New York City – Thousands Attend NYC Anti-Iran Rally

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    Protesters attend a rally across the street from the United Nations, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, in New York. The demonstration attended by various community leaders including Nobel Prize laureate Elie Wiesel is aimed at protesting Iran\'s  human rights abuses and the appearance of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)New York City – Several thousand cheering students and activists from as far away as Baltimore and Detroit protested on Monday against the Iranian government and its nuclear program.
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    Israeli and Jewish leaders attended the event, organized by Jewish groups including the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the United Jewish Communities, the UJA-Federation New York and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.

    “These weapons will not only threaten Israel, they will threaten Riyadh, Paris, London and New York,” Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik told the cheering crowd.

    “The free world must not allow the threat of destruction like this without taking proper action to stop him. We have to stop him, to stop him, to stop him!” she exhorted.

    Other leading lights, including former Deputy Prime Minister Natan Sharansky and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, joined the roster of students, rabbis and New York Jewish leaders who spoke.

    “We urge all the UN delegations across the street to leave the hall when [Ahmadinejad] appears on the stage,” said Wiesel, who accused Ahmadinejad in quiet tones of helping Hamas to hold Gilad Shalit captive and of planning “a nuclear Holocaust” against the Jews.
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    “Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, go home and stay there, we don’t want you here. America doesn’t want you here. Nobody wants you,” Wiesel declaimed. He called for Ahmadinejad to be indicted by an international war crimes tribunal in The Hague.


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    deepthinker
    deepthinker
    15 years ago

    This rally was destroyed in advance by Hillary and her selfish and cynical cohorts in the Democrat Party, who were willing to sabotage the effort in order to stop Palin from receiving national attention as a supporter of the Jewish People.

    Their efforts backfired.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    Go be mispalel to Hashem en masses not these waste of time rallys that cause no good. Instead of wasting time and resources on a rally that will do nothing to alter this maniacs desire, why cant we proclaim a day of fast and tefiloh? During the times of Haman harasha did Mordechai consider making rallys or did he proclaim days of tefillah and fasting? Thats what saved the Jews and that is what will save the Jews in the future. A rally is useless except for the attention seekers that are more concerned about their faces showing up on camera

    mikey
    mikey
    15 years ago

    In a Republic like US, policy is adjustable by the democratic representation of the people – thus demostrating, letter writing, and voting are effective means of informing elected representatives of the will of the people.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    i also think we should fast but by the ralley just like mordechy called together all jews (in a ralley) and fasted

    Heshy
    Heshy
    15 years ago

    I was at the rally and in the crowd and announced was Anthony Weiner. Maybe now we can remove the tax exemptions from these organizers for having a democrat and no republican

    Anon
    Anon
    15 years ago

    makes up for all the signage people had spewing hateful lies against hillary clinton.

    aaa
    aaa
    15 years ago

    you should have both torah tefilla fasting and protests we must dsemonstrate to outsiders that we consider achminedjad a threat to us and the world as a whole. by the way keep in mind that external pressures such as mass ralles and the rabbis march in washngton is what helped bring about (thoughto late) the war refugee board during the holocaust. Also remeber the politcal outcries and mass rallies that were held which helped to directly brng about the release of many soviet jews. Of course all efforts must be helped by Hashem. How about a mass teflla rally attended by thousands, with seperate areas for men and women without political agenda sponsored by aguda young Israel and ou? If we could all get together for things like funding for Yeshivas (DOE TUTORNG) we can surely get together to help get rid of Reshaim

    anonymous
    anonymous
    15 years ago

    to anon that posted about mordechai how he handled dealing with Haman, it was a much different situation Hamans intentions were anounced well in advance as a defintie with even the date given for his evil plans. yet the nes was done in more of a private manner (except for Haman gettng the garbage dumped on his head to show a public downfall). The whole nes of purim is about hidden miracles. Many other Reshaim throuout history were dealt with in other ways. That being said we of course must do all our parts whch of course MUST include to concentrate on teshuva tefila and Tzedaka to get rid of this Rahsa and sonei Yisrael and all evil gezeiras

    anon
    anon
    15 years ago

    i did not attend because they disinvirted palin and did not stand up to hillary go macain palin

    Joe
    Joe
    15 years ago

    You Lefties will pay for this, Big time!

