Julian Edelman’s support for victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting continued Sunday in touching fashion.
For his team’s Week 15 matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the New England Patriots will receiver will rock special cleats to honor the 11 people who were gunned down Oct. 27 at the Tree of Life Synagogue. Edelman, whose father is Jewish, has been vocal in his support of the community ever since the tragedy took place.
He shared a photo of the cleats in this heartfelt tweet:
In Remembrance. בזיכרון עץ חיים#StrongerThanHate
Joyce Feinberg
Richard Gottfried
Rose Mallinger
Jerry Rabinowitz
Cecil Rosenthal
David Rosenthal
Bernice Simon
Sylvan Simon
Daniel Stein
Melvin Wax
Irving Younger🎨 @MACHE275 🙏 @CJPBoston 🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/PUUszklkUz
— Julian Edelman (@Edelman11) December 16, 2018
Edelman isn’t the only Patriot who has the victims in his heart, however.
Team owner Robert Kraft, who grew up in an Orthodox Jewish family, reportedly flew to Pittsburgh on Saturday to visit Tree of Life, and even participated in a service.
#Patriots owner Robert Kraft flew in to Pittsburgh early yesterday to visit the Tree of Life synagogue, where a gunman massacred 11 people. He then attended services at Rodef Shalom, and when invited to speak by the rabbi, he did. I’m told he even spoke partly in Hebrew. #bridges
— Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) December 16, 2018
Now that’s leadership.
