From TPM:
Alan Zimmerman, the president of Congregation Beth Israel, wroteon ReformJudaism.org.
Zimmerman said the synagogue hired an “armed security guard” after “the police department refused” to provide an officer.
“Even the police department’s limited promise of an observer near our building was not kept — and note, we did not ask for protection of our property, only our people as they worshipped,” he said.
Zimmerman said he stood outside the synagogue with the synagogue’s armed guard as 40 congregants worshipped inside.
“For half an hour, three men dressed in fatigues and armed with semi-automatic rifles stood across the street from the temple,” he said. “Perhaps the presence of our armed guard deterred them. Perhaps their presence was just a coincidence, and I’m paranoid. I don’t know.”
Zimmerman said the men did not try to enter the synagogue, but passing “parades of Nazis” shouted “There’s the synagogue!” when they passed the building, “followed by chants of “Seig Heil” and other anti-Semitic language.”
“Soon, we learned that Nazi websites had posted a call to burn our synagogue.”
Unacceptable. This is the country people fled TO for safety- and it’s all up for grabs. Unless you choose it to be different. Hold them accountable.