Mourning son, Rep. Raskin takes stand for mental health – The Forward

Tommy Raskin was, by all accounts, a deeply empathetic individual, whether fighting on behalf of humans or animals. His father, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, wrote in a statement published on Medium that his son “hated cliques and social snobbery, never had a negative word for anyone but tyrants and despots, and opposed all malicious gossip, stopping all such gossipers with a trademark Tommy line — ‘forgive me, but it’s hard to be a human.’” On New Year’s Eve, it became too hard; Tommy Raskin died by suicide.
The heartbreaking tribute by Raskin and his wife, Sarah Bloom Raskin, hit a nerve. “May his memory be a blessing,” resounded around Twitter as the eulogy was shared widely. This outpouring of support is a sign of how far the discourse around mental health and suicide has come in Jewish circles.

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