PHOTOS: France solidarity event at Adas Israel

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Adas Israel Congregation Senior Rabbi Gil Steinlauf and Cantor Arianne Brown. Photo by Josh Marks

More than 500 people filled the pews at Adas Israel Congregation in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Tuesday night for a Gathering of Solidarity and Remembrance with the People of France and its Jewish Community following the terrorist attacks in Paris on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and kosher supermarket Hyper Cache. The event was sponsored by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Washington.

Notable audience members at Adas Israel included Alan Gross, recently released from a Cuban prison, and wife Judy as well as Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL).

Speakers included Ambassador of France to the United States Gerard Araud, State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Juliete Valls Noyes, American Jewish Committee Associate Executive Director of Policy Jason Isaacson, AJC Washington Regional Director Alan Ronkin, Adas Israel Senior Rabbi Gil Steinlauf, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Alliance Francais de Washington Executive Director Sarah Pickup-Diligenti.

Music was provided by David Lewin and Cantor Arianne Brown.

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Araud said: “We have to consider that we are at war. You know, the first line of democracy are the journalists and the Jews. When you attack democracy. When you attack enlightenment. When you attack pluralism. Unfortunately the first victims very often are journalists and Jews. It is exactly what happened in Paris. So we are at war. We are at war against terrorism. We are at war against radical Islam. We have to be aware of it. It will be a long fight.”

The night ended with audience and speakers joining Lewin in singing La Marseillaise, the French national anthem.

Photos by Josh Marks unless otherwise credited in the captions.

Photo courtesy of JCRC of Greater Washington
Photo courtesy of JCRC of Greater Washington
Photo courtesy of JCRC of Greater Washington
Photo courtesy of JCRC of Greater Washington
Left to right: Barbara Goldberg Goldman, president of staffing agency Regal Domestics, Inc., Representative Jan Schakowsky (D - IL) and Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Photo courtesy of Barbara Goldberg Goldman
Left to right: Barbara Goldberg Goldman, president of staffing agency Regal Domestics, Inc., Representative Jan Schakowsky (D – IL) and Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Photo courtesy of Barbara Goldberg Goldman
Goldberg Goldman and Wasserman Schultz. Photo courtesy of Barbara Goldberg Goldman
Goldberg Goldman and Wasserman Schultz. Photo courtesy of Barbara Goldberg Goldman
Alan Gross, recently freed from a Cuban prison, and wife Judy. Photo by Josh Marks
Alan Gross, recently freed from a Cuban prison, and wife Judy.
Ambassador of France to the United States Gerard Araud, left, speaks with Representative Jan Schakowsky (D - IL) and others before the event. Photo by Josh Marks
Ambassador of France to the United States Gerard Araud, left, speaks with Representative Jan Schakowsky (D – IL) and others before the event.
Ambassador of France to the United States Gerard Araud speaks with Adas Israel Senior Rabbi Gil Steinlauf, Adas Israel Executive Director David Polonsky and other before the event. Photo by Josh Marks
Ambassador of France to the United States Gerard Araud speaks with Adas Israel Senior Rabbi Gil Steinlauf, Adas Israel Executive Director David Polonsky and an unidentified guest before the event.
Ambassador of France to the United States Gerard Araud and Adas Israel Senior Rabbi Gil Steinlauf. Photo by Josh Marks
Ambassador of France to the United States Gerard Araud and Adas Israel Senior Rabbi Gil Steinlauf.

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Adas Israel Senior Rabbi Gil Steinlauf and Alliance Francais de Washington Executive Director Sarah Pickup-Diligenti
Adas Israel Senior Rabbi Gil Steinlauf and Alliance Francais de Washington Executive Director Sarah Pickup-Diligenti
American Jewish Committee Washington Regional Director Alan Ronkin
American Jewish Committee Washington Regional Director Alan Ronkin

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Adas Israel Senior Rabbi Gil Steinlauf
Adas Israel Senior Rabbi Gil Steinlauf

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American Jewish Committee Associate Executive Director of Policy Jason Isaacson
American Jewish Committee Associate Executive Director of Policy Jason Isaacson
French Jewish musician David Lewin
French Jewish musician David Lewin
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, pictured second from right
Alliance Francais de Washington Executive Director Sarah Pickup-Diligenti
Alliance Francais de Washington Executive Director Sarah Pickup-Diligenti
State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Juliete Valls Noyes
State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Juliete Valls Noyes
Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough

 

 

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