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Sept. 14 photos at gates of Vilnius Synagogue and in nearby hospital emergency room by Moshe Diamant, one of the visiting tourists who witnessed violent attack on Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky by a security guard.
VILNIUS—The following statement was circulated via email today by the office of Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky, who has been a full-time resident rabbi in Vilnius for thirty-two years. It comes in the wake of the shocking violent attacked against him, perpetrated on 14 September at the gates of the city’s one functioning synagogue, the Choral Synagogue at Pylimo Street 39, where he has been the only officiating rabbi for years. The security guard who attacked him, in the view of witnesses who photographed the incident and then issued written statements, is an employee of the Good Will Foundation (GWF).