Reports from April 30, September 17, 2006 Rallies to Stop Genocide in Darfur

Photo of participants in the Mall in D.C. for the April 30th, 2006 Darfur rally.Photo of participants in the Mall in D.C. for the April 30th, 2006 Darfur rally.RRC students were quoted in a VOANews.com article following the September 17, 2006 rally:

See more photos of the April 30th rally.

On Saturday night, April 29, 2006, we had over 100 people at the 6th and I Street synagogues, where Rabbis Brant Rosen and Steve Gutow (who continued his inspirational words on Sunday) spoke passionately and eloquently about the situation. Dr. Carl Sheingold and John Riehl gave greetings on behalf of JRF, and we engaged in prayer and text study led by Rabbis Shawn Zevit, Micah Becker-Klein, Liz Bolton, Leila Berner, and Jason Klein.

On Sunday April 30, members of the JRF board and staff, RRC students and more than 25 JRF congregations sent rabbis and members to the rally. More details are in these news articles:

Jews For Justice In Darfur - CBS News
RRC Divests from Sudan - JTA

We were aware of the presence of the following JRF congregations at various rallies:
Adat Shalom, Bethesda, MD
Ahavas Achim, Keene, NH
Am Haskalah, Allentown, PA
Beit Tikvah, Baltimore, MD
Beit Hatikvah, Chatham, NJ
Bet Am Shalom, White Plain, NY
Bnai Keshet, Montclair, NJ
Chapel Hill Kehillah, NC
Columbia Jewish Congregation, MD
Dorshei Derekh, Philadelphia, PA
Hillel Bnai Torah, MA
Houston Reconstructionist Havurah, TX
JCA, Amherst, MA
JRC, Evanston, IL
Kol Ami, VA
Kol HaLev, Cleveland, OH
Kol Tzedek, Philadelphia, PA
Lev Ha-Ir, Philadelphia, PA
Mishkan Ha'am, NY
Mishkan Shalom, PA
Oseh Shalom, MD
RRC, Philadelphia, PA
RSNS, Plandome, NY
RTBI, NJ
Shir Hadash, Northbrook, IL
Society for the Advancement of Judaism, New York, NY
Valley Outreach Synagogue, Las Vegas
West End Synagogue, New York, NY