As Israel continues to starve the people of Gaza, a delegation of rabbis from the United States and Israel marched toward the at the northern tip of the Gaza Strip during Passover carrying sacks of flour and demanding a cease-fire. As a political-spiritual response to this unprecedented Passover moment, Rabbis for Ceasefire—a group of rabbis and rabbinical students came together to demand an end to the violence and began to organize an action at the Gaza border, motivated by Passover’s central imperative—“All who are hungry come and eat!” Rabbi Brant Rosen, founding rabbi of the synagogue Tzedek Chicago, said, "When the soldiers violently attempted to break us up, several of us sat down in the road. During the course of the protest seven of our group—four Americans and three Israelis—were arrested."
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