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Broken bottles found in front of synagogue

Let not make a bad thing worse!

People need to leave other people's property alone, period.

Near the entrance of a parking lot. I once got accused of vandalizing a parking lot, i.e. doing a required school project. I got lied to no one called the cops, too bad because we were being harassed.

i have read abut alot of faked up attacks on synagogues which turn out to be inside job designed to promote pro israeli sympathy.

there have been a lot of holocaust sympathy books recently which turned out to be frauds. like the woman who claimed she escaped from a concentration camp and was raised by a pack of wolves. preposterous? yes, but that didn't stop the media from eating it up for three years and turning the fantasy into a best seller.

i'm betting the kol ami job was an insider operation.

How pathetic do you have to be--attacking or vandalizing Jewish people or their houses of worship (or any people because of their religion). Almost all religions inspire their adherents to be better people, including Islam, but those critical of religion always have a pathetic excuse for their bigotry and juvenile behavior.

I don't care much for organized religion, but how can anyone justify such behavior?? Get a life, whoever you are....

'faked up attacks' ??? You're one the people that I challenge to 'get a life'.......

Sorry, shlomo, but if kol ami really wanted some sympathy and publicity, they wouldn't have wasted their time with something so undramatic and trivial. Besides, I have met many of their members, and they are not the kind of people that need sympathy, much less yours.

I took my children to this SLC synagogue once to meet Jewish people. I wanted my children to know by firsthand knowledge that Jewish people are warm, wonderful human beings just like us.

The Jewish folks we met there welcomed us warmly, and they did not disappoint my hopes. My children and I did that after watching 'Schindler's List', and it had a powerful impact on my children, just as I had hoped. I don't think any of my children will be joining your hate group, for sure.

If you want to be suspicious and assume the worst of someone, look in the mirror, shlomo. Maybe your motives for accusing the kol ami congregation are what we should find suspicious.

Actually, given that the anniversary of Kristal Nacht happened in the past few days, I wouldn't be surprised if this was a botched hate crime. Things like this happened in other places during the past few days.

People disrespect houses of worship (of all types) with broken booze bottles all the time. No fire, no flammable liquids, not even on the private premises, it was worth the police looking at, but now we know it was nothing and can move on.

I'm not sure what this is about, but why is there so much antipathy towards others who are not like you? Enough of this, already!

When is the last time there was a story about broken liquor bottles in an LDS chapel parking lot? Bigotry is unacceptable, but most of it goes unreported.

Amen, IM50. Neither she nor I am Jewish, but my sister wanted dreidels for a children's group activity she had planned for Hanukkah. She asked me to see if Kol Ami had some. When I arrived there, preparations were underway for some gathering, but unfortunately, the retail shop was closed. After only a few moments in front of the door, a man asked me if I needed help. I told him I was looking for dreidels. He said he'd find someone who could open the store and returned with a lady who did just that. He then asked if I'd like to stay and eat with them. I almost never pass up a chance to try authentic traditional food, but since I had to hurry to get the dreidels to my sister, I had to thank him for his kind offer and leave with them. Jewish people, at least those who attend synagogue, don't need to pull any silly pranks to gain my respect and admiration. The ones I've met are genuinely good and kind people.