In two interviews Sunday, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein of the Congregation Chabad synagogue in Poway, California described the shooting that took place at the synagogue on Saturday and Lori Kaye, 60, who was killed.
Kaye, Goldstein said on NBC’s “Today” show, was a “kind soul. Everyone in the community knew her. She was the type of person who was the first one to be everywhere.”
“I pray for healing during this time of pain and grief,” said Goldstein, whose index fingers were both shot Saturday.
On CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” Goldstein told CNN’s Brian Stelter that he was urging fellow Jews “to make an effort to attend synagogue.”
“Let’s fill up the synagogues. Let us show these terrorists, let us show these evil, wicked people, that they will not do anything to hinder us from being proud Jews,” he said. (More of the interview transcript is available here.)
"A little bit of light pushes away a lot of darkness. We need a lot of light now," Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein says pic.twitter.com/zQM3rTjQam
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 28, 2019
Bravery in the face of evil -true American heroes.
I’ll say! Another home-grown tragedy–so sickening and sad.
They say history doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes. I felt echoes of the Tree of Life shootings when I heard about this senseless murder. I used to live in Squirrel Hill and it was one of my favorite city neighborhoods and often wonder if my paths crossed with any of the victims.
That Rabbi’s eyes shine with kindness. Just the sort of person I would call a friend.
I like his beard as well since it’s a lot like mine.