Editorial: 'That we've experienced such violence before doesn't ameliorate the shock and dismay from Saturday's violent anti-Semitic attack on worshippers at Chabad of Poway.' (via latimesopinion)
A gunman killed one person and injured three others at the Chabad of Poway synagogue Saturday.
The timing, of course, was part of the intent. A gunman with a semiautomatic rifle walked into the Chabad of Poway synagogue during services Saturday morning andIt was the last day of Passover. At least one person was killed and three were wounded, while uncounted others have again been seared with mortal fear, all in the name of hate.
This is the second deadly synagogue attack in the United States in six months, following the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in October. That was the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history, leaving 11 people dead.
But it is becoming clear that anti-Semitism is on the rise, both here and in Europe. France reported a 74% increase in anti-Jewish offenses in 2018, and in Germany, violent anti-Semitic attacks surged by more than 60%. In the U.S., the Anti-Defamation League has documented an alarming rise in hate incidents against Jews. According to the organization, anti-Semitic incidents jumped 57% in 2017 over the previous year. This past January, U.N.
We still have more to learn about the Poway attack, but a 19-year-old suspect has been arrested and local officials are calling this a “hate crime.”Last weekend, it was mostly Christian churches in Sri Lanka that were
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