Interfaith Peace Ceremony: Hiroshima & Nagasaki Atomic Bombings @ Japan Society NYC (U)

Описание: The 26th Annual Interfaith Peace Ceremony to Commemorate the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings was held this week at the Japan Society in New York City. The event drew attention to rising authoritarianism around the world coupled with an upswing of White Nationalism and general racism and xenophobia in the United States. It offered thoughts, prayers – and a call for action.

Organized by the Rev. Dr. T.K. Nakagaki, founder of the Heiwa Peace & Reconciliation Foundation, this is the 26th year the bombings have been commemorated in New York. a Japanese Buddhist priest, Hiroshima Peace Ambassador, Peace Correspondent of Nagasaki, President/Founder of the Heiwa Peace and Reconciliation Foundation of New York; Former President of the Buddhist Council of New York has organized this Annual Interfaith Peace Gathering since 1994.

At 7:15pm, the exact moment of the Hiroshima bombing (8:15 Aug. 6th Japan time), a bell for peace was rung on stage by the interfaith leaders gathered.

Interfaith representatives across the East Coast attended, including Rev. Dr. T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki, Rev. Susana Bastarrica, Bidita Rahman Bhuiyan, Rev. Chloe Breyer, Guru Dileepji Maharaj, Pastor Haye Frank, Rev. Jiro Mihama, Ven. Rifa Shi, and Dr. Kazuko Tatsumura), along with musicians and choirs from Japan and the United States. Rabbi Michael Feinberg was unable to attend.

Messages from the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were read by representatives from associations of local Japanese residents who originally hail from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hiroshima survivor Tomiko Morimoto West shared her story.

The keynote address was presented by Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute. He is a senior adviser of American Bar Association’s Committee on Arms Control and National Security, and has served as Vice President of the NGO Committee on Disarmament at the United Nations.

The event will feature Japanese and American musicians and artists: (New York based musicians) Toshiko Akiyoshi, jazz pianist and Lew Tabackin, saxophonist; Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir; Tenri Gagaku Music Society of New York; Circle Wind Boys & Girls Choir; (Japan based musicians and artists) EITA, calligrapher/poet and DAI, singer/guitarist; Fumiko Yamato, Yamatomai Japanese dancer; Shizuno Nasu, Contemporary Dancer; Miho “ARIA” Kawauchi, Crystal bowl player; and Yasunobu Matsuo, pianist. Also Heiwa Peace Band, featuring Sonny Ochiai and Rino will appear at 5:45pm, prior to the ceremony.

See: 74 Years After Hiroshima, Nagasaki: Authoritarianism, Hatred on Rise
(http://www.stewardshipreport.com/74-y...)

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