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Article: An attack on all of us.(Editorials)(Eight years later, synagogue again a target)(Editorial)
- Article from:
- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2002
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Byline: The Register-Guard
Once again, the congregation at Temple Beth Israel is the victim of a senseless, repulsive hate crime. And once again, the Eugene-Springfield community is responding with appropriate expressions of outrage about the attack and of compassion and reassurance for its victims.
Eight years ago, white supremacists riddled the synagogue with armor-piercing rifle rounds at a time the building was unoccupied. Police swiftly arrested two suspects who were later convicted, and less than a week later hundreds of local residents crowded on to the temple grounds to express their sorrow and outrage at hatred directed against a segment of ...