Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Reverberates In Atlanta’s Jewish Community

Two people support each other Sunday in front of flowers at a makeshift memorial at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. A gunman killed 11 people in the synagogue Saturday.

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This Saturday, a gunman walked into a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and opened fire, killing 11 people.

Eric Robbins is president and CEO of  the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. He’s from Pittsburgh and knows that city’s Jewish community well.

He joined Sam Whitehead on “Morning Edition” to talk about how the shooting is reverberating in Atlanta’s Jewish community.