and a moment ago i was talking about being a congregation emmanuelle after the shooting in the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh and how colleagues across the faiths came out to support the jewish community. i and you and others of us have been at gatherings to support people of diverse faiths. both those who live in northern california and those who live elsewhere. particularly, thinking today about a monotheistic minority whose homeland is in northern iraq when they were experiencing a recent genocide that began in 2014 the board of rabbis stepped up together with interfaith counsel in our area to raise consciousness about the plight of these cities and to raise some funds to help in certain ways without taking any stand for or against anyone. actually, as part of supporting these cities we also supported sunnis christians who were facing a particularly horrific time there where their situation was never defined as a genocide. but was really on that level. we supported both communities. >> we are seeing a lot in our community and also, sadly, the country that has to do with kind o