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Ami Weintraub

Ami Weintraub (he/they) is a teacher, organizer and writer. They are a Rabbinical student in the Aleph Ordination Program. Ami founded and runs Ratzon: Center for Healing and Resistance and teaches in Hebrew school in Pittsburgh.

By Ami Weintraub

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We are Jews from Pittsburgh. Please don’t use the Tree of Life tragedy for political gain

On Oct. 27, 2018, a white supremacist opened fire in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh during Shabbat services, killing eleven people and injuring two. Three years later, in the beginning of October, Pittsburgh hosted the three-day Eradicate Hate Global Summit, presented in honor of the members of our community murdered and wounded in…

By Ami Weintraub, and Ben Case, and Jess Gold Oct 27, 2021 | 4 min read

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