Representatives of the Jewish and Muslim communities in Florence, Italy, along with the city’s mayor, appealed for interfaith respect and dialogue at “this dramatic moment of Middle East conflict.”
New York University\’s Tel Aviv program was suspended for the rest of the semester, and its students and faculty were evacuated to London.
What better place to visit as civilization teetered at the brink than the repository of much of civilization\’s bounty?
The leaders of the Jewish community worry about the high intermarriage rate, whether the children of such marriages are to be accepted as Jews, and about the separation of church and state.
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