Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By admin on January 1, 2020

Coming Together Stark County is saddened and condemns two more attacks at religious establishments. On Saturday, another anti-Semitic attack took place in Monsey, N.Y., where five people were stabbed. On Sunday, two individuals died in White Settlement, Texas.

The number of attacks in the United States is frightening and, as with all attacks, vicious and senseless.

Last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League, 60% of all religious hate crimes in the United States were against Jews or their institutions. Anti-Semitic incidents totaled 1,879, more than five per day.

On a larger scale, a dark blanket is covering, identifying and connecting cities across the United States with hate attacks against all races, nationalities and religious affiliations, not just against those of the Jewish community.

Attacks and threats were carried out at private businesses, retail establishments, cemeteries, homes, college campuses, K-12 schools and, of course, places of worship.

Cities where these attacks have occurred include: New Orleans; Montgomery, Ala.; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Pensacola, Fla.; Jersey City, N.J.; St. Louis; Great Falls, Mont,; San Antonio; Westerly, R.I.; Baltimore; Chicago; Richmond, Va,; and Coralville, Iowa. All of these attacks occurred in December, and this list doest include those we know all too well and so recently: El Paso, Dayton, Pittsburgh, and Charlottesville.

Coming Together Stark Countys wish and mission is to remove that dark blanket so we can see the light of our differences and include them and learn from them each day of our lives, in our county and our country.

JIM MOLNAR, CANTON

(Molnar is executive director of Coming Together Stark County.)

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Letter to the editor: Coming Together Stark County working to lift blanket of darkness - Canton Repository

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