{"id":2337448,"date":"2024-09-05T17:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T21:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-groups-to-hold-vigil-for-hostages-executed-by-hamas-check-politics-at-the-door-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T17:58:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T21:58:19","slug":"jewish-groups-to-hold-vigil-for-hostages-executed-by-hamas-check-politics-at-the-door-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-groups-to-hold-vigil-for-hostages-executed-by-hamas-check-politics-at-the-door-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish groups to hold vigil for hostages executed by Hamas: \u2018Check politics at the door\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjewish-groups-to-hold-vigil-for-hostages-executed-by-hamas-check-politics-at-the-door-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2337448&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hundreds \u2064are expected to attend a vigil in Beverly Hills, California, organized by the Los Angeles chapter of the \u200cHostage and Missing Families Forum, following\u2062 the execution of six hostages\u2064 by Hamas. The event, titled \u201cBring them Home Now,\u201d aims to provide a moment\u2063 of healing and unity amidst the tragedy. Organizers plan a moment of\u2064 silence and a candlelight vigil for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-hamas-claims-13-hostages-killed-in-israeli-airstrikes-including-foreign-nationals\/\" title=\"Hamas alleges 13 hostages, including foreigners, killed in Israeli airstrikes.\">deceased hostages<\/a>, using LED candles instead of real ones due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-appeals-court-unanimously-strikes-down-local-gun-control-law\/\" title=\"Washington Appeals Court Unanimously Strikes Down Local Gun-Control\u00a0Law\">local regulations<\/a>. The event \u2062encourages participants \u2063to set aside political differences for a\u200b night\u200b to focus \u2062on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-becomes-only-first-lady-to-deliver-solo-9-11-memorial-remarks\/\" title=\"Jill Biden becomes only first lady to deliver solo 9\/11 memorial remarks\">collective grief<\/a> and solidarity against Hamas, with speakers \u200bincluding survivors, activists, and local \u200cofficials, aimed at raising \u2062awareness about the \u200dhostages&#8217; plight. Event\u200d coordinator \u200cJessica Lipman emphasized the importance \u200cof community unity during this emotionally charged occasion, contrasting it with previous rallies that focused more on individual\u200b stories. The event hopes to send a message of support to families affected by the violence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jewish groups to hold vigil for hostages executed by Hamas: &lsquo;Check politics at the door&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1745777\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Just days after six hostages held by <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> were executed, hundreds are expected to participate in a Beverly Hills, <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>California<\/a>, &ldquo;Bring them Home Now&rdquo; <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rally<\/a> Thursday night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Organized by the Los Angeles chapter of the <a href=\"https:\/\/stories.bringthemhomenow.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hostage and Missing Families Forum<\/a>, the rally will include a moment of silence and a candlelight vigil for murdered hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to be a really, hopefully, cathartic night,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cpac-unloads-on-hyatt-hotels-for-allegedly-lying-about-stage-debacle-you-recruited-us-helped-build-stage\/\" title=\"CPAC Unloads On Hyatt Hotels For Allegedly Lying About Stage Debacle: \u2018You Recruited Us,\u2019 Helped Build Stage\">event organizer<\/a> Jessica Lipman told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in an interview, expressing her hope that the experience will provide much-needed &ldquo;healing&rdquo; for everyone involved, on both sides of the political aisle.<\/p>\n<p>The moment of silence for the six fallen hostages will happen at the beginning of the rally. Due to a local ordinance preventing the group from lighting real candles, the Women&rsquo;s International Zionist Organization has donated plastic LED candles to be distributed for the vigil. The Anti-Defamation League has also been helping out by printing posters for the organizers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We really do hope that the things that separate us will be forgotten for at least the two hours of the rally,&rdquo; Lipman said. &ldquo;And we can just be bonded by what unifies us, which is that we have the common enemy of Hamas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Debbie Paperman, another event organizer, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in an interview that the &ldquo;main purpose&rdquo; of the rally is to &ldquo;have people hear what&rsquo;s going on, but also have our elected officials and the greater community see that we&rsquo;re unified, and we won&rsquo;t stop until all of the hostages are home, [both] living and dead.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want to check politics at the door,&rdquo; Lipman added. &ldquo;We want to check the things that separate us at the door, and we just want to be unified by what brings us together,&rdquo; which she described as a combination of &ldquo;Jewish joy and Jewish pain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lipman will be the first speaker before the vigil, and 13 others, including activists, politicians, and celebrities, are scheduled to speak after. Natalie Sanandaji, a survivor of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on the Nova Music Festival, will speak, as will the mayor and vice mayor of Beverly Hills, James Maslow of the band Big Time Rush, StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein, former Miss Universe Iraq Sarah Idan, and other prominent figures. Lipman said she told speakers to &ldquo;speak from the heart.