 Co-author of Two Minute Warning Rabbi Aaron Fruh (Knollwood Church, Mobile, Ala.):
"As a Jew I ask you, will you stand with my people in the coming difficult days? Will you risk your life to shelter and protect us? Will you lay down your life for us? Will you say, ‘never again will I allow my Jewish brothers and sisters to suffer alone’? As a Jew I ask you, will you wear the yellow star of David as a declaration of solidarity with my people? Will you declare, ‘united we stand and divided we fall’? Will you walk the avenue of the righteous of the nations as thousands of other gentile Christians have, including Corrie Ten Boom?
"In the words of the Talmud, ‘he who saves one life, saves the world entire.’
"I’m asking you, Coach McCartney, will you lay down your life for me, and will you risk your life, and your family’s life in order to save my people, and will you wear the yellow star?”
With voice cracking under the emotion, Coach McCartney replied: “I say to Rabbi Aaron Fruh and to every Jew, I will wear the yellow star. I will wear it with great humility, and with great resolve. I’ll wear it like a warrior. I understand the times, I know what to do about it, and it’s in my heart to stand with God’s chosen people.”
Thousands responded to the call, and voluntarily received yellow stars at the close of the program.
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