ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/
The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington, in conjunction with other community groups, will hold a rally at 12:00 noon on Thursday, September 24th, at Farragut Square Park, Washington DC, in protest of Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons and threats against Israel, support for terrorism, Holocaust denial and human rights abuses. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will address the United Nations General Assembly on September 23. The speakers will offer a response to the President’s statements. Similar rallies are being held across the country at the same time.
A tentative list of scheduled speakers include: Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY), Congressman Todd Tiahrt (R-KS), Kristen Silverberg, former United States Ambassador to the European Union, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett (D-MoCo), Executive Director of the Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington Reverend Clark Lobenstein, Iranian jailed dissident and president of the Iranian Enterprise Institute Amir Abbas Fakhravar, Lynn Smith Derbyshire, whose brother Captain Vince Smith, was among the 241 U.S. Marines killed in the Iranian-backed Hezbollah attack in Lebanon in 1983, and Kristen Silverberg, former United States Ambassador to the European Union. Please contact us for an updated list of confirmed speakers.
The following organizations are rally co-sponsors or will be represented by speakers at the event: American Jewish Committee, Baltimore Zionist District, Endowment for Middle East Truth, Greater Washington Area Hadassah, Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington, Iranian Enterprise Institute, Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia, Jewish Council for Public Affairs, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, Korean American Association of the Metropolitan Area, Korean Association of the State of Maryland, National Jewish Democratic Council, Republican Jewish Coalition, The Council of Churches of Greater Washington, The Israel Project, and United Macedonian Diaspora.
