'Napa Valley Unites For Israel' Rally Planned

NAPA, CA — Community members who wish to show their support for Israel are invited to a solidarity event this weekend in Napa.

The "Napa Valley Unites For Israel" rally is set to take place from 11 a.m. to noon, Sunday, Oct. 22, at the Historic Napa County Courthouse, 825 Brown St. in Napa. It is a community-wide rally and everyone is invited, organizers told Patch.

Community leaders and elected officials will be in attendance. The Napa Police Department will also be on hand, according to organizers with StandWithUs, an international non-partisan education organization that supports Israel and fights antisemitism.

"In the wake of the terror attack in Israel that saw more than a thousand innocent Jews brutally murdered, we are hosting a unity rally to bring the community together and send a strong statement of solidarity with the people of Israel," Rabbi Elchonon Tenenbaum and Johanna Meckel, project manager at StandWithUs, said in an email to Patch. "We, in Napa, stand firm with our brothers and sisters in Israel and extend our heartfelt prayers and support."