The quintessential target

Here's an interview with Rabbi David Saperstein of the Religious Action Center on today's shooting at the Holocaust Museum in DC. Potent quote:

This represents something else that is perhaps distinct to Jews in America compared to other groups. Other religious targets may be subject to vandalism or even discriminatory acts but there are few other religious institutions that day in and day out must be concerned about acts of terrorism in the form of bombs, gun attacks, etc. On many levels Jews have been and remain the quintessential victims of religious intolerance and hatred in western civilization.

Our prayers go out to the family of the murdered security guard, Stephen Johns.