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Shabbat Sermon: Take Your Best Shot with Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger

Published: Aug. 31, 2019, 2 p.m.

Recently I came upon an article in the New York Times which took my breath away titled, \u201cHe was shot and paralyzed 37 years ago. That\u2019s not how the story ends.\u201d

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Thirty-seven years ago, thirteen-year-old Jeff Williams was hanging out with his brother and a friend, Maury, in the Bronx when the unthinkable happened.  Maury got out his uncle\u2019s gun and started showing it off: spinning the chamber and pointing the it around the room. Jeff\u2019s brother, Reggie, tried to convince Maury to put the gun down. But Maury insisted it was perfectly safe, pulling the trigger to prove the point. It wasn\u2019t safe, though. The gun was loaded. Jeff collapsed.

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