Source: Gothamist
“Police arrested and issued summonses to eight rabbis who blocked traffic during a pro-humanitarian aid protest Monday night, officials said. An NYPD spokesperson said the incident happened around 6 p.m. during a planned demonstration outside the Israeli Consulate on Second Avenue and 43rd Street. Organizers said the arrests were noteworthy because it was the first time a group of rabbis the Jewish community’s political center had risked arrest over the war in Gaza. … 11 rabbis in total joined the act of civil disobedience, but only eight were arrested because the NYPD was simultaneously responding to the mass shooting at a nearby office tower.” (07/29/25)
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-rabbis-arrested-while-protesting-hunger-in-gaza