https://www.mallhistory.org/files/original/51d5f1d35ee4491e32482f427b17c0c5.jpg 5af51b03cc52890625ebaeee070cb5ce Event A non-persistent, time-based occurrence. Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, and responsible agents associated with an event. Examples include an exhibition, webcast, conference, workshop, open day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea party, conflagration. Event Type Marches and Rallies Event Sort Date For sort purposes only. Use YYYYMMDD with no spaces. If no MM or DD, use 00. For multi-day events, use first day. 19431006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Rabbis' March Description An account of the resource On October 6, 1943, a group of 400 rabbis walked from Union Station to the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/59">US Capitol</a>, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/33">Lincoln Memorial</a>, and <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/66">White House</a> in an effort to raise awareness that millions of European Jews were being killed or imprisoned by the Nazi regime. Led by <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/119">Hillel Kook</a>, the rabbis marched to the White House to urge <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/27">President Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> in person to resuce Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Roosevelt would not meet with them, but Vice President Henry Wallace accepted a petition from the rabbis calling for immediate US action. Many moderate Jewish leaders opposed the march, but <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/238">the rabbis march on the Mall</a> caught the attention of the American press, bystanders, and the Roosevelt administration. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/06/1943 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1920-1949 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <em>Jewish Telegraphic Agency</em> (JTA) . <a href="http://www.jta.org/1943/09/29/archive/rabbis-will-march-to-washington-to-urge-immediate-rescue-of-jews-in-europe">View transcript.</a> politics & protest