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But not all community members felt the same way about the campaign. Prinzing turned to Rabbi Dan Fink, a member of the Center’s advisory board, to understand the differing perspectives.
“You know, it s not like I ve done a poll and I have any kind of good information. So I don t know where the community stands,” Rabbi Fink said. “I will say I know there are folks out there who are uncomfortable with this, amongst whom I count myself.”
Rabbi Fink said, for him, there was “something off” about the picture of Anne Frank who was killed in the Holocaust being paired with the phrase “Love Is Everywhere.”
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You can also watch the press conference live on our YouTube channel: I want to make this incredibly clear: The vandalism at the Anne Frank Memorial is reprehensible, McLean said Thursday. It is an affront to all that we are, the values we hold dear, to the memories of so many people in this community and this country who fought against that very topic, and of course, and of course to the people in this community who it targets.
The mayor was joined by other local leaders, who also spoke out against the vandalism.
Dan Prinzing, the Executive Director of the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, said the incident left him questioning whether the hateful sentiments were shared by the wider community. But he said he was heartened at the number of people who reached out in support, brought flowers to the site, and openly renounced the anti-Semetic vandalism.
During a morning address with Boise Mayor Lauren McLean, Ahavath Beth Israel Rabbi Dan Fink, Wassmuth Center Executive Director Dan Prinzing, and a key Micron leader spoke out.
The address followed two incidents in Boise. The first, the shutdown of a public meeting of the Central District Health board of health after protestors showed up at commissioner Diana Lachiondo’s home, where her two sons were reported to be home alone. Lachiondo was attending the meeting virtually from the Ada County Courthouse. The second is a series of stickers with swastikas placed on the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in Downtown Boise.