Monday’s community gathering, co-sponsored with Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), Israeli American Council (IAC), and many other community organizations, brought more than 4,500 attendees to Boston Common. In a strong demonstration of allyship and support, we heard from Rabbi Marc Baker; Governor Maura Healey; Boston Mayor Michelle Wu; NAACP Boston President Tanisha Sullivan; and many others who said, unequivocally, that Boston stands with Israel and Boston stands against terrorism. Watch our community come together above.
Speakers in order:
- Jeremy Burton, CEO, JCRC
- Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, President, Hebrew College
- Ambassador Meron Reuben, Consul General of Israel to New England
- Shiri Greenfeld, Co-chair, Leadership Development Committee, Boston-Haifa Connection
- Maura Healey, Governor of Massachusetts
- Rabbi Marc Baker, President and CEO, Combined Jewish Philanthropies
- Senator Elizabeth Warren
- Sapir Reznik, Jewish Agency for Israel fellow, Harvard Hillel
- Senator Edward Markey
- Michelle Wu, Mayor of Boston
- Rabbi Noah Cheses, Young Israel of Sharon
- Rabbi Jonah Steinberg, Director, New England Region ADL
- Tanisha M. Sullivan, President, Boston Branch, NAACP
- Congressman Jake Auchincloss
- Treasurer Deborah Goldberg
- Rob Leikind, Regional Director, AJC New England
- Colette Phillips, Founder and President of Get Konnected!
- Lital Carmel, VP of New Leadership, IAC
- Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger, Temple Emanuel, Newton
