Cut down: The recent murders, & thoughts thereafter

• Breaking news: Attack at a Jerusalem yeshiva (eight dead at Yeshiva Mercaz HaRav)
• Adding to the mourning: Student-body president killed (Eve Carson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Sergey Kadinsky to editor: "No Chance of Peace"
• Gordis: Israelis no longer know why they're there Link to article by Daniel Gordis saying that many Israelis know so little of Jewish tradition and history that they don't know why a Jewish state is necessary.
• "The Left Hand of God" no longer has a place here ". . . once you describe as terrorists those defending their fellow citizens against terrorists, you've gone beyond the pale."
• Flowers, here and gone Let's pray and do good deeds in memory of those cut down in the flower of youth, and pray for the recovery of the wounded, as well.

I have been informed that I somehow missed the news of the murder of yet another college student. May good memories of her bring comfort to her family.