Reform movement 'deeply saddened, alarmed' by attack

(JNS)— The Union for Reform Judaism, the congregational arm of the Reform Jewish movement in North America, stated on Thursday that it was “deeply saddened and alarmed” by the car-ramming and shooting attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Mich., outside of Detroit.

Security officers shot and killed the gunman, who injured the head of security at the temple, the Reform movement’s largest in the country.

“Our hearts are with the injured, heroic security officer, the congregation, and especially the children and educators, whose day was pierced by antisemitic violence,” the URJ said. “A syn...