    Heshy
    Heshy
    15 years ago

    As I stated before I was at the rally with my sighn reading Prevent a nuclear Iranian holocaust on Israel vote McCaine Palin. Hopefully it will make it into some media as they took pictures and interviews.But here is some more details, Many students from modern type schools were bussed in from Canada with little Canadian flags.The organizers needed bodies so they got YU schools to send their students.It was more of a social event as teenage boys and girls socialized. The vast majority of the crowd was pro McCaine and expressed theie sentiment to me. Things look good and McCaine will win.

    Murray
    Murray
    15 years ago

    Leftist Democrat Jews are so misguided that they care more for politics than Jewish lives. Its sickening. Only mis-guided (grossly) or self hating Jews could possibly support Obama.

    yankie
    yankie
    15 years ago

    I think the democratic party showed us what they really think about nuking israel. How any Jew could vote for them now after they basically told us where to go is beyond belief.

    ujol
    ujol
    15 years ago

    its a cylul hasam this protest we are in gules we are not alowd to fight with a nation,s those thinks the zioniens used to do before the world war 2

    moshele
    moshele
    15 years ago

    I did not attend and I don’t think that anyone who has a bit of Yiras Shomayim was there. B.t.w. Which recognized Rav was there? I mean besides Harav Sharansky & Harav Wiesel….

    shofar
    shofar
    15 years ago

    I hope their was a counter protest from the niteri karta !! to show submission to tyrants like our father yakov did!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    Moshele:

    I saw Rav Hershel Schachter as well as Rav Meir Twersky there. But what relevance does that have anyway?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    it was a very poor turnout. the democrats, and their lawyers who threatened to sue, got their way.

    c
    c
    15 years ago

    I was a at the gathering and it was a big kiddush hashem. The only distraction were the jews for iran animals from neutra karta who should all move to iran & be erraticated

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    Rav Hershel Schachter? Rav meir Twersky??

    Heshy
    Heshy
    15 years ago

    I was there but I can tell you that all the fat cats without yarmukas on their heads lined the stage area. These nobodys brainless self appointed leaders walked around feeling important.All they care abouit is that their stupid liberal organizations get into the papers. They dont give a damn about 6 million Israelis facing a nuclear holocaust as long as they stuff their mouths with pork chops and french fries.Im amazed how YU and other modern orthodox institutions allowed their students to attend a rally thats for the most part run by bear headed atheists. If hitler was a democrat they would support him all the way. To them gay marriages and abortions on demand are the ten commandments.We need to get a group of orthodox savvy Jews and get rid of these lemmings running our political connections. Hillary could not care less if 6 million Jews were fried to death by nuclear weapons as long as she gets her way in politics. The UJA another self hating anti orthodox group funds all types of non Jewish institutions and its secular leaders who feast on pork and lobsters earn 2 to 3 million dollars a year from the community funds. And yet so many silly wealthy modern orthodox Jews donate millions to these imbeciles thinking its some type of prestige. Your feeding a bunch of pork eaters and Shabbos violators their fat salaries. Today their are plenty of orthodox institutions that help people in every conceivable way. With all the degrees and PHDs that these self appointed community leaders have,they lack brains. To disinvite the next vice president and possible the next president of the Unites States is chutzpah to no end.This endangers Israel not neturei karta who are harmless. Only McCain and Palin agreed to allow Israel to strike first on Irans nuclear facilities.Obama and Biden the 2 anti semites stated openly that Israel has no right to strike.Israel should be a sitting duck and get wiped off the map so that Obamo and Biden can give a nice eulogy. Well we orthodox Jews are tired of these gay loving democrats who hate religious Jews with a passion. In fact in Boro park up to the 1980s there used to be a democratic club called the Rosevelt democratic club on 13 ave. until religious Jews defeated the secular Jews in the city council and assembly positions. These secular democratic Jews worshiped Rosevelt despite his refusal to bomb the tracks to the gas chambers and refused to allow a boat load of Jews into America. We must realize that we must stop allowing secular Jews to speak for us.They endanger our communities on many levels.What we should really do is get McCain to visit Boro park one sunday and bring out tens of thousands of frum Jews.As far as what Rabbis were at the rall I saw some female reform and conservatives with yamulkas on their heads.This Thursday another rally will be held where Palin was invited outside the Hyatt hotel on 42 street. at 5 pm. This rally is being run by normal people not by secular Jewish lemmings and dwarfs who would not know what Judaism is if they fell over it.

