Please join me at the South Orange train station on Sloan Street today at 5:30 PM. We will gather with menbers of our local commujity for a vigil of solidarity led by members of the South Orange/Maplewood Clergy Association in the aftermath of the violence in South Carolina earlier this week.
The murder of nine worshippers at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina was a brutal act of hatred and racism. It must be denounced and opposed by people of good faith from every corner of our community and with every fiber of our being. There is power when we band together. There is hope when we share our vision for creating a world of equality and kindness.
Let us come together before Shabbat begins to express outrage, to pray that goodness and tolerance prevail in our country and to recommit ourselves to doing all we can to achieve a nation of safety and equality.
See you there,
Rabbi Daniel M Cohen