Repairing the World:
Stories from the Tree of Life
Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life documents Pittsburgh's powerful community response to hate in the aftermath of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Through the voices of survivors, family members, diverse Pittsburgh residents and leaders, the film shows unity in a moment of crisis, the resilience of a vibrant city, and a community working together to understand what it means to be "stronger than hate."
A Film and Community Engagement Project
An accompanying civic and educational engagement campaign, presented by Not In Our Town, sparks action and provides tools for communities across the country to address the dangers of antisemitism and all forms of hate.
Remembering the eleven people whose lives were taken from Tree of Life, Dor Hadash and New Light Congregations.
"Eleven beautiful lives were cut down in our synagogue. But we're a tree of life, more leaves will grow back, more branches will grow back. We're not letting hate close our doors, ever.”
— Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA
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Like all of NIOT’s previous films, Repairing the World: Stories from The Tree of Life not only shares often-unheard stories of hope and activism but is expressly designed as part of an engagement strategy and organizing campaign in communities and schools across the country.
“[I]n the documentary, filmmaker Patrice O’Neill shows her audience the inspirational story of the citizens of Pittsburgh determined to turn the phrase ‘never again’ into action. ‘Repairing the World’ is exactly what Jewish Pittsburghers, and their neighbors, have set out to do.”
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