From Odyssey Networks’ Faith on the Record series: A useful detail emerged after the horrific public deaths of TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward, who were shot while broadcasting live from a bucolic tourism site near Roanoke, VA. Parker’s father is pledging to honor his daughter’s life by advocating for strong gun regulations to save lives in the future; meanwhile, the murderer’s past (as a disgruntled ex-journalist) is why he’s being called a classic injustice collector by an NYPD counterterrorism official observing the case. For each of us, there’s an important lesson in balance: to “raise awareness and sensitivity to injustice, without always being on the lookout for slights.” Watch my video below for more insight and discussion.
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Brad Hirschfield is the co-founder and co-executive editor of The Wisdom Daily. A rabbi, Brad has been featured on ABC’s Nightline UpClose, PBS’s Frontline, Fox News and National Public Radio. He wrote a long-standing column, “For God’s Sake,” for the Washington Post and has also written for The Huffington Post and Beliefnet.com. He authored the book You Don’t Have To Be Wrong For Me To Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism. Brad also serves as President of Clal, The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a leadership training institute, think tank, and resource center in New York City.