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HAWAIʻI CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION
LINDA HAMILTON KRIEGER
CHAIR
WILLIAM D. HOSHIJO
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 30, 2018
STATE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIR EXPRESSES GRIEF
AND OUTRAGE OVER ATTACK ON SYNAGOGUE
HONOLULU – Linda Hamilton Krieger, chair of the Hawai’i Civil Rights Commission, today issued the following statement:
The Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission grieves with the Jewish community and the nation over the heinous attack and mass shooting of worshipers at the Eitz Chayim (Tree of Life) Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is heartbreaking to hear the news of this attack in a place of worship, reminiscent of recent mass shootings in the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in South Carolina and the Islamic Center of Quebec. The Pittsburgh synagogue attack is but one manifestation of a growing number of racist, xenophobic, anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim hate crimes in the U.S. and around the world.
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