News - 10.27 Healing Partnership

October 2024: Remember and Reflect, in Spirit and in Action

Written on February 4, 2025.

Hello Friend,Thank you for being a part of our community. We join together annually to commemorate the eleven lives taken on Oct. 27, 2018. We gather to stand in solidarity with the families of those who were killed and the survivors of the shooting and to take steps to create a kinder world. We remember and seek to honor those who were killed every day, but commemoration...

Sept 2024: Looking Towards the Upcoming Commemoration Ceremony

Written on February 4, 2025.

Hello Friend, The annual commemoration of the synagogue shooting on October 27, 2018 aims to honor those who were killed, support those who survived and those whose family members were killed, and to be a gathering place for the community to join in remembrance. Commemoration is always evolving to meet ever-changing needs, and the process of planning it is led by the 10.27 Healing Partnership...

August 2024: Rosh Chodesh Elul

Written on February 4, 2025.

Hello Friend, We have some amazing programs coming up at the 10.27 Healing Partnership that I’m excited to share with you. The first is “Preparing the Heart and Mind,” our Rosh Chodesh Elul program in collaboration with Jewish Life at the JCC. The month of Tishrei on the Jewish calendar will arrive soon, shifting our calendars and seasons with the Jewish New Year....

Commemorative Donation Drive for the Bridgeville LA Fitness Shooting

Written on August 1, 2024.

Commemorative Donation Drive for the Bridgeville LA Fitness Shooting Support our neighbors on the fifteenth anniversary of the mass shooting in Collier Township On August 4th, 2009, a shooter entered the LA Fitness located in Bridgeville, just minutes outside of Pittsburgh, and killed three victims and injured nine others. The shooter was motivated by a hatred against women, and the mass...

What Should We Do Next?

Written on June 13, 2024.

Our programming is designed to open many doors to healing and to offer something for everybody. We are committed to creating trauma-informed wellness, community-building, and mental health services to benefit each person who participates and to build the resiliency of this community. Our goal is to consistently evolve to provide programming, events, education, or services that meet the current...

June Newsletter 2024: Open Doors to Healing

Written on June 13, 2024.

Hello Friend,As the seasons change and we enter summer, I wanted to make sure that you were invited to participate in programs with us. Over the last few months we have loved the opportunity to meet new people and try out different programs with them. This tent always has room for more people and ideas. I wanted to give a round of applause to the participants of the...

April 2024 Newsletter: Building Bridges with Jewish Tradition

Written on June 7, 2024.

Hello Friend, Midway through Passover, I look with anticipation towards the “widening place.” The narrow places feel easy to see and acknowledge; I’ve felt the impact of ongoing violence, the threats of antisemitism, and the divides between neighbors all intensely this year. Visualizing freedom and safety can at times feel more difficult. Thus, I am grateful...