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GUEST ROOM | Cornell’s Silence is Deafening
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The events at the Colleyville synagogue on Jan. 15, where four Jews were held hostage by gunman Malik Faisal Akram for 11 hours during Shabbat services, shocked American Jews. I, like other American Jews, watched the news in horror as FBI officials waited outside the Texas synagogue and attempted to negotiate with the gunman. The events at the Colleyville synagogue on Jan. 15, where four Jews were held hostage by gunman Malik Faisal Akram for 11 hours during Shabbat services, shocked American Jews. I, like other American Jews, watched the news in horror as FBI officials waited outside the Texas synagogue and attempted to negotiate with the gunman. Unfortunately, the antisemitism of the day did not end when the hostages escaped.