“It was soothing to see a gallery view of fellow Jews from across L.A. on a day that is defined by isolation.”
Following are the remarks Zoe Klein, senior rabbi at Temple Isaiah in Los angeles, delivered at a memorial for the victims of the Charleston shooting held June 18 at First A.M.E. Church in Los Angeles.
On Thursday evening, as the country began to mourn the nine African Americans murdered one day before by a white gunman at a Bible study session at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina, people of all faiths and races joined with congregants of First AME Church in South Los Angeles for an emotional, and, at times rousing prayer vigil.
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