'The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting changed my reality forever'
Observing their Jewish institutions guarded by metal detectors and machine gun-armed security professionals, what that question really meant was:"How can we the 'safe and secure' American Jewish community be of assistance to you, 'the vulnerable and insecure Jewish community'?"
"I'm here because we need to learn from you, to understand how you keep your synagogues, community centers, and schools safe. I'm here to understand what steps we need to take to keep our community safe." We have faced many challenges over time, just as many other immigrant groups that have immigrated to the U.S. have. The trauma of World War II—the U.S. government's initial reluctance to get involved in entering the war and later bombing the death railroad tracks, and its refusal to accept European Jewish refugees to America—are all blemishes our community cannot forget.
I am a Iranian-American immigrant whose family escaped the Islamic revolution in Iran and took refuge in the United States in the late 1970s because of Islamist extremism and antisemitic ideology. Recently, I met with an Israeli government official who was discussing the toll the Tree of Life massacre has taken on the American Jewish psyche. In his own possibly unconscious assessment, he referenced his recent visit to the synagogue five years after the terror attack, and he shared how he could not believe that the synagogue was still shut down.
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