Rabbi Who Survived Synagogue Shooting Received Hate Mail for Saying He'd Welcome President Trump

Carly Hoilman : Oct 30, 2018
Faithwire.com

"So, I turn to all of our elected leaders, because hate doesn't know a political party. I turn to them to say tone down the hate. Speak words of love. Speak words of decency and of respect." -Rabbi Jeffrey Myers

[Faithwire.com] A rabbi who survived the deadly attack on the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in Pittsburgh has reportedly received "hate mail" for comments he made about President Donald Trump. (Image: CNN-Twitter/via Faithwire)

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, who was leading prayer at the synagogue when an anti-Semitic gunman opened fire Saturday morning, survived by hiding in a bathroom and holding the door shut "with all his might" until SWAT officers arrived. Eleven worshippers from multiple congregations, including his own, were killed...

..."When I first said that the president was welcome, I've received a lot of emails, too numerous to count," the rabbi told CNN Tuesday morning. "I've received many that are not happy with those words."

"Those emails also contain hate. It just continues in this vicious cycle," he added. "We need to be better than this. We can be better than this"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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