Congregation Beth Israel Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, facing camera, hugs a man after a healing service Monday night, Jan. 17, 2022, at White's Chapel United Methodist Church in Southlake, Texas. Cytron-Walker was one of four people held hostage by a gunman at his Colleyville, Texas, synagogue on Saturday. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP, File)
The stone benches outside Central Reform Congregation in the Central West End are intended to look welcoming, a place to pause for a respite from the harsh realities of life. But that鈥檚 not really why the stones are there, in front of the Jewish congregation鈥檚 large windows, and more in front of Rabbi Susan Talve鈥檚 office, and more still near the part of the building that holds the sacred Torah.
Every Jewish institution in America--no matter the size--has ongoing security costs of $50,000-150,000+. I think of this as a sort of "2nd Amendment tax" that the United States places on Jewish orgs. A short thread
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Amid all the attempts to divide Americans into camps, Jews and Muslims after Oct. 7 have dealt with a similar rise in hate against their faith…
Congregation Beth Israel Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, facing camera, hugs a man after a healing service Monday night, Jan. 17, 2022, at White's Chapel United Methodist Church in Southlake, Texas. Cytron-Walker was one of four people held hostage by a gunman at his Colleyville, Texas, synagogue on Saturday. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP, File)
