{"product_id":"squirrel-hill-the-tree-of-life-synagogue-shooting-and-the-soul-of-a-neighborhood-9780525657194","title":"Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood","description":"\u003cb\u003eA piercing portrait of the struggles and triumphs of one of America's renowned Jewish neighborhoods in the wake of unspeakable tragedy that highlights the hopes, fears, and tensions all Americans must confront on the road to healing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSquirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, is one of the oldest Jewish neighborhoods in the country, known for its tight-knit community and the profusion of multigenerational families. On October 27, 2018, a gunman killed eleven Jews who were worshipping at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill--the most deadly anti-Semitic attack in American history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany neighborhoods would be understandably subsumed by despair and recrimination after such an event, but not this one. Mark Oppenheimer poignantly shifts the focus away from the criminal and his crime, and instead presents the historic, spirited community at the center of this heartbreak. He speaks with residents and nonresidents, Jews and gentiles, survivors and witnesses, teenagers and seniors, activists and historians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether, these stories provide a kaleidoscopic and nuanced account of collective grief, love, support, and revival. But Oppenheimer also details the difficult dialogue and messy confrontations that Squirrel Hill had to face in the process of healing, and that are a necessary part of true growth and understanding in any community. He has reverently captured the vibrancy and caring that still characterize Squirrel Hill, and it is this phenomenal resilience that can provide inspiration to any place burdened with discrimination and hate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARK OPPENHEIMER has been covering American religion for 25 years. He holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Yale, and has taught at Stanford, Wesleyan, Wellesley, NYU, Boston College, and Yale, where he was the founding director of the Yale Journalism Initiative. From 2010 to 2016, he wrote the \"Beliefs\" column, about religion, for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has also written for publications including \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Nation, GQ, Slate, \u003c\/i\u003e and many more. He created \u003ci\u003eUnorthodox\u003c\/i\u003e, the world's most popular podcast about Jewish life and culture, with over 7 million downloads to date. More recently, he hosted an eight-part podcast called \u003ci\u003eGatecrashers\u003c\/i\u003e, about the history of Jews and antisemitism at Ivy League schools. He is the author of five books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Newish Jewish Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eSquirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, four daughters, one son, and two dogs.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50557590569234,"sku":"9780525657194","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e6c3317-a08d-4afc-a58c-9ff4e421c6c2.jpg?v=1731787147","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/squirrel-hill-the-tree-of-life-synagogue-shooting-and-the-soul-of-a-neighborhood-9780525657194","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}