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Rabbi Berry Nash, right, prays as Montana Rep. Dave Fern, R-Whitefish, wears boxes containing Torah versus called Tefillin on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 in Helena, Mont. Nash was among a delegation of Orthodox Jewish rabbis from the U.S. and Canada who met with Fern and other state leaders to thank them for defending the Jewish community in Whitefish when it was threatened and harassed by white supremacists last month. (AP Photo/Matt Volz).

Rabbi Berry Nash, right, prays as Montana Rep. Dave Fern, R-Whitefish, wears boxes containing Torah versus called Tefillin on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 in Helena, Mont. Nash was among a delegation of Orthodox Jewish rabbis from the U.S. and Canada who met with Fern and other state leaders to thank them for defending the Jewish community in Whitefish when it was threatened and harassed by white supremacists last month. (AP Photo/Matt Volz).

January 18, 2017

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Rabbis plan response to white supremacist threats in Montana
January 18, 2017 7:02 p.m.

Rabbis plan response to white supremacist threats in Montana

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Orthodox Jewish rabbis said Wednesday they will counter white supremacists' harassment of the Jewish community in the Montana town of Whitefish by sending students to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp and by mailing a Torah to every Jewish family in the state.