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Prayers and calls for arms embargo mark Philadelphia gatherings to mourn lives lost one year after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel

On the eve of the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the resulting war, over a hundred members of Jewish Voice for Peace gathered on the banks of the Schuylkill Sunday afternoon.

Rabbi Linda Holtzman (left) looks on as Joni Sidharta-Leibovic (middle) and a person named “Joe” blow the shofar while people gathered on the banks of the Schuylkill to perform the ritual of tashlich, casting stones into the water, while demanding that the U.S. government cast off support for Israel’s expanding war in the Middle East by enacting an immediate arms embargo.
Rabbi Linda Holtzman (left) looks on as Joni Sidharta-Leibovic (middle) and a person named “Joe” blow the shofar while people gathered on the banks of the Schuylkill to perform the ritual of tashlich, casting stones into the water, while demanding that the U.S. government cast off support for Israel’s expanding war in the Middle East by enacting an immediate arms embargo.Read moreElizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer