president at Jewish temple speaks out about threats and armed

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Alan Zimmerman is the president of Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville, Va. On Aug. 14, he wrote a letter to the members of his synagogue describing events of the prior weekend involving neo-Nazis, the KKK and other hate groups.

On the previous Saturday, 40 congregants were in the temple while three men dressed in fatigues and armed with semi-automatic rifles stood across the street. The worshipers felt compelled to leave their synagogue through its back door.

Later, Zimmerman learned that Nazi websites had posted a call for his temple to be burned. Beth Israel subsequently canceled a Havdalah service at a member's home that had been announced on a public Facebook page. Zimmerman said in his letter, "This is 2017 in the United States of America."

President Donald Trump claims that the protesters described above were "good people" concerned about the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. Trump is lying.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/readers/2017/09/04/charlottesville-synagogues-experience-proves-protesters-werent-good-people/617546001/