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‘Life is being affirmed in this place’: Daniel Libeskind on his redesign of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue

JL;DR SUMMARY Renowned architect Daniel Libeskind has embarked on redesigning the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, the site of a horrific antisemitic attack that left 11 people dead in 2018. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityHolocaust SurvivorsMemorialAntisemitic AttackTree Of Life SynagoguePittsburghHealingArchitectureDaniel LibeskindStained Glass Restoration

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
"Daniel Libeskind, a New York City architect who descended to the depths of Ground Zero after Sept. 11, 2001, visited Pittsburghs Ground Zero on Thursday and Friday."
New York City, New York, United States
"Daniel Libeskind, a New York City architect who descended to the depths of Ground Zero after Sept. 11, 2001, visited Pittsburghs Ground Zero on Thursday and Friday."
San Jose, California, United States
"as happened when a transportation worker killed nine people in San Jose, Calif., last week before taking his own life."

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