When my first book was published, one of the first places to invite me to speak was my Jewish community center. is where many of the nation’s estimated 5.3 million Jews feel the most Jewish American. The J is, in short, a place to go about the business of a regular, unremarkably American life. In 1999, a white supremacist wounded three children, a teenager and one adult at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles. Still, it wasn’t until Tuesday that President Trump spoke directly about the bomb scares.

Source: New York Times February 22, 2017 21:46 UTC