DANIEL LIBESKIND

Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Renovation This rendering provided by Lifang Vision Technology in May 2022 shows designs for the planned renovation of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, which on Oct. 27, 2018, was the scene of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. (Lifang Vision Technology via AP) (Uncredited)PITTSBURGH, Pa. — (AP) — The caretakers of the Tree of Life synagogue intend to transform the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history and expand its mission. Newly released design plans show a revitalized complex housing a sanctuary, museum, memorial and center for fighting antisemitism -- unified symbolically and physically with a dramatic skylight running the length of the structure. “We're eager to be back in our spiritual home,” said Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, a survivor of the attack and rabbi of Tree of Life / Or L'Simcha Congregation, as it is formally known. “This is no longer the Tree of Life before the attacks.

The caretakers of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh have big plans to transform the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.

Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting This photo from Oct. 16, 2021, shows the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue as a man jogs past the fencing with artwork submitted by Pittsburgh area school students in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood. “People are having a really difficult time time in this COVID era,” said Maggie Feinstein, director of the 10.27 Healing Partnership, formed to help those affected by the synagogue shooting and hate crimes. Some members of the three congregations want the Justice Department to take the deal that would spare Bowers' life. Dor Hadash, as a congregation, has urged Garland to abandon pursuit of the death penalty. Author Beth Kissileff urged against the death penalty religious grounds and because a plea would spare survivors the trauma of a trial.

Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting This photo from Oct. 16, 2021, shows the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue as a man jogs past the fencing with artwork submitted by Pittsburgh area school students in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood. “People are having a really difficult time time in this COVID era,” said Maggie Feinstein, director of the 10.27 Healing Partnership, formed to help those affected by the synagogue shooting and hate crimes. Some members of the three congregations want the Justice Department to take the deal that would spare Bowers' life. Dor Hadash, as a congregation, has urged Garland to abandon pursuit of the death penalty. Author Beth Kissileff urged against the death penalty religious grounds and because a plea would spare survivors the trauma of a trial.

A landmark synagogue building in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood remains dormant three years after it was the scene of a rampage that left 11 people dead in what was America’s deadliest anti-Semitic attack.

Netherlands Holocaust Memorial A woman touches one of the name stones after King Willem-Alexander officially unveiled a new monument in the heart of Amsterdam's historic Jewish Quarter on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, honoring the 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) (Peter Dejong)AMSTERDAM — (AP) — King Willem-Alexander officially unveiled a new memorial in the heart of Amsterdam's historic Jewish Quarter on Sunday honoring more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust, and the Dutch prime minister vowed that it would remind citizens today to be vigilant against antisemitism. Jacques Grishaver, chairman of the Dutch Auschwitz Committee, officially opened the monument with the king in the presence of dignitaries and Holocaust survivors. The king helped Grishaver to pick up and put down his stone. Amsterdam Municipality granted permission for construction to start in 2017, but building work was delayed after residents argued that the monument was too big for the location.

King Willem-Alexander has officially unveiled a new memorial in the heart of Amsterdam’s historic Jewish Quarter to honor the more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust.

King Willem-Alexander officially unveiled a new memorial in the heart of Amsterdam's historic Jewish Quarter on Sunday honoring more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust, and the Dutch prime minister vowed that it would remind citizens today to be vigilant against antisemitism. Designed by Polish-Jewish architect Daniel Libeskind, the memorial is made up of walls shaped to form four Hebrew letters spelling out a word that translates as “In Memory Of.” The walls are built using bricks, each of which is inscribed with the name, date of birth and age when they died of one of the more than 102,000 Jews, Roma and Sinti who were murdered in Nazi concentration camps during World War II or who died on their way to the camps.

Even after two decades, the work to rebuild the World Trade Center complex after its destruction in the Sept. 11 attacks is still incomplete.

Architect Daniel Libeskind has designed the Ground Zero site memorial and the Jewish Museum in Berlin.

THE HAGUE – A friend of World War II Jewish diarist Anne Frank laid the first stone Wednesday at a new memorial under construction in Amsterdam to honor all Dutch victims of the Holocaust. “I almost can't believe it, but it is now really happening,” Jacques Grishaver, chairman of the Netherlands Auschwitz Committee, said in a statement. “The first of the more than 102,000 stones has been laid.”The last of the stones, each of which is engraved with a name, is expected to be placed in the memorial in March. A Dutch court cleared the way last year for the memorial to be constructed. Amsterdam Municipality had granted permission for construction to start in 2017, but residents argued that it was too big for the location and could cause traffic problems.