Alex Lazarus-Klein, at The Blogs

May 13, 2023, 4:09 PM

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

Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein is the rabbi of Congregation Shir Shalom of Buffalo in Williamsville, New York, and rabbinic consultant to the Buffalo Jewish Communal Relations Council.