After Boulder attack, US Jews are afraid
Passers-by pause for a moment at a makeshift memorial for victims of an attack outside of the Boulder County, Colorado, courthouse on June 3. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
City leaders lit the iconic Boulder Star on Colorado’s Flagstaff Mountain on Monday to honor the Jewish community and those injured a day earlier in a Molotov cocktail assault on demonstrators marching in support of Israeli hostages.
A vigil titled Coming Together is planned for today at the Jewish Community Center. And the Boulder Jewish Festival, planned for Sunday, will go on.
But Boulder Jews are feeling terrified after the incident in which a man shouting “free Palestine” hurled Molotov cocktails at a group of mostly Jewish demonstrators. The group gathers weekly outside the Boulder County Courthouse to support awareness of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza by Hamas. Twelve people were injured; eight were hospitalized with burns. At least two were flown to a nearby burn unit.
