Global Day of Action: “Reconciliation, not Hate!”

March of Life Global Day of Action on October 4, 2020:

“Reconciliation, not Hate!”

Lifting our Voices for Israel and Jewish Life on the Jewish Holiday of Sukkot 2020!

During the COVID-19 crisis we have witnessed a dramatic increase in racism and antisemitism worldwide which hardly anyone would have believed possible. In many cities, tens of thousands of people are taking to the streets. The images of flying stones, burning cars, confrontation, sheer hatred and violence are a shocking sight.

But right now is the time to take a stand for reconciliation on our streets. The message of the March of Life is: Reconciliation begins with me!

Go to the streets of your city on the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles, Sukkot on October 4, 2020. While respecting the COVID-19 regulations of your country and city, let us send a bold message to Israel and the nations: “Reconciliation, not Hate!” – Together for Israel and Jewish life.

How can you and your city be a part of this?

  1. Call people to the streets of your city. Whether 5 or 5,000 – as long as you are visible to the public!
  2. Gather in a public place and (optionally) march through your city.
  3. Observe the local COVID-19 regulations.
  4. Make a statement of reconciliation, for Israel and for Jewish life in your nation.
  5. Find a way to place a symbolic Star of David in a central, public area.
  6. Take a photo or a short video for our joint message to Israel and upload it here: https://marschdeslebens.org/upload

Endorsements

At the following places events are already planned:

Argentina
Buenos Aires
Cordoba
Dean Funes
San Luis
San Salvador de Jujuy
Belarus
Svetlogorsk
Bolivia
Cobija
La Paz
Sucre
Trinidad
Burundi
Bujumbura
Germany
Annaberg-Buchholz 3:00 pm | corner of Marktplatz/ Buchholzer Straße
Berlin | 4:00 pm | Pariser Platz
Bremen | 4:30 pm | Dechanatstraße/ corner Landherrnamt
Bühl near Rastatt | 2:00 pm | city center
Crimmitschau | 4:00 pm | Marketplace
Dusslingen | 11:30 am | Hindenburgplatz corner An der Steinlach
Gernsbach | 6:30 pm | Salmenplatz, corner of Bleichstraße
Gomaringen | 10:00 am | Castle courtyard
Halle (Saale) 6:30 pm | in front of the town hall
Hamburg | 5:00 pm | Messberg 1
Harra |03.10.2020 2.00 pm | at the cemetery
Heidenheim | 3:00 pm | Eugen Jaeckle Platz
Kirchentellinsfurt | 11:00 am | market place
Leipzig | 7:00 pm | Marketplace
Lüdenscheid | 2:00 p.m. | City Hall Square
Mainz | 3:00 pm | Kleine Weißgasse 12
Oberndorf a.N. | 11:30 am | Obertorplatz
Plauen
Rennerod
Schiltach/ Black Forest| 8:30 am|Marketplace in front of the town hall
Stetten a.k.M. | 11:00 am | Castle courtyard
Tailfingen | 01:00 pm | marketplace
Tübingen | 6:00 pm | Synagogue Square
Ueckermünde | 11:00 am |Marketplace
Ulm/Neu-Ulm| 03.10.2020 4:00 pm | Neu-Ulm train station
Vaihingen an der Enz | 11:00 am | Market place
Wankheim | 10:30 am | At the town hall
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Ecuador
Abdón Calderón
Guayaquil
Quito
Finland
Helsinki 3:00 pm | Narinkkatori

USA
Brooklyn | Friends Field, NY
Dallas
Houston | 1:00 pm | Holocaust Garden of Hope at Kings Harbor in Kingwood, Texas
New York City | 2 p.m. | Times Square
United Kingdom
Belfast
Norwich
Greece
Thessaloniki
India
Puttur
Colombia
Bogota
Moldova
Chișinău | 5:00 pm (local time)
Paraguay
Asuncion
Guayabi
Lambar
Ñemby
San Lorenzo
Peru
Lima
Poland
Gdynia
Kielce
Wroclaw
Portugal
Pinhal Novo | 09:00 am | City center
Romania
Baia Mare
Russia
Kaliningrad
Tyumen | 20:00 h | former jew. quarter
Switzerland
Brig / Naters
Davos | 7:00 pm | Bubenbrunnenplatz
Geneva | 3:00 pm | Palais Wilson Palace, Quai Wilson 47
Schaffhausen | 3:30 pm | Free place
Zurich
Ukraine
Kiev
Hungary
Budapest

Downloads for Organizers

For all organizers we have compiled a kit with useful information about the event as well as ready-to-print graphic templates.