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Source: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/antisemitism-and-the-montana-menorahs-00eada2e
Antisemitism and the Montana Menorahs
(Wall Street Journal) Daniel Freedman - In 1993, Billings, Mont., was rocked by antisemitic attacks from white supremacists seeking to establish an Aryan state. They desecrated the Jewish cemetery, made bomb threats against the synagogue, and threw a brick through the bedroom window of a 5-year-old Jewish boy, Isaac Schnitzer, aiming for the menorah on the window sill. The police advised his mother, Tammie, to take down her Hanukkah decorations to avoid drawing attention. Tammie expressed her concerns to the Billings Gazette. How could she explain to a child that today in America Jews must hide their menorahs - especially during a holiday celebrating their freedom to worship? Margaret MacDonald, a Christian resident of Billings, called her pastor, Keith Torney, and asked if the children in Sunday school could draw menorahs and display them in their windows in solidarity with their Jewish neighbors. Torney loved the idea and encouraged other churches to join in. The Gazette published a full-page picture of a menorah for readers to cut out and tape to their windows. Hundreds of menorahs appeared in windows around Billings. Local businesses joined in. When the non-Jews of Billings put up their menorahs, they were standing for religious liberty for all.