Jews Under Attack Deserve Better Than Selective Outrage

[MosheFeingold]

11. Great Link

And paralleled much of the discussion that was had.

Two things came to mind:

(1) about once or twice a year we have a serious disrupter, generally someone who is crazy and had asked for money (same as with the church in Texas) and

(2) that preservation of innocent life is superior to almost all other mitzvah (and, in fact, all we could think of that were in play)

The unfortunate thing is this particular shul is not in a great neighborhood and is next to apartments that many of us stay in for Shabbos (that have to travel). They have a lot of "Section 8" housing and troubled people. Lots of rude comments, but no real problems, yet.

Because of the nature of the space, it is also hard to secure it.