By COLlive reporter
Despite heckles by anti-Israel protesters, Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) and Shliach in Washington, DC, delivered a rousing speech at a rally in support of Israel a week ago.
At a rally in Washington’s Farragut Square, just one block from the White House, over 1,000 enthusiastic Israel supporters were addressed by Republican and Democratic members of the House and Senate, diplomats and dignitaries, and leaders of many Jewish organizations, as they vowed to stand with Israel and back its right to defend itself.
The crowd cheered as the speakers called for an end to the barrage of missiles landing in Israel from the terrorist group Hamas. They also strongly repudiated any talk of moral equivalency, noting that Israel goes out of its way to warn Palestinians while Hamas puts its targets where its civilians are.
The rally was sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council and the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington along with dozens of Jewish and community organizations.
Hashem Bless you Dear Rabbi Levi Shemtov !
Blessing and Good tiding !
Thank you
In a way The heckles make listening to the speech very stimulating. It’s like a play with background music.
Nice talk. Nice delivery.
So apparently we should try to make peace w the terrorists that dwell in the US, say some ignorant libs. There are good Muslims, they say. Islam is a sick religion and the fact that Jews are targeted everywhere is proof you’d have to blind that this war is solely abt Israel.
I am so proud of Rabbi Levi Shemtov! He made a real kidush
Hashem! His speech was terrific! M ay the aibishter bring victory to klal yisroell and M oshiach now!
If it were me, I probably would have stopped speaking to go over to those insidiously obnoxious protestors and smashed their megaphone to bits. What amazing restraint on Rabbi Shemtov’s part! And on top of it a phenomenal speech! May we have many more like him in our midst!
god bless rabbi shemtov
god bless israel andthe jewish ppl,
god bless america, and god bless that speech. brilliant
You spoke so well, Gd bless you, brave and smart Rabbi, and everyone there.
Why was this speech permitted to be heckled and invaded by these Islamists? This was Incitement to Riot and the police should have disbanded them and removed them. They did not have a permit to protest. I’m outraged at the lack of respect afforded Rabbi Shemtov, et al.
BS”D right on the money # 2 as the president spends as much time at his job as if it were only a 2nd job
Hashgacha protis for the hecklers…
They actually helped illuminate R Shemtov and the Yiddishe crowd’s netzach, koach, and seichel against the unsophisticated, broken record of childish chants and songs the hecklers use to rally hate and harm towards Yidden c’v!
It’s like 1933 – the hecklers might as well be saying “Seik heil!” in those songs and chants c’v
when he said G-D bless America, I got the feeling that he would make a much better President the Obama. Lets draft him for president. Other Schluchim have second jobs, so why not him?
am israel chi
Hashem should protect our soldiers!