Tens of thousands of people from all over the United States and Can- ada are expected to attend a mass rally next Tuesday here to protest the anti-Zionist draft resolution before the United Nations General Assembly. Rabbi Israel Miller, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, announced that among those addressing the demonstration will be Sen. Jacob Javits (R.NY); Ambassador Chaim Herzog, Israel’s permanent representative to the United Nations; Harry Van Arsdale, president of the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO; and the Rev, Paul Moore, Episcopal Bishop of New York.
“This is not only a demonstration to protest racism,” Rabbi Miller said. “It is also a demonstration for freedom, justice and for the United Nations itself.”
The demonstration, to take place at the Brotherhood-in-Action Plaza, at noon, is a coordinated effort of all 32 members of the Presidents Conference, Rabbi Miller said. A city “Rally for Survival” called by Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton, for the same time the same day, was postponed to 1p.m. Rabbi Miller said that all those attending the garment district rally will be urged to join the city survival rally.
Mass rallies in major American cities, including Miami, Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago and others, to protest the anti-Zionist resolution, will also be held on Tuesday. It was also reported that demonstrations on the same issue will be held in Paris, London, and other parts of the world.
On Sunday, the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Boston, its member organizations, the New England Zionist Federation and the American Zionist Youth Foundation will hold a mass “Rally of Re-Affirmation” opposite the State House, it was announced by Albert Schlossberg, Community Council president, and Bernard Garber, president of the Northeast Zionist Federation and rally chairman.
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