{"id":1398,"date":"2018-02-22T19:13:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T19:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utj.org\/viewpoints\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2018-02-22T19:18:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T19:18:20","slug":"when-school-shootings-hit-home-pain-runs-deep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utj.org\/viewpoints\/2018\/02\/when-school-shootings-hit-home-pain-runs-deep\/","title":{"rendered":"When School Shootings Hit Home, Pain Runs Deep"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rabbi Seth Gordon, whose nephew and niece were in\u00a0Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the shooting on February 14, 2018 reflects on the tragedy from personal, religious, and public policy perspectives in this powerful article published by the Saint Louis Jewish Light<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I heard about them well after the shooting ended.\u00a0What I understand is that Zachary was able to run out quickly; Zoe was barricaded in a classroom and was one of the last to emerge. She was near the shooting, and several of her friends were killed.<\/p>\n

Using Cain\u2019s killing of Abel as a springboard, a midrash amid a Mishnah (Sanhedrin 4:8) teaches: \u201cOne who destroys a single life, it is as if he has destroyed an entire world.\u201d With Abel\u2019s death, half a world was lost. The rabbinic phrasing is once again vividly, though sadly, on point.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

But even as this has happened too often, it has apparently not happened enough \u2014 not enough\u00a0to do<\/em>\u00a0enough.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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Rabbi Seth Gordon, whose nephew and niece were in\u00a0Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the shooting on February 14, 2018 reflects on the tragedy from personal, religious, and public policy perspectives in this powerful article published by the Saint Louis Jewish Light. I heard about them well after the shooting ended.\u00a0What I understand is that Continue Reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":1399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,78],"tags":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-1398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-modern-judaism"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t