By Rebecca Shalomoff
Local congregations, students and residents arrived in Washington, D.C. in buses, cars, rented vans, trains and planes, joining Americans from across the nation, in a spirit of sadness and outrage at suicide bombings in Israel.
It was an important statement of Jewish unity. All different shades of Jews were there, said Rabbi Hershel Billet of Young Israel of Woodmere.
Rabbi Billet, who is also the president of Rabbinical Council of America, was among the American Jewish leaders organizing the Monday, April 15 rally in D.C., in less than a week. It was the largest pro-Israel rally here since the Jewish country came into existence in 1948.
It was a huge turnout. The numbers alone was a statement for us, said Elianne Fried, a 10th-grader at HAFTR. People from all around the world came to show their support. I was proud to stand next to them.
The speakers at the D.C. rally included those long associated with support of Israel
