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By Rabbi David Freelund and Rev. Dr. Kristen Harper
As a Black minister and as a community Rabbi, we were appalled by what we witnessed occurring at the Capitol Jan. 6. While identity is not destiny and none of us should be reduced to a simple caricature based upon our appearance and heritage, our identities have called us to be students of history, a history we carry with us every day because of inescapable truths and lessons from our own lives and years past. Our understanding of racism and anti-Semitism through our historical knowledge, and personal incidents ranging from gross insensitivity to outright hostility and threats, have a sad and familiar sting to them.
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It’s been a challenging year for face-to-face activities, never more so than in the many communities of faith on Cape Cod, in this unique COVID year.
The Rev. Dr. Bruce Epperly, pastor at South Congregational Church, Centerville, said that the Cape’s faith communities have had to “deal with so many things happening at the same time,” from the spread of the pandemic to the social and political crises criss-crossing our country this year, yet congregations “have remained active in all sorts of different ways.” The December religious calendars bear this out, with celebrations and special services, albeit many holding to a virtual format.