Rabbis Hain and Billet ask 5 Towns to send 1,000 to AIPAC confab

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Rabbis Kenneth Hain of Congregation Beth Shalom in Lawrence and Hershel Billet of the Young Israel of Woodmere have posted a video challenging the Five Towns to send 1,000 participants to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference in Washington next March.

Rabbi Hain told The Jewish Star that 1,000 participants may be a stretch, but it is possible.

“We are very early on this, so we are just starting to build interest.”

Rabbi Billet emphasized that AIPAC’s lobbying was essential to sustaining U.S. support for the Jewish state.