Follow-up to yesterday's article, the press release from organizer Simon Wiesenthal Center. I had no idea Gov. Schwarzenegger had been travelling to Israel since the 1970's, raised funds for the SWC for a quarter century, and had gone over there to open the SWC's Museum of Tolerance. Your call whether you believe press release number or ERIC BERKOWITZ, Associated Press Writer . There's a picture of the crowd at the website, for those who wish to make their own count. ;-)
A crowd of 10,000 attended a pro-Israel rally organized by the Jewish Federation Council of Los Angeles including California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger; LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA); Jewish Federation President John Fishel; County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky; City Councilman Jack Weiss; Israel's Consul General Ehud Danoch; Federation Board Chair Michael Koss; and numerous Jewish and Christian leaders. |