Tag: swastika spokane

During the 12 years I’ve lived in the Northwest, I have experienced very little direct anti-Semitism. Sure, non-Jews have asked me questions that revealed some degree of ignorance about Judaism. But I haven’t woken up to a swastika spray-painted on my house.

Today Temple Beth Shalom announced in a press release that in response to the recent desecration which took place at synagogue on Yom Kippur, the congregation would like to invite the faith communities of Spokane to a special Shabbat service of Welcome and Solidarity.

Would TBS accept, in the near future, something like 2012’s Arms of Compassion event at Spokane’s Sikh temple? An event of that type for the Jewish community happened on Yom Hashoah that year, after initially being cancelled due to security concerns. The swastika at TBS confirms that such concerns are not trivial.