23-05-2025
Jacksonville Rabbi, wife speak in wake of attack at DC Jewish Museum
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Two Israeli Embassy employees were shot and killed Wednesday night, May 21, 2025 as they left the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC.
One local Rabbi in Jacksonville, Rabbi Yerachmiel Altman of Congregation Anshe Toras Chesed, said while many people may be afraid in the midst of the attack, he's staying brave.
'We have to find ways that we can all work together towards peace, towards living together,' Rabbi Altman said.
Rabbi Altman said connection with others is important. He and his wife, Sara, said when people are divided by something like religion or race, or anything, that's when it can lead to tragedy.
'I feel that there are a lot of people that are actually encouraging anti-Semitism today,' Sara Channa Altman said. 'We need to stop it before someone really gets hurt. We have had two people that were gunned down and more people could have been impacted when the gunman went into the Jewish museum.'
After the attack, Rabbi Altman said many people may be afraid but he invites them to join him. 'We're, we're here. We're here 24/7. We actually have a group every night that says Psalms,' he said. 'And I would say about two-thirds of them are people local and a third of them are all over the country, in fact, all over the world.'
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