Preparations for the massive Israel-solidarity march on Washington, D.C. this coming Monday are feverishly underway. Hundreds of chartered buses will be leaving from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Florida, Georgia, Indianapolis, Detroit, many locations in New York, New Jersey, and Long Island, and elsewhere. Bipartisan Congressional leaders, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, Christian and Moslem religious leaders, and representatives of major American Jewish organizations, representing all parts of the country, are among those who will speak at the rally.
Many groups have chartered planes, and others will be taking trains to the event. See \"www.ou.org/events/5762/locations0402.htm\" for travel arrangements.
Partial listing of participating organizations:
Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, Long Island - 5 buses
Jewish Education Center in Elizabeth, NJ - 10 buses
Flatbush Yeshiva High School, Brooklyn - 800 students
Bais Yaakov of Baltimore - no school that day, providing bus transportation
Hebrew High School of New England, Hartford, Ct. - leaving 4:30 AM
Young Israel of Hillcrest, in Queens, NY - 5 buses
Beth Tfiloh Dahan High School and Congregation, in Baltimore, Md. - hundreds of students, faculty and congregants.
Many groups have chartered planes, and others will be taking trains to the event. See \"www.ou.org/events/5762/locations0402.htm\" for travel arrangements.
Partial listing of participating organizations:
Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, Long Island - 5 buses
Jewish Education Center in Elizabeth, NJ - 10 buses
Flatbush Yeshiva High School, Brooklyn - 800 students
Bais Yaakov of Baltimore - no school that day, providing bus transportation
Hebrew High School of New England, Hartford, Ct. - leaving 4:30 AM
Young Israel of Hillcrest, in Queens, NY - 5 buses
Beth Tfiloh Dahan High School and Congregation, in Baltimore, Md. - hundreds of students, faculty and congregants.