SAN ANTONIO — The Temple Beth-El is almost 1,500 miles from the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburg, where eleven worshippers were murdered over the weekend. 

On Tuesday in San Antonio, that same number of people congregated to honor the victims with a memorial service. 

Every seat was full, standing room was at capacity and a seperate conference room live-streaming the event was also packed. The service was open to the public and to people of all faiths. 

"Hopefully we'll take that strength that we found tonight and kind of take it out into the world," Ronit Sherwin, CEO of the Jewish Federation of San Antonio said. "That's very, in some ways, that's very Jewish. You know, that after tragedy we want to say 'well what can we do?' And the truth is that we have to continue living on."

San Antonio Mayor Ron Niremberg spoke to the crowd, and other religious and community leaders also attended the event. Eleven candles were lit, while the names and short biographies of each victim were read out loud. 

"We believe you can't live your life in fear, you have to live your life embracing love and joy and life," Mara Nathan, senior rabbi at Temple Beth-El said. 

The service concluded with the entire room standing up to singThis Land is Your Land in unison.