Vigil Tonight for Murdered Gay Israelis
Israeli forensic officers examine the body of a shooting attack victim in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009. Israeli police say a gunman entered a gay club in central Tel Aviv Saturday night and sprayed the interior with automatic fire killing two. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
On Saturday, a man entered a gay support center in Israel, killing two and injuring "at least 10." Most of the victims, according to BBC News, were young teens.
Yaniv Weisman, head of Israel's youth Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Association, spoke in Tel Aviv after the attack, saying, "We still don't know who is behind this attack but someone that knew this place - because it's not a place you can see outside - knew exactly where is the place, got in, and just shot everyone there."
Tonight, SF Bay Guardian reports, "at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, a vigil procession will walk to the LGBT Center to show solidarity with the gay community in Tel Aviv."
The vigil will start at 5:30 p.m. at 290 Dolores Street.
Read the full statement after the jump.
Dear Friends,Please join together with us Monday evening August 3rd for a San Francisco memorial in the face of meaningless murder at the LGBT Center in Tel Aviv.
Together we will gather at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav 290 Dolores Street at 5:30 pm.
We will walk from Sha'ar Zahav by 6:00 pm to the San Francisco LGBT Center at 1800 Market Street.
When we arrive together at the LGBT Center at 6:30 pm Rabbi Camille Shira Angel, Supervisor Bevan Dufty, among others, will offer words of meaning.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of this attack, their families, friends and communities.
l'Shalom,
Lisa Finkelstein, LGBT Alliance of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma Counties
Samuel Strauss, LGBT Alliance of the Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay