Source: The Boston Globe
On October 4, 1998,The Boston Globe published an article which reported on the response of an act of anti-Semitism in the small town of Presque Isle, Maine. At the Aroostook Hebrew Community Center, swastikas were found painted on either side of the entrance doorway with the words "Burn Jews" written under one of them. This was discovered just days before Rosh Hashana services were set to begin. The congregation, numbering about 20 people, swelled to over four times its size for Rosh Hashana services to support the local temple. Later that week, over 400 people from around Presque Isle joined in a march and a public cleaning of the temple. The community's spiritual leader, Raphael Gribetz, called the attack "an American affront," and stated "Americans don't tolerate a minority being terrorized in their midst."