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The Connecticut School Shooting  The Connecticut School Shooting
Asking why in the aftermath of tragedy.   When I first heard the
ambulances, I didn't even pause to think about what happened.  I
was cooking for Shabbos as my boys ran in and out of the
kitchen. When we lived in Israel, I was used to checking the
news anytime I heard more than one or two ambulances, but here
in quiet, suburban Connecticut, I had stopped doing that.  After
the sixth echo of ambulance sirens, I began to wonder what was
going on. I picked up my phone to check the news and just kept
shaking my head in horror and disbelief as I read about the
shooting in a nearby elementary school that left 20 small
children and six teachers dead. I was so shocked that I didn't
notice my six-year-old standing next to me and peering over my
shoulder.  "What happened?" he asked me.  I closed the news
story and tried to thi