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‘The Pitt’ Pays Tribute to the Tree of Life Shooting in an Incredibly Moving Way

JL;DR SUMMARY The HBO Max series "The Pitt," featuring Noah Wyle as Dr. Michael Robby Robinavitch, pays tribute to the victims and survivors of the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. 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 HeritagePtsdPittsburghCommemorationMuslim CommunityTree Of Life ShootingNoah WyleThe PittDr. Jerry RabinowitzYana Kovalenko

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
"set in a Pittsburgh E.R., it felt possible that the Tree of Life Shooting, the antisemitic massacre that took place in the city in 2018, would be featured on the show."

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