Protest

Rabbis' march

6 Oct 1943 · 38.90° N, 77.04° W

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When
6 Oct 1943
Kind
Protest
Coordinates
38.90° N, 77.04° W
Description
1943 demonstration in Washington, D.C., United States
Participants
400

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Rabbis' march (1943)

1943 demonstration in Washington, D.C., United States

The Rabbis' March was a demonstration in support of American and allied action to stop the destruction of European Jewry. It took place in Washington, D.C., on October 6, 1943, three days before Yom Kippur. It was organized by Hillel Kook, nephew of the chief rabbi of Mandatory Palestine and head of the Bergson Group, and involved more than 400 rabbis, mostly members of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United Stat…

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