DePaul’s Jewish students react to Texas synagogue attack Members of the Jewish community attended the Sabbath service at Congregation Beth Israel on Jan. 15 in Colleyville, Texas. With services being held both online and in person, many were expecting a typical day of faith, worship and bonding with fellow attendees. According to CNN, that all changed when Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and Jeffery Cohen, vice president of the Board of Trustees, heard the “unmistakable sound of an automatic slide engaging a round.” What would follow was a several-hour standoff between the hostage-taker and negotiators, with the congregation’s attendees caught right in...
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