200 Come to Interfaith Gathering at Holocaust Museum

In the wake of the recent tragic shooting of guard Stephen T. Johns at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. by white supremacist James W. von Brunn, people from various traditions gathered to remember the victim and stand up against hatred and intolerance.



"June 12, 2009 -- Two hundred people joined religious leaders Thursday afternoon for an interfaith gathering at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to mourn the death of museum security guard Stephen Johns. Organized by the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, the event included speeches and prayers by clergy from Protestant, Catholic, Muslim, Hindu and Bahaii traditions, as well as representatives of the German and Israeli embassies." (Faith In Public Life)



Eric Fingerhut of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has the story, which can be read at Faith IN Public Life.