What was it like growing up next door to Tree of Life synagogue — right in the heart of Mr. Rogers' neighborhood in Pittsburgh? Here's a reflection on that, written just after the shootings in 2018.
October 28, 2018 GMTLaw enforcement are position outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. Robert Bowers, the suspect in the mass shooting at the synagogue, expressed hatred of Jews during the rampage and told officers afterward that Jews were committing genocide and he wanted them all to die, according to charging documents made public Sunday.Law enforcement are position outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018.
People are nice to each other in Squirrel Hill. For crying out loud, it was literally Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood. We had a mass murder in Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood. I was weaned on such worries. And despite how paranoid they seemed on the corner of Shady and Wilkins, I thought I had internalized them.I wasn’t ready to hear the words ‘Squirrel Hill’ uttered by the president of the United States or the prime minister of Israel. I wasn’t prepared to see a law enforcement officer armed to the teeth standing in front of the house where I grew up memorizing Steelers’ Super Bowl stats. Or to see a childhood friend interviewed on the news.
You don’t want to hear me rant and rave about what I think must change to make this the last mass shooting in America. So instead, I’ll tell you something else about Harry Houdini: He managed many of his impossible escapes by hiding keys in the back of his throat.We live in a cesspool of hateful words, and we are drowning in it. Yet we act surprised when hate rears up in our communities.
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