Remarks of Governor Thomas H. Kean, Solidarity Day, Temple Beth Shalom, Manalapan Township, New Jersey, Sunday, November 4, 1984

Download or read book Remarks of Governor Thomas H. Kean, Solidarity Day, Temple Beth Shalom, Manalapan Township, New Jersey, Sunday, November 4, 1984 written by Thomas H. Kean and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local religious leaders and Governor Kean were among the more than 1,000 people of different faiths who gathered to show support for the Temple Beth Shalom synagogue where, just two weeks after its completion, vandals scrawled anti-Semitic slogans on the walls and crashed a tractor through one side. An interfaith Solidarity Day was organized to rally this central New Jersey community which included the public washing away of the graffiti on the synagogue. Governor Kean told the crowd, ''Your public solidarity is the firmest defense of us all against discrimination, vandalism and crime.'' Arnold Klein, president of the $1 million synagogue, said he hoped the rally and the public cleaning would ''turn something negative into something positive.'' Religious leaders were planning a long-term project of educating young people there about different faiths.