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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- More than a thousand people attended service at Congregation B'nai Israel in Sacramento for a prayer service to remember the victims at the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh.
People have been showing support right after the shootings. Rabbi Mona Alfi said it's something she saw nearly 20 years ago when white supremacists Benjamin and Tyler Williams firebombed three Sacramento synagogues, including B'Nai Israel.
The Williams Brothers were also convicted of murdering Gary Matson and Winfield Mowder, a gay couple from Redding. The Williams Brothers confessed to killing the couple because they were gay.
"Just like in 1999, we have been inundated with phone calls, with texts, with emails, with words of love and support, from the larger community," Alfi said. "In 1999, it wasn't until that date that was the worst attack on the Jewish community in the United States."
Monday night they were all grieving for their fellow Jewish brothers and sisters in Pittsburgh during a prayer service.
The congregation was also packed with people from other religions who wanted to stand in solidarity.
"I think it's more important than ever," said Jaydeep Bhatia from the Sikh community. "No one in this country, any faith group should have to be afraid or express any trepidation in practicing their faith."
Saad Sweilem, civil rights attorney with CAIR, agrees.
"To stand wth with them, to let them know we feel their pain and feel with them," Sweilem said. "As divided as it might seem that America is right now, we're still able to pull together when it matters."
Several hundred were expected, but more than a thousand showed up. The sanctuary overflowed into the social hall.
The California Museum will be offering free admission to the Unity Center on November 3 and 4 to stand up to hate and promote unity in the community. The Unity Center was created in response to the series of 1999 Northern California hate crimes.
More information on the Unity Center can be found here.
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