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Behind the Aegis

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Wed Jul 6, 2022, 12:19 AM Jul 2022

(Jewish Group) 'There are no words': Highland Park recalls shooting victim's work with Jewish kids,

‘There are no words’: Highland Park recalls shooting victim’s work with Jewish kids, couples

In the Jewish communities on Chicago’s North Shore, Jacki Lovi Sundheim taught preschoolers and made sure adolescents were ready for their b’nei mitzvahs and that couples were prepared for their wedding ceremonies.

She was murdered by a gunman Monday as she watched a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park. The 63-year-old grew up in the city and had worked for decades at North Shore Congregation Israel, a Reform synagogue in nearby Glencoe.

Sundheim’s nephew, Luke Sundheim, was at a different parade in Winnetka, Illinois, a few miles south of Highland Park, when he learned that his aunt had been killed.

“Jacki was senselessly gunned down watching a parade that she’s been to her entire life,” he wrote on Facebook. “If you knew Jacki you’d know that she was one of the kindest people you’d ever meet and she went out of her way to help anyone.”

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(Jewish Group) 'There are no words': Highland Park recalls shooting victim's work with Jewish kids, (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Jul 2022 OP
This is so sad LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #1
Ah! This was the lady I remember hearing about last night, worked with the youngest kids Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #2

Rhiannon12866

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2. Ah! This was the lady I remember hearing about last night, worked with the youngest kids
Thu Jul 7, 2022, 03:26 AM
Jul 2022

Helped prepare kids for bar and bat mitzvahs and couples for weddings. She's sure going to be missed - it's as if those who were needed and cherished most were targeted by this hateful shooter! For no good reason!!!

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