It’s considered one of the largest mass sightings of UFOs in history: On September 16, 1994, outside a school in rural Zimbabwe, 62 young students playing during a morning recess reported seeing a strange, silver craft come down from the sky and land.
When it comes to war, the victors get to tell the story. If the Nazis had won World War II, history today would be replete with explanations as to why and how the master race needed to exterminate the Jews. All the Jews. No Jews would have been left.
When it comes to war, the victors get to tell the story. If the Nazis had won World War II, history today would be replete with explanations as to why and how the master race needed to exterminate the Jews. All the Jews. No Jews would have been left.
Virtual PV Jewish Film Festival returns; one film chronicles the work of Rabbi Kevin Hale, a sofer from Northampton
Northampton Rabbi Kevin Hale, a sofer, or Torah scribe, works on a scroll in his Leeds office in a scene from “Commandement 613.” Image courtesy PVJFF
Torahs and other Judaica arriving at the Jewish Museum of Prague in the former Czechoslovakia in 1942. Rabbi Kevin Hale has since helped restore some of these Torahs, now distributed around the world. photo courtesy PVJFF
Rabbi Kevin Hale of Northampton restores the faded lettering of a Torah. PHOTO courtesy PVJFF
In a scene from “Commandment 613,” Rabbi Kevin Hale restores the final lettering of a historic Torah, originally from Central Europe, that is now part of a Pennsylvania synagogue. Photo courtesy PVJFF
24 acres in Conway, Ashfield donated to Franklin Land Trust
Will Sloan of the Franklin Land Trust stands alongside Bradford Brook at property acquired by the land trust off South Ashfield Road in Conway. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Will Sloan of the Franklin Land Trust at property acquired by the land trust on South Ashfield Road in Conway. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Having removed a “no trespassing” sign, Will Sloan of the Franklin Land Trust puts up a FLT emblem at property acquired by the land trust on South Ashfield Road in Conway. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Bradford Brook flows through land the Franklin Land Trust acquired on South Ashfield Road in Conway. Staff Photo/Paul Franz