JR sent out a mass e-mail to the congregation condemning “a congregant who chose to disparage our community, our Rabbi, and a fellow congregant (Schewel) in a very public manner.”

Source: https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/356010/the-bull-in-durham-jewish-leadership-betrayal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-bull-in-durham-jewish-leadership-betrayal

Members of the community who had been betrayed by Schewel, and some JR members as well, expressed their outrage to the synagogue leadership.

Source: https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/356010/the-bull-in-durham-jewish-leadership-betrayal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-bull-in-durham-jewish-leadership-betrayal

Yet when he was mayor of Durham, Schewel guided the city council into passing a BDS resolution against Israel, unleashing antisemitism in our town.

Source: https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/356010/the-bull-in-durham-jewish-leadership-betrayal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-bull-in-durham-jewish-leadership-betrayal