- Published: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 03:12 PM
CHICAGO – State Senator Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago) spoke on the Senate floor today in response to the horrific mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue late last month. Silverstein read the names of the victims and the Senate observed a moment of silence in honor of those killed in the shooting:
“On October 27, I was sitting in my synagogue when the president told me he needed to speak with me immediately. He informed me that he just heard there was a shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
“We did not know the extent of the carnage until after the Sabbath, when we could turn on the television and watch the news. This was the worst anti-Semitic attack in the United States, eleven people were killed and 7 were injured.