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COMMUNITY MEMORIAL AND SOLIDARITY RALLY FOR VICTIMS OF THIS WEEK’S TERROR ATTACK IN ISRAEL
On Sunday, March 9, the SimonWiesenthal Center and Young Israel of Century City and other concerned community organizations co-sponsored a Community Memorial and Solidarity Rally to remember thesix teenagers and two adults who were murdered at a Jerusalem yeshiva while preparing for the upcoming Purim holiday. "We gathered together to demand that the civilized world finallyconfront the plague of suicide terror--the greatest danger facing us all today," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Speakers included: SWC Founder and Dean, Rabbi Marvin Hier; Israeli Consul General Jacob Dayan; Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, L.A. City Councilman Jack Weiss; and Rabbi ElazarMuskin of Young Israel of Century City.
To read Rabbi Hier's remarks, click here...
For more information, contact the Center's Public Relations department, 310-772-2458.
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| Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa | Rabbi Marvin Hier, SWC Founder & Dean |
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| Rabbi Abraham Cooper, SWC Associate Dean | Rabbi Elazar Muskin of Young Israel of Century City |
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| L.A. City Councilman Jack Weiss | Israeli Consul General Jacob Dayan |
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| Click on bottom images for Hi-Resolution photos Photos: Bart Bartholomew |
| TheSimonWiesenthalCenteris one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations with over 400,000 member families in theUnited States. It is an NGO at international agenciesincluding the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe. |