Members of the local Jewish community packed into Boulder’s Jewish Community Center on Wednesday to sing and pray and hear from speakers who included three people who either witnessed or were burned during the recent Molotov cocktail attack on the Pearl Street Mall.
Organizers said the goal of the vigil was to honor survivors, support the Jewish community and stand united against antisemitism and hate.
“The real work, and it’s going to be work, let’s not kid ourselves, is when we turn toward the wilderness outside of these sacred walls in schools, workplaces, city halls and council chambers and keep marching hand in hand,” said Susan Rona, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League’s mountain states region.
Officials have identified 15 people, ranging in age from 25 to 88, who were