We fear what we do not know, and we hate what we fear. The recent attacks on Jews in Colorado and Washington D.C., along with the continuing slaughter of civilians in Gaza, indicate that the killers likely knew little about their victims, except that those people are somehow the “enemy”. It is easy to dehumanize a person if you cannot recognize him or her as being like yourself in some way. In our world the hard thing to do, the courageous thing to do, is to reach out and attempt to understand others, especially those who seem to be our enemies. However, to end the violence that is what we must do.

— Francis Pauc, Oak Creek, Wisconsin

Love for all

The recent attack in Boulder, Colorado, has once again shaken our collective conscience. As we grapple with the pain of another senseless act

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