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"We're healing, we're not healed. We're getting there. I am permanently changed. I'm much more aware of my surroundings everywhere that I go. I'm much more on edge."

Senators also questioned how FEMA can better support small congregations and nonprofits that may struggle to submit applications.

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From the blog of David-Seth Kirshner at The Times of Israel

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, who was involved in the Texas synagogue hostage crisis, shared his ordeal how he made it out alive from the nearly 11-hour tense stand-off that grabbed headlines last week.