Eight years after deadliest antisemitic attack in US history, Tree of Life rabbi bids farewell
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Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Congregation holds a bouquet of flowers while at his retirement dinner celebration on Friday, July 17, 2026, at Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)FILE - Tree of Life Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, left, walks President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump to a memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, on Oct. 30, 2018, for those who were fatally shot days earlier. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)FILE - Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, right, of Tree of Life/Or L'Simcha Congregation hugs Rabbi Cheryl Klein, left, of Dor Hadash Congregation and Rabbi Jonathan Perlman during a community gathering held in the aftermath of a deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, on Oct. 28, 2018. Perlman took shelter in a supply closet with three members of his New Light congregation during the attack. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Congregation, second from left, visits with friends, family and community members at his retirement dinner celebration on Friday, July 17, 2026, at Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Friends, family and community members gather for the retirement dinner celebration of Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Congregation on Friday, July 17, 2026, at Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Congregation, left, reminisces over images presented at his retirement dinner celebration at Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh on Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
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Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Congregation holds a bouquet of flowers while at his retirement dinner celebration on Friday, July 17, 2026, at Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)