On the recordDecember 12, 2019
I learned yesterday that two of the innocent victims in the shooting in Jersey City earlier this week are from my hometown, my home borough, the great borough of Brooklyn--Moshe Deutsch and Mindy Ferencz--and that the kosher deli where they were all killed in all likelihood was targeted as part of a hate crime. This morning, I stand in solidarity with the Jewish communities of New Jersey and New York as they confront the anti-Semitic poison that motivated that horrible attack, and I stand in sorrow at the loss of innocent lives from my community. May their memory be a blessing. I also salute the great police officer, as well, who fell in the line of duty trying to apprehend these brutal thugs.
