On April 27, 2019, in the middle of Passover, a white supremacist burst through the doors of a Chabad synagogue in Poway, California and opened fire, killing congregant Lori Gilbert-Kaye and injuring three others. As we approach the second anniversary of the shooting, we speak to Mayor Steve Vaus, a Grammy-winning country music singer, who was serving his first term as Poway's mayor at the time. 

Then we're joined by AJC Paris Director Anne-Sophie Sebban-Bécache to talk about the case of Sarah Halimi, a 65-year old French woman who was murdered in 2017 because she was Jewish. France's highest court has ruled that her killer will not stand trial due to his "delirious state" from smoking marijuana.

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Episode Lineup: 

(00:40) Mayor Steve Vaus

(15:32) Anne-Sophie Sebban-Bécache

(19:02) Manya Brachear Pashman

(22:15) Seffi Kogen

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Show Notes:

Episode Transcript

One Candle by Steve Vaus