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lipman contrasted the Thursday rally to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/full-capacity-la-vigil-honoring-israeli-hostages-has-to-turn-visitors-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>recent<\/a> event in Los Angeles on Sunday, which focused on sharing the stories of hostages and their families.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The tone [Thursday night] will be very different. I think there&rsquo;ll be more tears,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Something else that sets Thursday&rsquo;s rally apart from previous events, according to Paperman, is that numerous organizations &ldquo;were reaching out to us, wanting to get involved and wanting to be a part of it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a message of unity,&rdquo; Paperman said. &ldquo;And more importantly, it&rsquo;s to hopefully send a message to the families that have lost their loved ones and those who are still being held hostage because we can&rsquo;t believe this is happening. It&rsquo;s heartbreaking.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Paperman mentioned that the event falls just after the beginning of Elul, a &ldquo;time of reflection&rdquo; and the sixth month of the religious year on the Jewish calendar. Reflecting on &ldquo;what we can do this year to make it better,&rdquo; she said, &ldquo;we need to come together&rdquo; to overcome political divisiveness, as the safe return of the hostages is a &ldquo;human issue &hellip; not a partisan one.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The event, which will take place outside Beverly Hills City Hall from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Thursday night, is co-sponsored by 23 organizations, including StandWithUs, the ADL, #EndJewHatred, the Combat Antisemitism Movement, Jewish Life Foundation, and WIZO California.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beverly Hills police told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that an &ldquo;extended deployment&rdquo; of officers will be present for the rally to ensure the safety of all participants and potential protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Lipman said that while it is a &ldquo;really difficult time&rdquo; to be Jewish in 2024, as antisemitic incidents have skyrocketed since Oct. 7, she is &ldquo;really moved at the response we&rsquo;ve seen, and the cohesion of our Jewish community in LA has been really impressive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1745777\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1745777\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jewish organizations are set to hold a vigil for the hostages killed by Hamas, urging attendees to &#8220;check politics at the door.&#8221; Following the execution of six hostages, hundreds are anticipated to join a &#8220;Bring them Home Now&#8221; rally in Beverly Hills, California, on Thursday evening. The event is organized by the Los Angeles chapter of the Hostage and Missing Families Forum and will feature a moment of silence and a candlelight vigil for those murdered: Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino. Event organizer Jessica Lipman expressed hope that the gathering will provide healing for all participants across political divides. The moment of silence will occur at the start of the rally. Due to local regulations against real candles being lit, plastic LED candles have been donated by the Women\u2019s International Zionist Organization for use during the vigil. The Anti-Defamation League has also assisted by producing posters for organizers.<\/p>\n<p>Lipman emphasized that they hope differences can be set aside during this two-hour event so that everyone can unite against Hamas. Another organizer, Debbie Paperman, highlighted that one key goal is to raise awareness about ongoing issues while demonstrating community solidarity until all hostages are returned home\u2014both living and deceased. Lipman reiterated their desire to focus on unity rather than division.<\/p>\n<p>The rally&#8217;s first speaker will be Lipman herself; she is followed by 13 others including activists and public figures such as Natalie Sanandaji\u2014a survivor from an October 7 attack\u2014Beverly Hills&#8217; mayor and vice mayor, musician James Maslow from Big Time Rush, StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein, former Miss Universe Iraq Sarah Idan among others.<\/p>\n<p>Lipman noted that this rally would differ in tone from a recent event focused on sharing hostage stories; she anticipates it may evoke more tears due to its somber nature. Paperman added that many organizations have reached out wanting involvement in this message of unity aimed at supporting families affected by these tragedies.<\/p>\n<p>The timing coincides with Elul\u2014a month dedicated to reflection in Jewish tradition\u2014and emphasizes coming together beyond political divides since securing hostages&#8217; safe return transcends partisanship.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled outside Beverly Hills City Hall from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., this event is co-sponsored by 23 organizations including StandWithUs and ADL among others. Local police plan an increased presence at the rally for participant safety amid rising antisemitic incidents since October 7th; however Lipman remains encouraged by community cohesion observed within LA&#8217;s Jewish population during these challenging times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2670,"featured_media":2337449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/israel-hamas-hostage-rally.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13022,21509,40234,33446,14416],"class_list":["post-2337448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hamas","tag-hostages","tag-jewish-groups","tag-political-neutrality","tag-vigil"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/israel-hamas-hostage-rally.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2670"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}