PhotoAbout 20 rabbis affiliated with a liberal Jewish group were arrested on Monday night after blocking the street near the Trump International Hotel and Tower at Columbus Circle in Manhattan to protest an executive order that banned travel to the United States from seven majority-Muslim nations. Although the hotel has been a site of numerous protests since President Trump’s election, few, if any, have involved the arrest of a group of clerics. Rabbi Jill Jacobs, the executive director of T’ruah, a rabbinical group that organized the protest, said it was meant to show that many Jews opposed the ban. A few moments later, a group of men and women walked onto Central Park West and sat down across the avenue, blocking cars and trucks. As they departed in handcuffs, the rest of the marchers clapped and shouted in approval.

Source: New York Times February 07, 2017 02:37 UTC