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Reflections from April 13th

April 15, 2014 By Gar Demo

St Thomas held a vigil service for our community on the evening of April 13th, 2014, after a shooter targeting Jewish centers killed at least three people and injured others. Below are several reflections about how we respond as a community to this tragedy.

Rabbi Arthur Nemitoff and Fr Gar Demo participate in a radio interview on KCUR’s Central Standard program:
Listen to the interview here

Fr Gar and Fr Ben have collected several reflections in an article that was published in Time Online:
Read the article here

Fr Ben has written about responding to hateful events here:
Read the article here.

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