WASHINGTON (AP) — Doug Emhoffthe husband of Vice President Kamala Harris and the first Jewish person to serve as the wife of a nationally elected U.S. leader will speak Sunday at the groundbreaking memorial for the victims of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.
The White House announced that Emhoff, one of the Biden administration’s most visible and outspoken officials on combating anti-Semitism at home and abroad, would attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Tree of Life campus.
The synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood was home to the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in the United States, in which 11 worshipers were killed by a gunman motivated by hatred of Jews. The space will include a new place of worship, a museum dedicated to studying anti-Semitism in the U.S. and a memorial to the victims.
The June 23 event will feature community leaders, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, who will serve as hosts of the ceremony.
