Committed to the idea that each person is created in the Divine Image, we, the undersigned Rye, Port Chester, Harrison, and Rye Brook religious leaders stand united against the recent spate of anti-Semitic acts carried out locally and around the nation.
Harassment through bomb-threats to Jewish Community Centers, intimidation through swastika graffiti, and the horrifying desecration of Jewish cemeteries all run counter to the religious values that we all share. We commit to remaining vigilant in opposing anti-Semitism and all forms of discrimination, prejudice and intimidation against any of God’s children.
Rather than succumb to fear, rather than close ourselves off, we will continue to build bridges of cooperation, understanding, and holiness among our congregations and all people of goodwill. In doing so, we will demonstrate to the world that Westchester County remains a place that, in the words of President George Washington, “gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.”
Rev. Hilario Albert
St. Peter’s Episcopal, Port Chester
Rabbi Jaymee Alpert
Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel, Port Chester
Fr. Patrick Angelucci SDB
Corpus Christi — Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Port Chester
The Rev. Dorothée R. Caulfield
Christ’s Episcopal Church, Rye
Cantor Melanie Cooperman
Community Synagogue of Rye
Rev. Monsignor Donald M. Dwyer
Church of the Resurrection, Rye
Rev. Robert D. Flanagan
Christ’s Episcopal Church, Rye
Rabbi Leora Frankel
Community Synagogue of Rye
Rabbi Howard J. Goldsmith
Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, Rye
Rabbi Daniel Gropper
Community Synagogue of Rye
Fr. Richard Guarnerie
St. Gregory the Great of Harrison
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Rabbi Eytan Hammerman
Jewish Community Center of Harrison
The Rev. Dr. Craig Higgins, Senior Pastor
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Rye
The Rev. Sanford A. Key
Christ’s Episcopal Church, Rye
The Rev. Daniel Love
Rye Presbyterian Church
The Rev. Steve Magneson, Associate Pastor
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Rye
The Rev. Dr. John Miller
Rye Presbyterian Church
Pastor Jim O’Hanlon
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Rye Brook
The Rev. Kristin Saylor
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Port Chester
Cantor Alexis K. Sklar
Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel, Port Chester
Cantor Meredith Stone
Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, Rye
Father Elias G. Villis
The Greek Orthodox Church of Our Saviour, Rye
