For many American Jews like me, it represented a declaration of a new normal. For many people, the Pittsburgh killings were the latest sign that acceptance was starting to fade, triggering fears that the United States, an inspirational refuge for so many American Jews’ grandparents and great-grandparents, could no longer protect us. And so, increasingly and across the country, American Jews are taking steps to protect ourselves. Nearly 1,000 American Jewish people attended basic security concepts programs in multiple states, according to Jason Friedman, the executive director of CSS. Even gun use, once a backburner topic quietly discussed in the private confines of rabbis’ offices, is now something widely debated in the American Jewish community.

Source: Huffington Post February 09, 2019 13:39 UTC