Cause good morning. I am harriet and i have the honor of being the chair of the concertfe of presence of major American Jewish organizations. We gather in ouron nations capitol and sadness and mourning. October 7 was the day in modern israeli history. As news reports last week turned to unimaginable numbers, 1300 dead, 4000 wounded, almost 200 kidnapped our shock turned to fear, anger, disbelief and utter devastation. We mourn the loss of precious life. We for the healing of wounds that will never fully manned and today we wear these blue ribbons and initiative started in the hope for the safe return of our brothers and sisters now held hostage in gaza. Our savior teaches us we should not be daunted by the enormity of thehe worlds grief and instd they are commanded always to shape our world not merely be shaped by it. Today weha gather together as it instructs to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly in to face greece greek with actions. We gather in washington to say to the world w
Late israeli prime minister. Following her remarks, congressional leaders from the house and senate expressed their support for israel. We should not be daunted by the enormity of the worlds grief. Instead we are commanded always to act, always a way to shape our world, not merely be shaped by it. And together we gather together, to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly and to face grief with action. And we gather in washington to say to the world, we stand with israel. We stand in israel with our words and deeds and action. Im joined today by the heads of our 50 National Organizations and dozens of local Jewish Federations from across the country representing a broad and Diverse Coalition of American Jewish life. And we are eternally grateful for our elected leaders who are here this morning to share their own words of support. Our presence together in this historic synagogue in our Nations Capital gives us comfort and strength. Only by working together can we ensure that israel wi
Congress, Jewish Community leaders invited Administration Officials this event was hosted by the conference of president s of major American Jewish organizations. It runs an hour and 45 minutes. [background noises] good morning. I am harriet and i have the honor of being conference of the president of jewish organizations. We gather in the nations capitol in sadness and morning. October 7 was the darkest day and modern israeli history. As news reports last week turned to unimaginable numbers 1300 dead. 4000 wounded. Almost 200 kidnapped. Our shock turned to fear, anger, disbelief and utter devastation. We mourn the loss of precious life. We pray for the healing of wounds that will never fully mentioned and today, we wear these blue ribbons and initiative started in the hope the safe return of our brothers and sisters now held hostage in gaza. Our savior teachers that we should not be daunted by the enormity of the world to grief. Instead we are commanded always to act. Always a way to
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Feinstein. She passed away last week at the age of 90. Vice president harris, Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi delivered tributes to the late senator. It was rendered as the longest she was a member and as the longestserving woman in u. S. History. Prior to her time in congress, she served as San Franciscos first woman mayor. From 19781988. We played at city hall, and at super bowl celebrations, we proudly wore our sweaters that she bought for us. And mayor feinstein always took the time to talk to us and tell us how amazing we were and to remind us that we were her band. I was born in the early 70s, so as a kid [jet flyovwe] thank you for bringing the blue angels to San Francisco in 1981. I was born in the early 70s, so as far as i could remember, as far as i ever know, Dianne Feinstein was the mayor. And for kids my age, we always excepted that a woman could be in charge and a woman could do whatever a man could do. We believed that and considered abnormal. My mothers generation did no