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October 15, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-movements-come-together-in-support-of-israel/

U.S. Jews Come Together in Support of Israel

(Times of Israel) Rebecca Shimoni Stoil - All of the major American Jewish synagogue movements will come together this weekend to observe a "Special Sabbath of Solidarity" with Israel, in conjunction with the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. "Our hearts break as our people are viciously attacked in communities throughout our beloved Jewish State," said Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism. Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, executive vice president of the Conservative Movement's Rabbinical Assembly, described the current upsweep in violence as "an outrage that must be condemned by the international community." Farley Weiss, president of the Orthodox National Council of Young Israel, said his organization "back[s] the Israeli government's right to take the necessary actions to protect its citizens from harm by those who wish to destroy it."

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