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Dana Larkin, a member of Working Together Jackson and Beth Israel Congregation, welcomed attendees and gave the opening remarks for an event on Monday, Oct. 29, at Beth Israel Congregation that honored the 11 Jewish congregants who were murdered in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting on Oct. 27.

Dana Larkin and Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba embraced as he exited the podium following his statement about the inspiring show of support and community that local organizations have shown following the attack on members of Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh. Rabbi Jeffrey Kurtz-Lendner (also pictured above) was seated behind the podium during the press conference, which was on Monday, Oct. 29, at Beth Israel Congregation.

Ronnie Crudup Sr., a bishop with New Horizon Church International and a Working Together Jackson board member, emphasized the “together” in the organization's title and the need for unity regardless of differences at an event on Monday, Oct. 29, commemorating those who lost their lives in the Tree of Life Congregation shooting on Oct. 27. WTJ's event was at Beth Israel Congregation.

Rabbi Jeffrey Kurtz-Lendner speaks to a crowd at an interfaith call to prayer and press conference that Working Together Jackson organized on Monday, Oct. 29, at Beth Israel Congregation in response to the Oct. 27 shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.

Rabbi Jeffrey Kurtz-Lendner answered questions from a handful of TV and print news reporters following a ceremony on Monday, Oct. 29, that honored those who were killed during the shooting at Tree of Life Congregation on Saturday, Oct. 27.