Responding to Spiritual Questions and Emotional Needs after Tragedies

Following tragedies, especially those that are manmade, people of all ages have questions about how a good God could let terrible tragedies happen.

For most of us, in the immediate moment of tragedy, the question is only partly theological. Rather, the care we desperately need is that which human beings – perhaps Divinely inspired – can offer to one another.

This article from the Union for Reform Judaism helps educators and clergy navigate spiritual questioning in the wake of tragedy.