Andrew Goretsky

We should be celebrating our children’s milestones, not holding our breath.

Yet here we are again — on edge, counting incidents, scanning headlines and wondering whether the next knock on the door is a delivery driver or a threat.

I am very grateful for the work of the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office. However, the arrest of the Maryland man charged with mailing dozens of violent screeds to synagogues and Jewish nonprofits, including here in Philadelphia, is a moment of relief, but hardly of repose. It lands amid a terrifying cascade of incidents that have left the Jewish community facing an unprecedentedly high threat environment

• The Molotov cocktail attack on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence while his family slept.

• The fatal shooting of two young people — Sarah Mi

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