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Leaders, Crowds Rally to support Israel in Los Angeles
June 6, 2010
By Ryan Torok
Among the congregational rabbis who spoke were Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple; Rabbi Denise Eger of Congregation Kol Ami, who is also president of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California; and Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR. Wolpe took a somewhat lighter approach: "We are here because of love," he told the crowd in a brief address, while Eger focused on why Israel's blockade of Gaza is necessary: Hamas. "The city of Gaza is oppressed by a violent regime," she said.
Brous acknowledged that the deaths of the activists aboard the Mavi Marmara were tragic and unfortunate, but raised the hope that the events should be used as means to bridge the divide between Israelis and Palestinians, to "transform tragedy into possibility" and "create a Palestinian country by [Israel's] side."
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