The evening before, a man said to be in his 20s circled a different synagogue nearby, Young Israel of Greater Miami, in his car, a black Chevrolet, before getting out and firing eight shots, hitting a Jewish man who was approaching the shul’s entrance.
Yosef (Warren) Lipschutz, 69, was hit in the leg before he managed to duck behind a bench. He was subsequently taken to Aventura hospital where he underwent surgery; he is now in a stable condition.
The attacker is still at large, and the police have not yet designated the shooting as a hate crime.
But Jewish residents of Miami appear determined not to let the attacks define their daily lives.
"I'm in North Miami Beach right now, and no one is saying they 'no longer feel comfortable in Synagogue'", Rabbi Avromy Super, a Chabad Lubavitch representative, wrote on social media.
"Synagogues are open and everybody is living life as normal."
