North Shore Rabbis Weigh in On Middle East Crisis
About 500 people gathered at Congregation Shirat Hayam in Swampscott on Sunday night to pray, sing and show support for Israel, said Rabbi Yossi Lipsker of Chabad Lubavitch of the North Shore.
Hundreds of Swampscott and Marblehead residents gathered Sunday night at Congregation Shirat Hayam in Swampscott to talk, sing songs of hope and pray. Monday night in Boston, Jewish and non-Jewish residents rallied to support Israel during the unfolding Middle East crisis. In response to persistent rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip into Southern Israel — hundreds in the past several days — Israel has bombed targets from where the missile are being fired in Gaza. Civilians have been killed in Southern Israel and in Gaza, though many more have died in Gaza, according to news reports. It remains to be seen what will happen next. We asked two local rabbis, one from Swampscott and one from Marblehead, to weigh in on the topic — tell us …
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