Large Crowd Expected To Attend March Against Anti-Semitism

MINEOLA, NY—More than 100 religious leaders and organizations and dozens of elected officials are expected to attend the Long Island March Against Anti-Semitism on Sunday, Jan. 12, according to Nassau County officials.

The march will begin at 3 p.m. on County Seat Drive, just north of 11th Street, in Mineola. It will end at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building, which is located at at 1550 Franklin Ave. in Mineola.

The march will be followed by brief remarks from religious, community and government leaders from around Long Island.

In December, Nassau and Suffolk Counties formed a bi-county coalition that will identify and develop a plan of action to combat and report acts of hate and bias incidents on Long Island. In conjunction with a number of organizations, the march will mark one of the task force’s inaugural initiatives.

The march comes after a recent rise in anti-Semitic incidents in Long Island and the surrounding areas, including swastika graffiti which showed up outside a Holocaust center and a vulgar attack in Costco.

SEE ALSO:

• Anti-Semitic Threats Caught On Camera At Long Island Costco
• 'Shocking': Swastikas Found At Glen Cove Holocaust Museum
• White-Supremacist Activity Alive And Well On Long Island: Report
• LI Reps Call For Investigation Into Anti-Semitic Attacks
• Long Island Sees Increase In Anti-Semitic Incidents

WHERE:

• MARCH: County Seat Drive, just north of 11th Street on the border of Garden City and Mineola – parking in Field 14 across from Nassau County Supreme Court
• REMARKS: Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building at 1550 Franklin Avenue Mineola, NY 11501

WHEN:

• MARCH: 3:00 p.m. (Sunday, Jan. 12)
• REMARKS: 3:40 p.m. (Sunday, Jan. 12)