WASHINGTON — The Colleyville, Texas, rabbi held hostage with three congregants by a man demanding release of a terrorist linked to al-Qaida urged Congress on Tuesday to provide more security funds for houses of worship.
“I am truly horrified that in our society today, religious leaders must devote themselves to security training. How to harden our facilities is both a necessary conversation, and anathema to religious ideals of hospitality and loving the stranger,” Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker told a House Homeland Security subcommittee.
“I am grateful to be here. To be honest, I’m grateful to be anywhere,” he said.
