'This Is Us' Pays Tribute to Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Victims

This Is Us took a moment this week to pay tribute to the Jewish victims of an anti-Semitic shooting in its hometown of Pittsburgh. The series also took the opportunity to tell fans how to support the victims. Read on for details.

Via Deadline.

As America reels from the massacre in Pittsburgh this past weekend, This Is Us paid an homage to the city where much of the Dan Fogelman created series takes place.

At the end of Tuesday’s “Kamsahamnida” episode on NBC, a titled card went up addressing the murders of 11 people in the Tree of Life synagogue on October 27. Now facing the death penalty, suspect  Robert Bowers’ vile action was the worst concentrated case of anti-semitism in American history.

Executive producer Fogelman and This Is Us actors including Mandy Moore took the title card to social media soon afterwards, as well as advocating a charity to support the victims’ families and those injured in the gunfire in the house of worship:

Pittsburgh is our #ThisIsUs hometown.  If you'd like to donate to Victims of Terror Fund to support the Pittsburgh community, please text:

Now in its third season and starring Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chrissy Metz and Chris Sullivan, the well-watched, Emmy-nominated and LA-filmed This Is Us takes place over several decades in the Pennsylvania city.

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