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8 | OCTOBER 17 • 2019 

1942 - 2019

Covering and Connecting 
Jewish Detroit Every Week
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guest column

Resilience and Strength 

One year after the shooting in Pittsburgh. 
T

he weekend after the 
worst act of anti-
Semitism in American 
history, the shooting at 
the Tree of Life synagogue 
in Pittsburgh, Jewish 
communities all 
over America 
decided that the 
most powerful 
symbol of 
vibrancy, 
solidarity and 
hope would be 
for everyone 
— Jewish or not — to 
#ShowUpForShabbat and be 
present at a local synagogue 
or temple. 
Launched by AJC 
(American Jewish 
Committee) 
, it was an 
incredible demonstration 
for the world and American 
Jewry to see hundreds, and 
even thousands, of people 
of different faiths filling our 

traditional gathering places 
— the Beit HaKnesset — on 
the traditional day of Jewish 
unity, Shabbat. Locally, many 
congregations participated 
in the Jewish Federation 
of Metropolitan Detroit’
s 
Shabbat Solidarity event. 
While in the incredibly sad 
days following the shooting 
there were many meaningful 
vigils and gatherings, there 
was truly something special 
about #ShowUpForShabbat. It 
made people feel good about 
being Jewish or being with 
Jews in a Jewish space. 
We came together as one, 
proud people to say we were 
not going to let those who 
hate us stop us from going to 
our gathering places, and we 
were not going to be afraid 
to come together to be the 
kind of people, and the kind 
of Jews, we had every right 
to be.

This year, one year 
after that tragic Shabbat 
on Oct. 27, 2018, Jewish 
Community Relations 
Council/ AJC (JCRC/AJC) 
asks you to once again join 
us and show our strength, 
resiliency and resolution and 
#ShowUpForShabbat on Oct. 
25 and 26, the Shabbat that 
precedes that horrific date 
that we all sadly remember 
so well. 
We ask you to find a way of 
celebrating the precious lives 
that were lost by showing 
everything they stood for — 
community, togetherness, 
connectedness and a passion 
for who we are — is alive 
and blossoming in our 
community. 
Last year at 
#ShowUpForShabbat, we 
felt a sense of humanity 
rediscovering itself, 
brotherhood and sisterhood 

and pride that we were Jews 
living in America surrounded 
by so many who cared for us 
and our ability to practice our 
faith. This year, let us return 
to our local congregations 
and make it clear we have the 
wherewithal to keep going in 
the footsteps of tragedy. 
Our people know the 
response to those who tell 
us “Go!” is “We are here to 
stay! Shabbat is here to stay! 
And our beloved places of 
gathering, even if we don’
t 
see them as often as we might 
like, are here to stay as well.” 
On Oct. 25-26, we will see 
you in shul. 

Rabbi Asher Lopatin is executive 

director of the JCRC/AJC. For 

more information and to find a local 

congregation participating, visit 

ajc.org/showupforshabbat.

Rabbi Asher 
Lopatin

