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“PRAY FOR GENOCIDE” – PART II Encounters with the people targeting Beth Israel Congregation families at Sabbath Services Word of the “Jews pray for
genocide” remark circulated quickly. I couldn’t believe it. The next
time I attended services the picketers were there (of course) . I charged
right up to them and demanded, “Which one of you said, “Jews pray for
genocide”? The woman known as Gloria
defiantly thrust out her chin. “I did.” “You said Jews pray
for genocide?!?” I asked, incredulous. “That’s right,” she confirmed. A white-haired woman next
to her chimed in, “Its true! It’s true!” I asked them where they worshipped.
Gloria said she goes to St. Mary’s in Livonia. The other one asserted “Nowhere. I’m an agnostic”.
I turned away, still finding
it hard to believe their self-righteous ignorance and sheer bigotry.
As I walked in the synagogue door one of them (I don’t know which one)
screamed at my back, “I’M NOT THROUGH TALKING TO YOU YET!” The writer is an artist and writer. |