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    A Synagogue Attack on the Holiest Day of the Year

    Whatever the motives behind the shooting in Germany, two lessons are already apparent.
    by Yascha Mounk Oct 09, 2019 2 minutes
    Source: Hannibal Hanschke / Reuters

    This morning, the small Jewish community in the city of Halle, in eastern Germany, assembled for the holiest day of the Jewish year: Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. While 70 people were following the services, two armed men drove up outside the synagogue with firearms.

    Judging from the , it seems the armed men tried to enter the synagogue with the intention of killing as many: a small mercy amid horror.

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