Poway, CA – VP Pence Makes Unannounced Stop At Chabad Synagogue Months After Shooting

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    Poway, CA -Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, visited the San Diego-area synagogue where a far-right shooter killed one congregant and wounded three others in April.

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    “We had to come,” Pence told Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who was among those injured in the attack.

    Before putting on a kippah and entering the Poway synagogue, Pence hugged the rabbi.

    Goldstein blessed the couple on the sanctuary’s stage.

    “To me there was a very short moment of darkness,” the rabbi said. “That darkness was pushed out of here. God was really protecting us.”

    Pence told Goldstein: “Your faith and courage are an inspiration to the nation.”

    The vice president wrote on Twitter: “Karen & I were honored to stop by the Chabad of Poway, the site of a terrible shooting in April. To Rabbi Goldstein — your faith & courage is an inspiration to the nation. No one should fear in a house of worship. We will always condemn evil acts of antisemitism. We are with you!”

    Pence was in California on a visit of two Navy bases in San Diego.




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    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    4 years ago

    Seems like a nice gesture.

    5TResident
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    5TResident
    4 years ago

    Probably wants a bracha.

    anon6
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    anon6
    4 years ago

    This Rabbi Goldstein is a walking kiddush hashem

    Vvvvv
    Vvvvv
    4 years ago

    Trump and Pence are the most friendly president and VP to our community ever!