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Pastor Charles Quann had to turn away over 1,000 people from a March 7
vaccination event at his church.
Courtesy of Bethlehem Baptist Church
I’ve been speaking to various different
dignitaries and leaders in the community, and
we’re seeing a lot of line-jumping.”
RABBI GREGORY MARX
giving voice to those that are
not being represented when it
comes to vaccinations.”
Marx, Eller, Chandler and
Quann have all been involved
in efforts to get vaccine appoint-
ments for their congregants.
At Beth Or, member parents
have called for appoint-
ments on behalf of preschool
teachers, among other internal
efforts, while Quann was there
when 200 of his community
members received vaccines
through the Black Doctors
COVID-19 Consortium and
Abington Hospital–Jefferson
Health at his church.
However many have been
JEWISHEXPONENT.COM helped, many more remain
isolated without access to
a vaccine, Quann said. And
the unequal distribution of
the vaccines has reinforced
mistrust in institutions.
“People are angry,” Quann
said. “They feel again that
there are those who are getting
preferential treatment.”
Members of the WFCA hope
that their work will remedy some
of the frustration and inequity.
“We’re not on a boat by
ourselves,” Marx said. “We’re
all in this boat together.” l
jbernstein@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0740
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