18 | OCTOBER 24 • 2019
Jews in the D
Temple
Emanuel
Vandalized
Two anti-Semitic fl
yers were discovered
plastered to the double doors of
Temple Emanuel in Grand Rapids.
S
unday morning, Oct. 12,
Rabbi Michael Schadick
arrived at Temple
Emanuel in Grand Rapids just
before Sunday school began
and immediately noticed
something hanging on the
doors of the synagogue.
Two anti-Semitic flyers were
adhered to each side of the
synagogue’
s double doors. The
Jerusalem Post shared photos
of the posters, which featured
images of Adolf Hitler with the
words “Did you forget about
me?” A second poster calls for
a “crusade against Semite-led
subhumans.
”
Edie Landman, president of
Temple Emanuel, was in dis-
belief that “such a cowardly act
would be done to our temple.
”
The synagogue is continu-
ing to hold regular activities,
including Sunday school and
programming for the Sukkot
holiday. Attendance has been
as Landman expected for
the temple’
s seven nights of
Sukkot.
The support for Temple
Emanuel from the Grand
Rapids community has contin-
ued to pour in, and Landman
is confident this incident will
only serve to strengthen the
community.
“We have received a number
of cards and flowers from total
strangers expressing their con-
dolences that we have to deal
with such behavior and offer-
ing to stand in solidarity with
us against hate,
” Landman
said.
Grand Rapids Mayor
Rosalynn Bliss demonstrat-
ed her support by tweeting,
“Standing in solidarity with
our Jewish friends and neigh-
bors. And standing united in
rejecting these acts of hatred
and anti-Semitism.
”
In a press release, Cary
Fleischer, the Michigan
Democratic Jewish Caucus
Grand Rapids chair and mem-
ber of Temple Emanuel, said,
“It is high time that all of us, as
Americans, come together and
speak out against these acts
of hate, which afflict so many
of our communities. We must
work together to bring kind-
ness and respect for our differ-
ences back to our country.
”
This incident comes less
than a month after David
Holden, resident of Temple
Jacob in Hancock, Mich.,
found swastikas and Nazi
symbols spray-painted on his
synagogue.
Back in July, neo-Nazi flyers
were also discovered in both
Birmingham and Royal Oak,
including one at Clover Hill
Park Cemetery.
The Grand Rapids Police
are investigating the incident
as a hate crime.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency
contributed to this story.
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