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What Does Judaism Teach About the “Lone Gunman?”

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June 19, 2014

What do we mean by ‘crazy’?  Is crazy the same as insane?  Is insane the same as mentally ill?  Can loneliness drive a person crazy?  Are “socially isolated” people mentally ill?


It terrifies me to read Elliot Rodger’s “> Nidal Malik Hasan, the first Fort Hood shooter, a terrorist if “> Las Vegas murderers who marked their kills with swastikas called ‘anti-government’ but not right wing extremists?


“>Golden Dawn party or the French people who support the

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