together in strength \u2026 to mourn our dead, and gain comfort and solace with one another,\u201d said Rabbi Jonathan Case, who leads Beth Shalom.<\/p>\n
Eight men and three women were gunned down and several others were injured by a single shooter at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, making it the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history.<\/p>\n
The vigil will be at Beth Shalom on North Trenholm Road in the Forest Acres neighborhood on Tuesday at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
In the wake of the attack, law enforcement is stepping up to ensure the local Jewish community\u2019s safety not just in the Midlands, but also in the Lowcountry.<\/p>\n
In addition to an increase in Richland County Sheriff\u2019s Department patrols around Columbia synagogues (including one that shares a name with the Pittsburgh synagogue), Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim in Charleston will employ security guards and keep an \u201congoing relationship\u201d with the police department, The State reported Monday.<\/p>\n
The Pittsburgh gunman, identified as 46-year-old Robert Bowers, posted anti-Semitic slurs on social media before the shooting, the Associated Press reports.<\/p>\n
Members of other synagogues and people of other faiths are looking to counter the hate by joining with Beth Shalom on Tuesday. The Rev. Ellen Skidmore, senior pastor at Forest Lake Presbyterian Church, cited Martin Luther King, Jr. to illustrate why.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish I had a word of wisdom. It feels as if things are spinning,\u201d Skidmore said Monday. \u201cIt falls to the churches to call it out. Like M.L.K. said \u2026 \u2018Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Beth Shalom Synagogue is on North Trenholm Road in the Forest Acres neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Case said while he and his congregation are \u201creeling from this act of terror,\u201d they hope to find comfort in each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are nothing if we are not one,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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A “no concealable firearms allowed” sign is visible in the window of Beth Shalom Synagogue. On Oct. 27, a gunman opened fire at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11 people and injuring six others.<\/p>\n
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The U.S. and South Carolina flags are raised at half staff at the dome of the S.C. State House on Monday, Oct. 29 in honor and remembrance the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims.<\/p>\n
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In the days after a gunman killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the Star of David flag and art created by school children are displayed outside Columbia's Beth Shalom Synagogue on North Trenholm Road on Oct. 29.<\/p>
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Columbians are set to honor and remember the 11 people who were shot and killed Saturday at their Pittsburgh synagogue with a vigil, which Beth Shalom Synagogue will host Tuesday.<\/p>
\u201cWe will gather together in strength \u2026 to mourn our dead, and gain comfort and solace with one another,\u201d said Rabbi Jonathan Case, who leads Beth Shalom.<\/p>
Eight men and three women were gunned down and several others were injured by a single shooter at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, making it the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history.<\/p>
The vigil will be at Beth Shalom on North Trenholm Road in the Forest Acres neighborhood on Tuesday at 6 p.m.<\/p>
In the wake of the attack, law enforcement is stepping up to ensure the local Jewish community\u2019s safety not just in the Midlands, but also in the Lowcountry.<\/p>
In addition to an increase in Richland County Sheriff\u2019s Department patrols around Columbia synagogues (including one that shares a name with the Pittsburgh synagogue), Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim in Charleston will employ security guards and keep an \u201congoing relationship\u201d with the police department, The State reported Monday.<\/p>
The Pittsburgh gunman, identified as 46-year-old Robert Bowers, posted anti-Semitic slurs on social media before the shooting, the Associated Press reports.<\/p>
Members of other synagogues and people of other faiths are looking to counter the hate by joining with Beth Shalom on Tuesday. The Rev. Ellen Skidmore, senior pastor at Forest Lake Presbyterian Church, cited Martin Luther King, Jr. to illustrate why.<\/p>
\u201cI wish I had a word of wisdom. It feels as if things are spinning,\u201d Skidmore said Monday. \u201cIt falls to the churches to call it out. Like M.L.K. said \u2026 \u2018Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>
Beth Shalom Synagogue is on North Trenholm Road in the Forest Acres neighborhood.<\/p>
Case said while he and his congregation are \u201creeling from this act of terror,\u201d they hope to find comfort in each other.<\/p>
\u201cWe are nothing if we are not one,\u201d he said.<\/p>
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The U.S. and South Carolina flags are raised at half-mast at the dome of the S.C. State House on Monday, Oct. 29 in honor and remembrance the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims.<\/p>
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