How are people at the Chabad of Colorado Springs Jewish Community feeling after Sunday’s anti-Semitic terrorist attack at an outdoor mall in Boulder?

Rabbi Boaz Vituk, who heads the synagogue, nudges aside his jacket before entering the holy building on Monday to lead a service for Shavuot. The high holiday marks God giving the Ten Commandments and other parts of the first five books of the Old Testament, known as the Torah, to Moses and Israelites on Mount Sinai around 1312 BCE.

Vituk’s motion reveals a concealed handgun. He gestures to a fellow congregant standing nearby, who also uncovers a hidden firearm.

“That’s our No. 1 comment,” Vituk says. “We’re all U.S. Army or Air Force. There are wicked people out there that want to annihilate us — and we have to prepare ourselves physicall

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