Note: This perennial favorite is republished with working video links (original date: April 16, 2014). As I was preparing to travel to a community in western Iowa that lost a fourth person to suicide this past year, I heard about the shooting and loss of lives at the Jewish Community Center in Kansas City.
Since writing the story of my life’s greatest mentor (a Jewish judge), I’ve become familiar with the work of Jewish Community Centers – and the good and gracious people that fill them to celebrate messages of love and service.
I sent a note of condolence to the Kansas City JCC, tucked the shooting victims, families and community into my heart, and headed off to spend time with yet another grieving community.
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