No Fear: A Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People was held on the west lawn of the US. Capitol. A modest-sized but strong-voiced crowd demonstrated their pride in being Jewish, and spoke out forcefully against the recent surge in anti-Semitic incidents in the United States and abroad.
Speakers were from a wide spectrum of political and religious expression, presenting a united front against anti-Jewish elements that have arisen on both the left and right. Speakers included Elisha Wiesel, son of the late Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel; Alma Hernandez, Arizona State Representative; Joshua Washington, Executive Director of Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh PA, which suffered fatal attacks; Rabbi David Saperstein, activist and U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom; Rabbi Shlomo Noginski, recently stabbed in Boston for being a Jew; former Senator Norm Coleman, Chairman, Republican Jewish Committee; former Congressman Ron Klein, Chair, Jewish Democratic Council of America; author and television host Meghan McCain; Rev. Jimmie Hawkins of the NAACP, Imam Talib Shareef, President and Imam, Masjid Muhammad, The Nation’s Mosque, and others.
Thanks to David Holzel of Washington Jewish Week for the assignment.
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| Alma Hernandez, D-AZ |
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| Meghan McCain |
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| Rabbi Shlomo Noginski |
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| Rabbi Jeffrey Myers |
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| Elisha Wiesel |
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| Rabbi David Saperstein |
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| Rev. Jimmie Hawkins |
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| Supporter of the banned racist party of late Meir Kahane |
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