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.

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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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