(Jewish Group) Tree of Life to hold High Holiday services at local Episcopal church

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Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life congregation will hold its High Holiday services in an Episcopal church located just down the street.

The Calvary Episcopal Church reached out to the congregation just days after the Oct. 27 attack that left 11 Jewish worshippers dead, offering its building for any of the congregation’s needs, the Episcopal News Service reported.

The congregation, known formally as Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Congregation, has been holding Shabbat services in the social hall of Rodef Shalom Congregation, another Pittsburgh-area congregation, but it needs a location that can hold at least 800 people for services for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle reported. The church’s sanctuary can seat 1,000 people.

The church is not charging Tree of Life for using the space, according to The Rev. Jonathon Jensen, rector of Calvary Episcopal Church. He said the church would cover many of its crosses in order to make the Jewish worshippers more comfortable. Tree of Life will be bringing its prayer books, Torah scrolls, an ark and lectern to the church.

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