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(JEWISH GROUP) Good neighbors make good fence after antisemitic arson at Chico synagogue
Do good fences make good neighbors? For members of Congregation Beth Israel of Chico, a small synagogue in Butte County, it was the other way around.
After an incident of antisemitic arson and vandalism three years ago, some of its neighbors came together to design, build and fund a new fence, a beautiful security feature that somehow avoids feeling like one.
“I love telling this story,” said Beth Israel’s Rabbi Lisa Rappaport. “It is so beautiful. It is so spiritual. It is so Jewish.”
Back in November 2022, a vandal defaced the synagogue’s wooden welcome sign with Nazi symbols and set it on fire. The sign was made by a member of the congregation, Rappaport said.
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