Eileen Soffer is National Coordinator of Rabbis Against Gun Violence.
Eileen Soffer
By Eileen Soffer
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Community To Drown Out Gun Violence, Faith Leaders Unite in Song
Is anyone else tired of the interminable noise of this election season? Even more disquieting than the din of the politicians, their surrogates, the pundits and the crowds is the unrelenting sound of gunfire in our communities. If you can’t hear it, you aren’t listening. No neighborhood – no person – is immune, even when…
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Community Channeling The Power of Faith to End Gun Violence
Rabbis are part of a growing group of American Faith Leaders who have witnessed with anguish our communities being devastated by suicides, homicides, unintentional shootings, and mass shootings. We have consoled families and buried their loved ones. We have seen how the most vulnerable and marginalized members of our society are disproportionately affected by gun…
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