    Baruch
    Baruch
    15 years ago

    Heshy, Thumbs Up!! Let it be clear that with pork eating athiests we won’t accomplishe anything, its beyond me how some of us can support a rally that is lead by Apikorsim Gemurim the lowest of the low, Nebach!

    heshy 4 president
    heshy 4 president
    15 years ago

    go heshy go!!!!!

    Reb. Aron Zalmen Leib SHLIT"A
    Reb. Aron Zalmen Leib SHLIT"A
    15 years ago

    EXCUSE ME…….. the only thing Chazal teach us is to pray to Hashem. NONE on the real Gedolia Yisroel went to demonstrate, all we have to do is pour out our hearts to Hashem and the Geula will be here NOW !!!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    heshy, your right.

    plus, at YU the decision to let students go was over the heads of the rebbeim, so lots of shiurim were canceled and torah study was lost! YU, who’s side are you on???

    oh boy
    oh boy
    15 years ago

    Heshy is crazy. he doesnt even know how to spell mccain. on his printed signe he had to cover it with a sticker because it said “mccaine” (like dan quayles potatoe)
    Obama and Biden are not anti smeites and you have your facts completely wrong. you should actually read the real news and the real history books so you can at least get your facts straigt instead of spewing utter nonsense.

    Conservative One
    Conservative One
    15 years ago

    Where was Governor Palin. Shame on the organizers who bowed to the low life Democrats including Hillary and the biggest low life Schumer. When will people in New York come to their senses and throw these liberal no-good rascals out. Go McCain-Palin.

    BOYCOTT UJA
    BOYCOTT UJA
    15 years ago

    The turnout was a disaster because of Ruskay and his Democratic cronies who run the secular left leaning Jewish organizations.Hitt hem in the pocker books. Give directly to authentic Jewish organizations whe are commited to Jews, not Barak Hussein, Hilary Rodham and other false idols.

    Make your voice heard. Keep blogging in protest against Ruskay and his co-horts until at least they say SOLACHTI.

    Murray
    Murray
    15 years ago

    Dopey Democrats don’t know an anti-semite from a hole in the ground. Obama, and Biden are the WORST kind of antisemites because they are deceptive, and their Jew hatred is under the radar. They appear, and say polite things but their policies could and would destroy us. If you are just looking for the NeoNazis and klansmen, in other words- the obvious, then you miss identifying the real dangerous ones.

    Heshy
    Heshy
    15 years ago

    In response to oh boy

    I had my sighn made on purpose with an e at the end of McCain in order to rile up the individual liberal stinkers that were at the rally.One bozo liberal said to me that my sighn is causing embarrassment to the Jewish people because I spelled McCaine with an e. I told this knucklehead that my error will not harm Israel but the rally organizers action of disinviting Palin will hurt Israel and that was a true embarrassment to every Jew. Goyim all over Americans mocked the Jews for what they did. The foolish intelectual bafoons are so worried about being correct on their spelling that they begged me to remove the e.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    Reb. Aron Zalmen Leib SHLIT”A

    You’re either an hypocrite or suffering from amnesia. How many demonstrations /protests did Satmer organize against the Tzionishe (Zionist) Medina in front of the Israeli consulate and other places in Manhattan etc. What about the bitul Torah then.