In houses of worship, congregants grieved. In front of the White House, pro-Palestinian demonstrators called for the end of U.S. aid to Israel.
Sam Lilek returned from Tel Aviv a few days ago to vacation with his parents in the Maryland suburbs. By Saturday, he was grieving as he saw the images of explosions and bloody bodies in Israel, where he has been studying for the past two years.
At synagogues and churches on Sunday, congregants and religious leaders prayed for peace. In front of the White House, a few hundred pro-Palestinian protesters called for the end of American aid to Israel.Mayor Muriel E. Bowser pledged support for the Israeli people and the Jewish community in Washington as she announced stepped-up police patrols at houses of worship and embassies.
“And that is exactly why we condemn Israel’s attackers,” Roos said, adding that the attacks have shaken the Jewish community in Washington. Many at Temple Sinai have relatives in Israel or travel there to study, begin their careers or to connect with their religion and people. The scene at the Northwest Washington synagogue was one of many playing out across the Jewish world on a weekend that normally is full of joy and celebration of Shabbat and Shemini Atzeret, a Jewish holiday. At Adas Israel Congregation in Cleveland Park, congregants were planning an emergency response to raise funds to support the victims.“Tragically, we’ve once again waked up to the news of war in our beloved Israel,” Adas leaders said to congregants.
Some protesters carried heart-shaped signs pasted with pictures of Palestinian children who have been killed in recent years of the decades-long conflict.
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