Returning to Tragedy

Reflecting five years later, from Pittsburgh Shooting to Crisis in Israel

It is hard to imagine that it has been five years since the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh on October 27th, 2018. It is strange to live in a different city from the community I used to serve.

I have changed. I have grown. Five years feels like a long time and a blink of an eye.

The time serving in the acute weeks following the shooting has stayed with m…