Each of us has the power to change the world | Yoko Ono
"Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Just start thinking peace, and the message will spread quicker than you think."~ Yoko Ono
From dancing to death: 'I wish I didn't have a bat mitzvah and Dan was alive' | The Times of Israel
The following is a quote from a Times of Israel newspaper article regarding the fatal shooting outside a synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark, this past weekend. T he mother of the girl who celebrated her bat mitzvah at a Copenhagen synagogue when a gunman opened fire outside, killing one Jewish security guard, recalled the attack with horror and grief on Monday, and expressed sorrow at the death of the beloved community member, Dan Uzan. “Only an hour beforehand I went out to bring [Uzan] cakes and sandwiches,” Mita Ben-Tov told Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth. “All of the sudden the celebration looks vain, [my daughter] Hannah told me ‘Mom, I wish I had not had a bat mitzvah and that Dan would have stayed alive.'” Ben-Tov said guests and children were forced to hide in a basement for two hours following the shooting. “We were dancing and singing, and suddenly the second guard entered and told us to turn the music down,” she said. “We were not aware that there was ...
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