Commentary: We must find common ground to prevent violence

The rabbi in Concord, N.H., where I grew up, sent out an email to congregants this week explaining that the front doors of our temple will now be locked during religious school. It is a prudent security step. But it’s hard to stomach the physical hardening of a place I bounded freely through as a child — a seamless doorway between secular and spiritual, where engagement with community outside is as sacred as the Torah scrolls inside.I learned about the Pittsburgh shooting in the dark