In The Wake Of Attacks, Jewish Communities Balance Accessibility With Security

Like Pittsburgh, suburban Kansas City was the scene of a major violent attack on the American Jewish community.

On April 13, 2014, an avowed white supremacist from Missouri drove to the the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City — known locally as “The J” — then shot and killed a 14-year-old boy and his 69-year-old grandfather in the parking lot.

The man also shot at other people and the building itself before driving about a mile north to a Jewish retirement community, where he shot and killed a 53-year-old woman. None of the three victims were Jewish.