A chair Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker threw at his armed captor during a hostage situation at the Colleyville Congregation Beth Israel synagogue will be featured in an exhibit on modern antisemitism at a Jewish American history museum.
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Malik Faisal Akram, a British gunman, held four people captive at the synagogue back in January, but the hostages were able to escape unharmed after Cytron-Walker threw a chair at him.
This same chair is set to be displayed at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia alongside a cup in which Cytron-Walker offered tea to the gunman when he first entered the synagogue.
"'The Cup and The Chair' are not only artifacts that document a historic event but are symbolic of fundamental Jewish values: 'Welcoming strangers' and 'Redeeming captives,'" museum president and CEO Misha Galperin told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in an email.
"They also represent the basic American ideals of embracing newcomers and bravery in the face of danger. This is what Jewish Americans aspire to be and what the Weitzman Museum aspires to represent," Galperin said.
The new exhibit is expected to open to the public this spring.
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
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