CLERGY SPEARHEAD THIRD BOCA RALLY TO STOP DARFUR GENOCIDE
by Dale King
Boca Raton News
Sept 10 2006
A rally protesting the ongoing genocide in Darfur will be held Thursday
at 4 p.m. in Boca Raton.
The demonstration – the third to be held in Boca Raton this year –
will be conducted at the Genocide Memorial in front of St. David
Armenian Orthodox Church at 2300 Yamato Road. It is part of the
national Save Darfur Coalition’s Ten Days of Action.
The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of the Jewish Federation
of South Palm Beach County has announced its support for the community
rally to protest the deaths and displacement of residents in the
western Sudan area.
Clergy members will spearhead the 4 p.m. rally being sponsored by
the Save Darfur Coalition of South Palm Beach County.
"We’re doing everything we can to promote awareness of this issue in
the Jewish community," said JCRC Director Elise Dolgow.
The JCRC is sponsoring the participation of Florida Atlantic University
sophomore Jaclyn Bergman in the "Save Darfur Now: Voices to End
Genocide" rally on Sunday, Sept. 17 in New York’s Central Park. The
rally will be the centerpiece event in a global day for Darfur as
individuals around the world call for the immediate deployment of
U.N. peacekeepers to Darfur.
Also scheduled to participate in the New York rally will be Sara
Agler, daughter of Rabbi Richard Agler of Congregation B’nai Israel
in Boca Raton, and Claire Chevrier, granddaughter of Rani Garfinkle,
a Federation board member. Sara Agler and Chevrier are seniors at
Spanish River High School in Boca Raton.
The Save Darfur Web site says that since 2003, the Sudanese
government-sponsored genocide has killed more than 400,000 men,
women and children, forced 2.5 million Darfurians from their homes
and left more than 3.5 million individuals reliant on humanitarian aid.
The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) is the public policy
and social-action arm of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach
County, which covers the greater Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Highland
Beach areas.