On Tisha B’Av, we remember the destruction of the temple by the Romans in 70 CE. It would be the end of Jewish sovereignty in the land of Israel until 1948. It changed everything.

Together with the Farash Foundation, ROCAA and the Monroe County Library System (“MCLS”) are launching a project that will provide suggested books on antisemitism to Rochester-area libraries. 

In 2018, my mother and I visited Berlin. Here and there, embedded in the sidewalks and the streets, were brass cobbles. Each block had the name, birth date and fate of a victim of Nazi persecution etched into it’s surface.

Approximately 1,800 light bulbs were distributed to Rochester-area community members in connection with the “The Blue Light Project” this winter.