Police arrested and issued summonses to eight rabbis who blocked site visitors throughout a pro-humanitarian support protest Monday evening, officers stated.
An NYPD spokesperson stated the incident occurred round 6 p.m. throughout a deliberate demonstration outdoors the Israeli Consulate on Second Avenue and forty third Road.
Organizers stated the arrests have been noteworthy as a result of it was the primary time a bunch of rabbis the Jewish group’s political middle had risked arrest over the conflict in Gaza.
“The protests we have sometimes seen on the Israeli Consulate in locations like which might be from the additional left of the group,” stated Phylisa Knowledge, government director of New York Jewish Agenda. “This represents an escalation from rabbis on this political lane.”
These arrested included Rabbi Rachel Timoner of Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, Rabbi Jason Klein of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in Manhattan, Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses with Romemu on the Higher West Aspect and Rabbi Deena Cowans of B’nai Jeshurun on the Higher West Aspect.
Knowledge stated 11 rabbis in whole joined the act of civil disobedience, however solely eight have been arrested as a result of the NYPD was concurrently responding to the mass capturing at a close-by workplace tower.
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