Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony later this week for the new Tree of Life synagogue campus in Pittsburgh, the White House announced Monday.
Emhoff, who is Jewish, will deliver remarks at the event on Sunday, nearly six years after a gunman opened fire at the synagogue, killing 11 people in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history.
Crews began demolishing the synagogue earlier this year. The new space is expected to include worship spaces, a museum, a movie theater and an educational center, according to the Associated Press.
A memorial to the victims of the October 2018 shooting is planned for a location outside the synagogue.
Emhoff has made combating anti-Semitism a central part of his work as Second Gentleman.
He was involved in the White House’s first national strategy to combat anti-Semitism and stepped up his role in the public eye following last October’s attack on Israel, which left more than 1,000 Israelis dead, triggering a broader war in the Middle East. .
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