What's Changed Since the Poway Synagogue Shooting?

What's Changed Since the Poway Synagogue Shooting?
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Three years ago today, a gunman entered the Chabad of Poway synagogue in California and fired on the congregation. Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, who had moved to shield the rabbi from the bullets, was killed. The rabbi, Yisroel Goldstein, then 57, and two others -- Almog Peretz, 34, and his 8-year-old niece, Noya Dahan -- sustained non-fatal injuries. It was the morning of Shabbat, and the last day of Passover. It was just six months after the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which claimed 11 victims -- the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. By the end of 2019, antisemitic incidents had hit an all-time high nationwide, with more than 2,100 acts of assault and harassment reported, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
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