Last Friday’s murder of Dr. Barnett Slepian, an obstetrician-gynecologist who also performed abortions, has moblized some Jewish groups. Slepian had just returned to his upstate N.Y. home from his Reform temple’s Shabbat service when a sniper shot him through his window. The National Council of Jewish Women is organizing vigils in Washington, D.C. and other cities in response. The Reform movement is sending out materials to its congregations to help them address the murder of one of their own.
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