Long Beach Jewish Community Gathers To Remember Victims Of Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre; Mayor Garcia Speaks, Rabbis Convey Powerful Messages (VIDEO)

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(Oct. 31, 2018, 10:05 a.m.) -- Members of the Long Beach Jewish community gathered at the Alpert JCC on Oct. 30, filling its auditorium to capacity in the wake of the Oct. 27 murders of eleven members of a Pittsburgh synagogue.

LB Jewish community figures described the lives of each victim and lit a memorial candle for each life lost. Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia spoke. Cantor Sara Hass sang...and Rabbis conveyed powerful messages.

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