(Jewish Group) Highland Park rabbi speaks out after mass shooting

[Behind the Aegis]

‘We’re living in an imperfect world’: Highland Park rabbi speaks out after mass shooting

When his wife called to tell him about the active shooter two blocks east of his synagogue, Rabbi Yosef Schanowitz raced outside to shepherd in four teenage boys who were preparing the Chabad booth for Highland Park’s July 4th parade.

The parade was scheduled to file past the synagogue on Central Avenue.

Once inside, the boys told Schanowitz that they had heard sirens and seen racing police cars. But, he said, they did not yet know that a gunman had opened fire on the parade, killing six and injuring at least two dozen in the affluent suburb north of Chicago, which is home to a significant number of Jews.

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Schanowitz told the boys to stay put and call their parents. He then drove five minutes to the Highland Park Hospital, where he had volunteered as a chaplain before the pandemic, and walked into the emergency room.

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