Dear Shomrei Members,
This past Saturday I received a phone call from a dear friend who is living in Vienna with her family. She told me to read “The Lady in Gold”, a movie we had seen together on a flight from Zurich. I read the book over the weekend, though a very hard emotional read. Coincidentally, this was at about the same time as the protests in Charlottesville. The parallels between the events in the book and this week’s real life are a little too bizarre.
I do not believe in using my presidency as a political statement. We are all entitled to our personal points of view. However, I do think it is important to be knowledgeable about current events and that we in the Jewish community must not just ignore those events. This is not only for our community but any community that is in danger of being violated.
Please read this letter from Alan Zimmerman, President of Congregation Beth Israel, Charlottesville, Va. I hope we can come together this Shabbat as a sign of solidarity with other Jewish communities.
Fern
Image courtesy of the Huffington Post via Twitter
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