A tide of protests and negative publicity generated by the Borough of Manhattan Community College’s plan to show a film that has been criticized by Israel and Jewish groups for showing Israeli soldiers executing a Palestinian family during the War of Independence prompted the college to cancel the event the day before it was to be held.
Israel’s vibrant democracy, commitment to helping African neighbors and its representation of a centuries-old dream by the Jewish people to return to their ancestral homeland stand as a beacon of hope and a source of strength to the emerging nations of Africa.
Candis Ann Perrault of South Burlington and formerly of Charlotte Vermont lived a remarkable life through her positive attitude, enthusiasm, faith, fearlessness, and courage.
Rabbi Avraham Kalmanowitz uprooted the 350 staff and students of the Mir Yeshiva from Eastern Europe as World War II threatened its existence, arranging their move from Japan to Shanghai to Brooklyn, making it the only yeshiva to survive the Holocaust intact.
Local members of the Jewish community and political leaders expressed shock and outrage after a judge allowed a suspect with plans to attack a synagogue to remain free on bail.