UMJC Mourns the Victims of the Buffalo Shooting

With deep sadness the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations extends our sincere condolences to the families of those who died during the violent attack on members of the Black community earlier this month in Buffalo, New York. We pray for the full recovery of those who were injured. Our congregations stand in heart-to-heart solidarity with grieving members of the Black community and the larger community of Buffalo.

The assailant’s openly racist and antisemitic motives were an assault on all of us who are determined to resist with vigilance and personal courage all such acts of hate and terror.

Together with their families, we grieve the deaths of:

  • Roberta A. Drury, 32

  • Margus D. Morrison, 52

  • Andre Mackniel, 53

  • Aaron Salter, 55

  • Geraldine Talley, 62

  • Celestine Chaney, 65

  • Heyward Patterson, 67

  • Katherine Massey, 72

  • Pearl Young, 77

  • Ruth Whitfield, 86

May their families be comforted, along with the mourners in Zion and Jerusalem.

Monique Brumbach