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The Chabad Synagogue Attacker Implicates My Tradition

By Greg Williams
Howard Kaye holds his daughter Hannah Jacqueline Kaye at the funeral for Lori Gilbert-Kaye, the sole fatality of the  shooting at Chabad synagogue in Poway. REUTERS/John Gastaldo
May 3, 2019
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This twisted hate of anti-Semitism isn't the logical end point of my tradition but rather a perverted version of it — a version that has flourished before but has never been right or faithful.

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Howard Kaye holds his daughter Hannah Jacqueline Kaye at the funeral for Lori Gilbert-Kaye, the sole fatality of the  shooting at Chabad synagogue in Poway. REUTERS/John Gastaldo