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Thank you for your factually accurate report of the shocking anti-Semitic attack in Zurich last week.
As noted in your article, the chareidi communities of Zurich are close-knit and everyone knows everyone. Thus, the attack on such a well-known and respected member of our community as Rabbi Jung was traumatic to all.
In spite of our shock, many Jewish people in Zurich feel that the attitude to take is one of determination and bitachon. We were encouraged to hear that the attacker was overpowered and stopped by Heaven-sent, heroic, non-Jewish passersby who very probably saved the victim’s life. And while the SIG warned all to “exercise caution,” always a good (if vague) idea, there were positive messages as well.
I personally appreciated Councilman Yehuda Spielman’s message that we should continue to “show our Jewish identity, wear kippahs, because the attack aims to make us hide” (Jerusalem Post). Similarly, Baruch Strauss made headlines in Zurich’s prestigious Neue Zürcher Zeitung last Friday by announcing, “We will not hide. On Saturday, I will proudly walk in the streets, as usual, wearing my Jewish clothes and my fur hat.”
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