Virginia Tech tragedy

With the incidence of sociopaths and psychopaths in our nation and easy access to assault weapons, I have a question: Why are there not MORE Columbine and Virginia Tech massacres?

With the number of angry, disaffected, self-absorbed, alienated youth, why do we not hear about a comparable tragedy more often?

The Passover and the Last Supper

I read an article in the Oklahoman recently that troubled me. The headline read:

“Churches to offer seder. Christians incorporate Jewish tradition into Easter activities”

I am uncomfortable with this because I feel our holiday is being misunderstood and to a degree, co-opted.

What do I mean? Too many pastors and ministers (among others both in the Christian and Jewish communities) believe that the Last Supper was a Seder. Such a belief is a mistake my professors warned us against in rabbinical school: namely, reading into a practice what we desire, rather than reading out what a practice instructs.