From left, Montana state Sen. Keith Regier, Rep. Dave Fern and House Speaker Austin Knudsen listen to a delegation of Orthodox Jewish rabbis from the U.S. and Canada Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in Helena, Mont. The rabbis say they plan to counter white supremacist threats against the Jewish community in Whitefish, Mont., by sending students to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp and by sending the first five books of the Torah to every Jewish family in the state. (AP Photo/…
January 18, 2017
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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.