Send Page to a Friend JEWISH COMMUNITY PROTESTS CONTINUED BOMBARDMENT OF SDEROT --   JEWISH COMMUNITY PROTESTS CONTINUED BOMBARDMENT OF SDEROT -- EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR ITS CITIZENS   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                            Contact:           Nancy K. Kaufman      (617) 457-8642                                                                         Alan Ronkin                 (617) 457-8662                                                                                                             (617) 480-5343     (Boston, May 17, 2007)   Jim Segel, President and Nancy K. Kaufman, Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council issued the following statement responding to the continued bombardment of Sderot a city on Israel’s southern border with the Gaza Strip.   “Hamas terrorists have fired more than 60 Qassam rockets in the last week alone, wounding a mother and her four year-old child and injuring dozens of civilians in the community of Sderot.    Israel left the Gaza Strip in August 2005 with the hope that turning the area over to the Palestinians would lead to independent Palestinian state living peacefully alongside Israel.  The Hamas-led Palestinian government has done nothing to stop the attacks.   We call on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to act immediately to stop the rocket attacks and punish those responsible.    We express our support for the people of Sderot and southern Israel.  Our prayers go out to the families of the victims.”   ###   JCRC promotes a society that reflects the best of American and Jewish values—in Greater Boston, Israel and around the world—by convening and mobilizing the Jewish community.  Through advocacy, organizing, service and partnerships, JCRC pursues social justice, ensures a vibrant Jewish community, and builds a network of support for Israel.  JCRC is a part of CJP’s network of learning, caring and social justice.  Visit our website at www.jcrcboston.org.