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This "backstory" is a part of a collection of articles that describes some of the obstacles that Seven Days reporters faced while pursuing Vermont news, events and people in 2021.
Trying to get the story on a historic synagogue for sale in Burlington's Old North End, I didn't expect to learn something new about my own people — specifically, my husband, Jeff's, paternal grandfather.
Jeff's mom and her two sisters grew up in Burlington. Their father, Max Wall, was the rabbi of Ohavi Zedek Synagogue from 1946 to 1987.
I always knew that Rabbi Wall was a well-respected public figure in Vermont. But when I met him in 2001, over salad and steaks at the erstwhile Sirloin Saloon, he was well into his retirement. A warm and wise octogenarian, he wore cardigan sweaters, watched the Yankees and "Law & Order" on TV, and drove a Ford Taurus with the vanity plate "ZAIDIE," which means "grandfather" in Yiddish.
In the course of my reporting, I called Jeff's aunt Mindy — the eldest of the Wall sisters and a fount of knowledge about all things Jewish in Vermont — to find out what she knew about Ahavath Gerim, the synagogue on the market. To my surprise, she told me that her father actually led his congregati
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Burlington's Jewish community talks about how best to respond to anti-Semitism
A gunman shouting anti-Semitic epithets killed 11 Jewish people worshiping at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Ever since, Burlington's Jewish community has come together to grieve, support each other and process the right way to respond.
Among the answers suggested: Acknowledge fear. Double-down on a commitment to helping refugees. Refuse to turn the other cheek.
"There's a recognition that this kind of thing has happened before," said Rabbi Jan Salzman of the Old North End's Ruach HaMaqom.
Jewish people gathered together over the weekend, she said, to tap into a source of strength, to remember how they, as a people, have survived continual atrocities around the globe.
But after that, she said, the next step is to look out in the world and observe the support flowing in.
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Rabbi Amy Small: 'Don't panic'
"The first thing is don't panic," Rabbi Amy Small said. "We have to find a way to join hands together, across communities, so we can heal."
Small is the rabbi for Ohavi Zedek, a conservative Jewish Old North End congregation. Like Tree of Life, Ohavi Zedek is affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
The affiliation, she said, has made
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