Huge Milk Carton With Pics Of Israeli Hostages Unveiled In West Orange

WEST ORANGE, NJ — New Jersey resident Moshe Glick has a childhood memory that still echoes to this day: eating a bowl of cereal and seeing a photo of a missing person on a nearby carton of milk. That’s the same emotion that Glick and other organizers hoped to summon when they recently unveiled a supersized milk carton with pictures of kidnapped Israelis in West Orange.

Hundreds of people showed up to see the nine-foot, 300-pound display on Sunday, which was erected on the front lawn of at B’nai Shalom on Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange as a plea to release the Israeli hostages who still remain in the custody of Hamas militants – including several U.S. citizens.

The event, which commemorated both Memorial Day and the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer, was sponsored by the MetroWest Israel Action Committee and Skyframe. It also included a reading of the names of the 125 remaining hostages, a bonfire with singing songs of prayer and peace, and a children’s “world of good” fair, in which kids were able to participate in good deeds in the merit of the release of the hostages, organizers said.

The MetroWest Israel Action Committee said it is demanding that Hamas – classified as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the European Union – immediately release the hostages.

The committee has also supported other pro-Israel actions in Essex County over the past year, including a large solidarity march in Livingston.

“As a kid, I recall eating my bowl of Cocoa Puffs for breakfast, looking at the missing persons pictured on the side of the milk carton, and its profound impact on me,” Glick said.

“We are hoping this campaign on behalf of the hostages will bring the world’s attention back to their plight,” Glick added.

The enormous milk carton display will move throughout other locations in the area until the hostages are safely returned, the committee added.

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