A VISITOR to our synagogue last Shabbat left us with a clear demonstration
of that person's view of Judaism.
Discovered later was a piece of chewing gum which this person had
stuck inside one of our siddurim.
I am bewildered as to why anyone would place so little value or
have such little respect for a book of prayer.
This is a vile act of desecration, made worse because it was carried
out by a Jew and, with exquisite timing, in the week in which we
commemorated the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht.
In 1938, the Nazis desecrated our synagogues.
In 2008, a Jewish guest in our shul carried out an act of desecration
which has caused offence to every Jew who has learned of it.
I await an apology and reparation.
Jonathan Rose,
President,
United Hebrew Congregation,
Leeds.
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