Leonard I Morgenbesser kindly wrote to us:

Dearest Evelin

Here is the local Albany article on the young man shot to death in Albany
It is a sad tale for our times

We must simply do more. So many times I feel so frustrated.
I just cannot understand man/woman inhumanity to man/woman. I have hope, my name, as you know, Morgenbesser, means "Tomorrow Better." But is is so depressing to witness this in one's own community and worse, to see much public complacence or distancing and denial, some folks saying it is not our problem, it is someone else's children, it is someone else's neighborhood

These folks just do not understand I fear.
They do not understand our connectedness at the root of our human existence

That is it, for sure, OUR CHILDREN DYING IN THOSE STREETS, IT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS EVEN IF WE DO NOT LIVE IN THOSE EXACT NEIGHBORHOODS OF DEVASTATION FROM VIOLENCE

I only hope my energy can persist

I wish you Shalom/Peace my dear friend and colleague, you are a true inspiration by your selfless academic contributions, you are a mentor to many, an exemplary humanist.

Most Fondly
Leonard, in Albany

Gun ends life in Albany: 19-year-old is city's 1st homicide victim of year in West Hill shooting
by: BRENDAN LYONS Staff writer

ALBANY -- A young man from West Hill was found shot to death inside the front door of his family's home early Wednesday, leaving detectives scrambling for a motive in the city's first murder of the year.

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