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Monday Sunrise Briefs: America responds to attacks on worship

Two attacks this weekend - one at a rabbi’s home in New York and another at a church in Texas - raised anew questions about how Americans respond to assaults at places of worship.

Saturday's knife attack (injuring five people) during a large Hanukkah celebration was the 13th anti-Semitic attack in New York since Dec. 8. “This is violence spurred by hate, it is mass violence and I consider this an act of domestic terrorism,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. Jewish leaders Sunday spoke of resilience, defiance, and vigilance.

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