We remain heartbroken by the deadly shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis which occurred during a school-wide Mass. Houses of worship should always be places of comfort and safety, not terror.
As details emerge about the motives of the shooter, JCRC has reached out in solidarity to our local Catholic partners. This year marks 60 years of proud partnership with the Catholic Church after the issuing of “Nostra Aetate,” and yet, together, we sadly reckon with the common roots of hate, bias and bigotry.
Reports indicate that the shooter’s weapon was covered with hateful messages and that he appears to have written an antisemitic manifesto. Extremist attacks have been on the rise and this is the plainest example of how turning ideology into violence impacts us all.
This is a painful reminder that when any community is targeted, whether Jewish, Catholic, Muslim, Black, immigrant, LGBTQ+, or any other, everyone is made less safe.
For more information: https://forward.com/fast-forward/764950/minneapolis-shooting-jacob-frey-catholic-school
