Standing together against hate
A woman stops to look at a vandalized grave stone in the cemetery.
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People walk through the cemetery after the ceremony.
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Rabbi Mark Elber addresses the crowd gathered at the cemetery with opening remarks.
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Cathy Horvitz, of Westwood, MA, left, and Ken Rapisa, of Fall River, right, look over the grave stones in the cemetery. They did not know each other before this day.
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People walk through the cemetery before the ceremony.
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Ethan Gitlin, of Providence, places a stone on a grave marker.
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People walk around the cemetery before the ceremony.
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People walk around the cemetery after the ceremony.
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Three generations of Fall River listen to the speakers. On the left is Joann Soloman, her grandson Jeremiah Ried, 6, and her daughter Kendra Abrantes. Abrantes is Ried’s mother.
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Ceremony/vigil after recent anti-Semitic vandalism at the Fall River Hebrew Cemetery.
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One of the vandalized grave stones.
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One of the vandalized grave stones.
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One of the vandalized grave stones.
Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson
One of the vandalized grave stones.
Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson
One of the vandalized grave stones.
Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson
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About 400 people attended a vigil Tuesday evening, March 26, at the Hebrew Cemetery in Fall River. They came together to speak out against the recent hate-filled vandalism at the cemetery where a number of headstones were defaced. Rabbi Mark Elber of Temple Beth El and Cantor Shoshana Brown, of Temple Beth El spoke as well as a number of elected officials and community members. The investigation into what has been termed a hate crime is ongoing.
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Fall River, cemetery, hate
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