Source: The Kansas City Star
On September 4, 1999, The Kansas City Star published an article on the High Holy Days as a time to reflect upon the recent acts of violence against the Jews in the United States. Joseph Schultz, former director of the Center for Religious Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas, told of a prayer on the High Holy Days which reminds Jews that, "it is only when a united humanity feels it is responsible for one another and seeks to elevate one another that we truly realize the sovereignty of God in the world." Marvin Szneler, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Bureau/American Jewish Committee, stated: "Given the outbreak of tragedies, it brings hope to us that we are in this world with other people, and when one is in pain, we all are in pain."