10 things you need to know today: October 31, 2018

Funerals begin for 11 killed in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, Trump visits shooting scene to honor victims, and more

President Trump visits memorials in Pittsburgh
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1. Mourners gather for first funerals of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims

Thousands of mourners gathered in Pittsburgh on Tuesday for the first funerals honoring the 11 people killed in Saturday's mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue. The Tree of Life is still closed as a crime scene, so the services for Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz and brothers Cecil and David Rosenthal were held in two other large synagogues, and a private ceremony was conducted in an undisclosed location for Daniel Stein, 71. Rabinowitz was remembered as a caring family doctor described by one friend as "bigger than life." The Rosenthals, intellectually disabled 50-something brothers who greeted people at the synagogue, were remembered by massacre survivor Rabbi Jeffrey Myers as "beautiful souls" with "not an ounce of hate in them — something we're terribly missing today."

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.