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12<br />
FEDERATION RALL<br />
Standing for Israel, Stand<br />
Over 200 people attended the virtual community solidarity rally for Israel on Zoom<br />
On May 13th, with rockets falling on<br />
Israel, UJF convened the community in a<br />
virtual rally for peace and in support of Israel.<br />
With over 200 people in attendance,<br />
Cantor Micah Morgovsky from Temple<br />
Sinai led the attendees in Hatikvah and<br />
the Star-Spangled Banner as well as songs<br />
of comfort and hope. The Board of Rabbis<br />
– Rabbi’s Hammerman, TelRav, Cohen<br />
and Hohl, and Reverend Mark Lingle,<br />
participated in the gathering and remarks<br />
were shared by Isaac Herzog, Chair of<br />
the Jewish Agency for Israel, and Meron<br />
Reuben, Consul General of the Israel<br />
Embassy to New England.<br />
While the cease fire held, antisemetic<br />
attacks throughout the country have been<br />
on the rise. May 24th, just eleven days after<br />
the Virtual Rally for Israel, the Jewish<br />
Community Relations Council (JCRC)<br />
of United Jewish Federation pivoted and<br />
joined with UJA-JCC Greenwich to convene<br />
a last-minute march and rally. The<br />
purpose was to bring the Jewish community<br />
together in response to the antisemitism<br />
that has escalated in the U.S. and around<br />
the world since the conflict between<br />
Hamas and Israel began.<br />
Rally participants met at Mill River<br />
Park in downtown Stamford and marched<br />
peacefully to the Stamford Government<br />
Center, carrying American and Israeli flags<br />
(CREDIT: AVIVA MALLER PHOTOGRAPHY)<br />
SUMMER <strong>2021</strong> • SIVAN - TAMMUZ - AV 5781
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