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KKK flyers that have gone up around the state recently spread the same hateful message that apparently prompted a gunman to massacre 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue last month: that Jews are responsible for illegal immigration from Mexico.

After a gunman opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday morning — the deadliest attack on Jews in United States history — those of all walks of faith in Laurel are standing in solidarity through song, sharing circles and vigils.

Howard County residents gathered at Beth Shalom Congregation in Columbia on Monday evening for a vigil to remember those lost in the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh.

Members of the Baltimore Jewish community gathered Sunday to support each other in the wake of the shooting that left 11 people dead inside a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday.