Darfur Rally in Washington, D.C.

From the Boston Globe (May 1, 2006);

Americans rally for Darfur - Protests push US action on genocide
By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff

WASHINGTON - Tens of thousands of Americans from across the country rallied here yesterday to demand an end to genocide in Sudan's Darfur region,
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''I feel like the entire Jewish community of New York is here," said a young member of the Ansche Chesed congregation, a synagogue in New York. ''I'm here because it would just be a disgrace for Jews not to be here."
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Elie Wiesel


Nick & George Clooney		Ruth Messenger (Exec. Dir, AJWS)


U.S. Senator Barack Obama		U.S. Representative Tom Lantos


U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (holding microphone) with other Congress-members.		Rabbi David Saperstein (Director, Religious Action Center)


		Russell Simmons addressing the rally.


Elie Wiesel addressing the rally.





The crowd was much larger than what this photo can show!

"Yashar Koach to the many Ansche Chesed people -- 110 on our buses, and probably 50-100 others who drove (and flew) down on their own, or who went on buses from other organizations,..." - Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky