The abrupt and violent end to Stephen Straus 88-year passionate pursuit of knowledge, understanding and art appreciation was mourned by family and friends Friday, four days after he lost his life in a mass shooting at his Highland Park hometown s Fourth of July parade.
The abrupt and violent end to Stephen Straus 88-year passionate pursuit of knowledge, understanding and art appreciation was mourned by family and friends Friday, four days after he lost his life in the mass shooting at his Highland Park hometown s Fourth of July parade.
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Even as synagogues begin planning for services and programs that will approximate synagogue life before the pandemic, many recognize a need to memorialize the unprecedented disruption and loss suffered by congregations from COVID-19.
“I wanted something that would remind us of what we had gone through. This will be a story that we will need to tell,” said Rabbi Rabbi David Steinhardt, spiritual leader of B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton, Fla.
Clergy and congregants are finding a myriad of ways to remember the pandemic’s impact, from creating art to commissioning a Torah to writing special prayers.
As he plans for his community to come back together in person, Steinhardt thinks the moment calls for a significant project, “something more than saying