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Obama mourns Kansas gun violence, anti-Semitism: ‘We’re all children of God’

President Obama called for people of all faiths to deter gun violence and anti-Semitism one day after a gunman killed three people at Jewish centers in suburban Kansas City.

“That this occurred now—as Jews were preparing to celebrate Passover, as Christians were observing Palm Sunday—makes this tragedy all the more painful,” the president said April 14 in Washington, D.C., at his annual Easter prayer breakfast.

The president noted that synagogues and Jewish community centers are now taking precautions by adding security measures.