Monday, May 24, 2010
Sunday's event in Brookline (see link for background) was a huge success! The weather was beautiful. Attendance was between 5-800. Pretty darn good considering none of the big organizations (CJP, JCRC, etc...) gave any backing -- though CJP's Barry Shrage did address the crowd. Word is that a good half or more of the attendees were Christian friends of the Jews and Israel.
The Brothers of Judea were there, and have a report with pictures, here. They have another entry with video of the speech by Rev. Frank Eiklor of Shalom International, here. Here's the vid:
From CJUI, here is Charles Jacobs of Americans for Peace and Tolerance:
Update: Ary Rotman:
Update2: This is a good video to see the size of the crowd:
Here is a collection of photos. Credit goes to Rotem Brayer, Elaine, and others. Congratulations to everyone who showed up for this great event:
Hall of Shame:
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Here's some good video taken from a little different angle from the others at last Sunday's Brookline/Boston Rally for a United Jerusalem: Previous: Pictures and Video from Sunday's Rally for Jerusalem in Brookline (Boston area) and No Room for J... Read More
Thanks for the pictures, Solomon. It was a good time.
From the River to the Sea,
Pal-e-SWINE Will NEVER BE!
INSHALLAH!
It was a fantastic day, with powerful speakers and great enthusiasm for Israel and an undivided Jerusalem by people from all walks of life. Shamefully, there was no mention of the rally at all in local media, the Boston Globe instead focusing on twenty anti-Israel demonstrators at Ambassador Michael Oren's commencement speech (the article didn't even both to mention what Oren spoke about or the size of the crowd who came to hear him, giving its full attention to those twenty).
Of course, the Globe didn't bother printing any letters that pointed this out.
Thank you for the excellent pictures. I stole a couple for my blog.