Rabbi Joseph Meszler

Rabbi Joseph Meszler is the spiritual leader of Temple Sinai in Sharon, MA. Rabbi Meszler has been a Brickner Fellow through the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, is a member of the Hevraya of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, and recently served as a Global Fellow with American Jewish World Service in 2017-18.

Gun Violence Prevention: One State at a Time

Rabbi Joseph Meszler

 

My first personal exposure to gun violence was as a teenager. I had a weeklong internship at a courthouse, and coincidentally a murderer from my hometown was being sentenced that week. A young man had shot his grandmother with the family hunting rifle.

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