Rabbi Ellen Lippmann (right) of Park Slope’s Kolot Chayeinu, a progressive Jewish congregation, delivering signatures and resources to Ms. Deanna Bitetti of Congresswoman Yvette Clark’s District 11 office.
Rabbi Lippmann organized the meeting with support from the Metro NY Religious Campaign Against Torture.
Yvette Clark has been out front in her opposition to the US occupation of Iraq and it’s hoped that she will take a leadership role on the pressing human rights issue of torture.