Slain brothers remembered as ‘beautiful souls’

More than 1,000 people have poured into one of Pittsburgh’s largest synagogues to mourn the two intellectually disabled brothers who were killed in Saturday’s massacre.

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers says Cecil and David Rosenthal were the very definition of “beautiful souls” at their joint funeral Tuesday at Rodef Shalom. Myers also survived the attack and is officiating at five other victims’ funerals.

He says their absence will be deeply felt at Tree of Life, the Pittsburgh synagogue where 11 people were gunned down Saturday in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.

Their family asked for donations to be sent to Tree of Life or Achieva in lieu of flowers.

Services for Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz were also being held Tuesday.

— AP

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