STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island faith leaders and public officials held a vigil against antisemitism Thursday in response to a pair of high-profile terrorist attacks in recent weeks targeting supporters of Israel.

Rabbi Michael Howald, Rabbi Mendy Mirocznik, Rabbi Gerald Sussman, Rebbetzin Bonnie Sussman, the Rev. Dr. Terri Troia, and the Rev. Karen Pershing led the gathering with prayers and comments about the pair of attacks in Washington D.C. and Boulder, Colo.

Sussman paraphrased a New York Times opinion piece from Sheila Katz, the head of the National Council of Jewish Women, in which she expressed the collective fears of Jewish people in America, and drew a distinction between Jewish people here and the actions of the Israeli government.

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