Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe Holds Poway Unity Vigil

MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ — In response to the deadly shooting that took pace this past Saturday at the Chabad synagogue in Poway, California, the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe will be holding a community-wide solidarity and unity event this Wednesday, May 1.

The solidarity vigil will be held at the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe at 261 Gravel Hill Rd., Monroe, NJ 08831. It will go from 6-6:45 p.m. May 1. All are welcome at this event.

Saturday's shooting at the Chabad of Poway left one woman dead and three others injured. The shooting occurred on the eighth and final day of Passover and a holiday celebration was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. that day at the synagogue. Suspected shooter, John Earnest, 19, has been arrested and charged. According to the Poway, California Patch, detectives are investigating his link to an online manifesto where the author expresses anti-Semitic and white supremacist views and praises past mass shooters, as well as Adolf Hitler.

Local reporting from the Poway, California Patch: Poway Synagogue Shooting: Suspect Identified As San Diego Man