Tree Of Life Reaches Out To Texas Synagogue After Hostage Situation

By Pam Surano, CBS Pittsburgh

January 18, 2022

Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue is reaching out to provide support to the Texas synagogue where four people were held hostage over the weekend.

President Joe Biden is calling the hostage-taking at the Texas synagogue an act of terror and the U.K. is also condemning the attack.

The standoff in Texas ended around 9 p.m. Saturday after ten hours when the last hostages at Congregation Beth Israel including their Rabbi, escaped from the gunman as an FBI SWAT team rushed in.

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