How can we respond to the hate that surrounds us? Many of us attended the vigil in support of Charlottesville held in August at the Vigo County Courthouse.
I spoke, as did Sara Wormser-Waltermire. Others in the congregation also attended and brought their children. But this demonstration is just the beginning.
The Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council has released its “Statement re: Charlottesville and Condemnation of Nazism and White Supremacy”.
We share that statement here.
Even though I am a Reform Jew, I am drawn to a more orthodox morning prayer: I give thanks to You, Everlasting King, that You have returned to me my soul with compassion. Great is Your faithfulness.
Intellectually, of course, I know that does not happen. But spiritually, for me, that prayer acknowledges my daily return to God.
I believe that within the soul resides our yearning for social justice. And every morning, I can use that prayer to recommit to lending my voice, if given the opportunity, to someone whom society has made voice-less.
United Hebrew Congregation Terre Haute members joined the approximately 150 area residents who attended Sunday’s Charlottesville Solidarity Vigil at Vigo County Courthouse.
The Facebook group Wabash Valley in Solidarity with Charlottesville quickly organized the event in affiliation with the progressive grassroots movement Indivisible in response to a violent Unite the Right rally just day earlier in Charlottesville, Va.
Take a look at some photos from the Terre Haute Charlottesville Solidarity Vigil.