StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice files a federal lawsuit against Code Pink, PYM, and WESPAC for blocking worshippers and inciting violence at an LA synagogue.
“I am the live testimony standing before you, before the world speaking for [the victims who no longer can,” one ZAKA first responder said at the event.
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The lawsuit alleges that Helmann saw masked demonstrators walking house to house, looking for Jewish doorposts before taking photos of the homes and cars associated with them.
The time is now to show the world that the harassment, intimidation, and physical attacks against our Jewish community cannot be tolerated or normalized.
We must stand united, resolute, and unwavering in our commitment to protecting Jewish communities and upholding the values of tolerance and human dignity.
"You don't bum-rush a Jewish neighborhood and run up on a synagogue. That's not protesting a policy that's protesting a people," Jones said.
The LAPD had deployed more than a dozen officers in anticipation of the protest, the department called for backup once those initial officers were overwhelmed.
Amid protests in Los Angeles, tensions flare at Adas Torah synagogue as IfNotNow-LA criticizes the use of Jewish sacred spaces for political purposes.
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