The Thirteenth Annual Commemoration of the largest mass arrest of Rabbis in US History will take place outdoors at the St. Johns County Jail Annex, 3955 Lewis Speedway, St. Augustine, FL 32084, at 12 noon, Wednesday, June 18th. This 30 minute event sponsored by the St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society, is free and all are welcome. It has become a celebration of the success in saving the Jail Annex from a proposed demolition. 

On June 18, 1964, 16 Rabbis and a Reform Jewish administrator, in St. Augustine at the request of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., were arrested and held in the St. Johns County Jail. Overnight, they wrote a letter entitled “Why We Went to St. Augustine” that will be read as part of the commemoration. 

All are welcome, there is no charge. For further information contact SAJHS at www.sajhs.com sajhs1565@gmail.com or 804-914-4460

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