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Andrew Goldstein, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH â Imagine wanting to complete an important task but not having the ability to do it because of personal limitations when, unexpectedly, a friend offers assistance. But why would that person volunteer to help? Because that s what friends do. That s What Friends Do is also the title of a recently published children s book by Cantor Steven Stoehr that aims to instill the importance of being a helpful and caring friend in addition to accepting those who are different in the wake of the Oct. 27, 2018, massacre at Tree of Life synagogue. It wasn t so much that I wanted to teach kids about the sad massacre in Pittsburgh and the pain of that, Stoehr said in a phone interview. I wanted to take the necessary message of that day and try to spread tolerance and peacefulness. ....
UpdatedWed, Dec 23, 2020 at 4:57 pm CT Reply Cantor Steven Stoehr speaks with the new Tree of Life Torah cover next to him (Photo submitted) NORTHBROOK, IL It s been two years since a mass shooting claimed the lives of 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history startled a nation. Cantor Steven Stoehr, a native of Pittsburgh, was devastated about the tragedy. What can we do after something so unspeakable? As cantors, whose role it is to guide the diverse spectrum of our community, we know education is crucial to long-term change and understanding, said Stoehr, a senior cantor at Northbrook s Congregation Beth Shalom. ....