Kansas City shootings
Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service 4-14-2014
President Obama on Monday at his annual Easter Prayer Breakfast. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks.
President Obama on Monday called for people of all faiths to deter gun violence and anti-Semitism, one day after a gunman killed three people at Jewish centers in suburban Kansas City.
“That this occurred now — as Jews were preparing to celebrate Passover, as Christians were observing Palm Sunday — makes this tragedy all the more painful,” the president said at his annual Easter Prayer Breakfast.
The president noted that synagogues and Jewish community centers are now taking precautions by adding security measures.