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Alex Lazarus-Klein

Aug 26, 2026, 1:27 PM

Israeli Jewish-Arab Inspiration for Buffalo

In May 2022, a downtown supermarket in my Western New York community was attacked by an 18-year-old from downstate looking to “kill black people.” Standing on the street in front of the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue the...

May 13, 2023, 4:09 PM

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Jews and Blacks came together after a mass shooting. What took so long?

Investigators stand outside during a moment of silence for the victims of the Buffalo supermarket shooting outside the Tops Friendly Market, May 21, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)

The May 14, 2022 killings felt far away to some Jews in Buffalo, NY even though the attack happened just down the road

About Me

Alex Lazarus-Klein is the rabbi at Congregation Shir Shalom in Williamsville, NY, and a member of the Friends of Givat Haviva National Rabbinic Cabinet.