The human being’s quest for security will obstruct his search for meaning and purpose, while his lack of security will impel his moral powers to unfold.  It is clearly this fact that underlies the ongoing repetition of the commandment to look after the stranger “because you were strangers in Egypt.” (Jewish Law as Rebellion by Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo, p. 45)

The terrorist attack last week will be forever imparted on who we are as Jews.  We have been propelled into a situation we did not invite nor want. We are faced with what happens now.  We need to figure out where we, as a community and as individual Jews, grow from here.