DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Dozens of protesters of the Jewish faith were arrested on Thursday after they chained their arms together and blocked the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge at Tillary Street, to protest the war in Gaza on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

The protest snarled traffic over the bridge during the evening rush hour.

Members of Rabbis for Ceasefire and other Jewish groups blocked the Brooklyn Bridge on Thursday, Yom Kippur to protest the war in Gaza. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

The protesters were members of Rabbis for Ceasefire and other Jewish groups. Rabbis for Ceasefire is made up of rabbis, rabbinical students, cantors and related clergy, and members believe that all life is sacred, including Palestinian lives.

The group gathered first at Brooklyn Borough Hall

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