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From the blog of Stephen Berer at The Times of Israel

Milford's Chabad House Jewish Center unveiled its new Torah ark during a dedication ceremony and commemoration of 9/11 heroes on Sept. 11.

How are you processing this senseless attack? >> in many ways, don, it's a shocking attack but not all together surprising. as you eluded to into the lead into this piece, the level of anti-semitism hit historic highs in the country in the last three years we've seen the highest number and the third highest number of anti s-semitic incidents. we seen spikes in harassment, vandalism and violence and it is telling that a rabbi who wants to teach torah, his life was saved because he knew tactical maneuvers. thank god for the fbi and andrew's former colleagues that did amazing work by the hero is ...

Jonathan, the suspect in this terror attack was welcomed in the congregation at beth israel. the rabbi thought he might be homeless so he brought him in from the cold and gave him tea. this could happen at any synagogue. it's similar to -- remember mother emanuel? the guy game in wanting help. how are you processing this senseless attack? >> in many ways, don, it's a shocking attack but not all together surprising. as you eluded to into the lead into this piece, the level of anti-semitism hit historic highs in the country in the last three years we've seen the highest number and the third high...