This Year in Jerusalem
Rachel Pomerance
March 18, 2004
For the past decade, members of Shaare Shalom, a Persian synagogue in Great Neck, N.Y., have traveled en masse to Miami each Passover.
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Solidarity Makes for Strange Bedfellows
David Finnigan
September 25, 2003
As Israel enters the third year of the Al-Aksa Intifada, L.A. Jews are reaching out to pro-Israel Christians to express solidarity for Israel.
Palestinians Show Iraq Support With Bombing
Naomi Segal
April 3, 2003
Palestinian support for Iraq took on a new dimension this week with a suicide bombing in Israel that Islamic Jihad said was aimed at showing solidarity with Baghdad.
Dozens of people were wounded, six seriously, when a suicide bomber blew himself up March 30 next to a crowded restaurant in the coastal city of Netanya. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility and identified the bomber as a resident of Tulkarm.
The group\’s secretary, Ramadan Shalakh, said the attack commemorated Land Day, which itself marks the deaths of six Israeli Arabs during protests in 1976 against state confiscation of Arab lands in the Galilee. Shalakh also said the bombing was a show of solidarity with the Iraqi people.
One Night for Israel
Mike Levy
November 28, 2002
The new Toys for Chanukah campaign comes hot on the heels of IESF\’s Rosh Hashana Honey campaign — when you, dear readers, sent honey for a sweet new year to Israeli victims of terror, IDF soldiers and friends and family in Israel.
‘United We Flourish’
Andrea Adelson
August 1, 2002
Putting his own twist on a frequently invoked slogan, Lou Weiss, the newly elected president of Orange County\’s Jewish Federation, intends to make inclusiveness a priority during his tenure
Solidarity to Mark Independence Day
Wendy J. Madnick
April 11, 2002
Sometimes, a simple act can make an enormous impact. At this time in the history of our people, there can be no greater demonstration of solidarity with the state of Israel than to show up and be counted at this year\’s Israeli Independence Festival on April 21, organizers say.
\”This is the biggest support for Israel happening anywhere in the world, and if we cannot show we stand with Israel, who will?\” asked Yoram Gutman, executive director of this year\’s event. \”It is critical for people to come.\”
Haim Linder, former festival chairman, who now heads the event\’s security team, agreed, saying, \”It is a boost for our brothers and sisters in Israel, because they will know about the event.
Bring the Noise
Michael Aushenker
April 4, 2002
An Israel solidarity rally, organized by the grass-roots association Stand With Us, attracted several hundred local Jews and other supporters of Israel to the intersection of Wilshire and Veteran boulevards in Westwood.
Rally Later
David N. Myers
July 26, 2001
In the midst of the speeches at Sunday\’s solidarity rally for Israel, I felt a growing swell of ambivalence and even discomfort over the event.
Israel Is Not Alone
Yuval Rotem
July 26, 2001
This past Sunday thousands of individuals, representing the full spectrum of the Jewish community\’s diversity of thought and opinion, gathered on Wilshire Boulevard to express solidarity with the people of Israel.
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