Mass shooting victims come together in show of unity

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Members of a congregation from a Pittsburgh synagogue where 11 died in a mass shooting by an anti-Semitic gunman last fall traveled to Charleston to worship with members of the church where nine black worshipers died in 2015 at the hands of a white supremacist.

The Post and Courier reports that members of the New Light Congregation of the Tree of Life synagogue and members of the Emanuel AME Church worshiped together Friday and Sunday.

The Pittsburgh group came to Charleston for the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend for a show of unity and celebration.

Rabbi Jonathan Perlman leads New Light Congregation.