A Poem for Pittsburgh and All of Us by the Editor-in-Chief

Pittsburgh in Memoriam 

Shmuel ben Moshe HaLevi

The gunman did not pick and choose

As he killed eleven helpless Jews

And when the law surrounded him

He turned his deadly gun on them.

This hateful man I will not name

To do so would increase his fame

May the memory of him be erased

His life forgotten and disgraced.

Instead let us commend the corps

Who bravely stormed the temple door

And fought the gunman to the floor

Though four of them were wounded sore

And pray for the community

Of those killed with impunity

May their memories a blessing be

And hatred yield to harmony.