Dozens of people showed up in the rain at the Anne Frank Memorial to show their support for the families in Wilder who felt the effects of the raid on the Hispanic community in Wilder at the horse track last Sunday.
“I felt like the rain was perhaps the heavens crying with us over the pain and the hurt,” said Rabbi Daniel Fink. “But what we heard was the voice of so many people coming from many different faith communities.”
Rabbi Fink helped organize this vigil saying he rejects the cruelty and separation. Leaders from 20 different faith groups in the Treasure Valley from Jewish, to Christian, Catholic and Muslim, came together for this vigil.
“To see the divine image desecrated by the terror imposed upon our friends and neighbors was immoral,” said Fink. “It was an assault on humanity and people of faith have an obligation to speak out in those circumstances.”…