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    Scared, but not surprised after synagogue shooting

    On Saturday, a gunman walked into a synagogue in San Diego County, on the last day of Passover, and opened fire killing one person and injuring three others, including the rabbi.

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    By Benjamin Gottlieb • May 2, 2019 • 1 min read

    On Saturday, a gunman walked into a synagogue in San Diego County, on the last day of Passover, and opened fire killing one person and injuring three others, including the rabbi.

    Not far from San Diego, at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Director of Education Jordanna Gessler said she wasn’t surprised.

    “I think the Jewish community, as with other communities, is very community based. You know, having a shooting take place that happened in San Diego… that's almost in Los Angeles. And you know it's very upsetting especially when we as a community sometimes think that California is a liberal place an open place. I think it challenges us to scratch the surface a little bit and stop thinking about things that happened over there and in other parts of the world and really take a hard look at what's going on where we are.”

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      Benjamin Gottlieb

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Synagogues step up security after Poway shooting, but question their approach
    1. 0:00Scared, but not surprised after synagogue shootingYou’re reading this
    2. 7:07Do more guards, guns and gates make worshippers safer?
    3. 18:21What’s in a name? Rodeo Road becomes Obama Boulevard
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