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For Jewish activists in Brooklyn, Yom Kippur becomes a day to mourn Palestinians

The ritual, led by progressive rabbis, included Yizkor and Kriah prayers and drew 80 Jewish faith leaders calling for an end to the war.

NEW YORK (RNS) — As the highly anticipated US visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approaches this week, attendees denounced how the Israeli government has handled the war.

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#Swalev's gathering of Jewish worshippers and local residents in New York City, both, to commemorate the Day of Forgiveness, an event that included expressing solidarity with the Palestinians and protesting against Israeli practices in the Gaza Strip. In conjunction with the "Day of Forgiveness," Jewish worshippers who live in Grand Army Plaza Square in New York City remembering Palestinians who fell in the Gaza Strip pic.twitter.com/WxEknsubz7,…

World: The event was organized by the groups Jews for Racial and Economic Justice and Rabbis for a Truce. The demonstration of solidarity with Gazans has been held for the third year in a row.

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Religion News Service broke the news in Washington, United States on Monday, September 21, 2026.
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