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Fou n d e d 1991 • Vol. XXXIV No. 35
The City of Falls Church’s Independent, Locally-Owned Newspaper of Record, Serving N. Virginia
Viet-American BLESSING THE BEASTS Leaders Meet In F.C. to Mull Harris Agenda Mayor Hardi Greets; West End Advances by Nicholas F. Benton
Falls Church News-Press
City of Falls Church Mayor Letty Hardi was on hand to greet an assembly of prominent Falls Church area VietnameseAmerican community leaders at the City’s elegant new restaurant, Nu, in its still unfolding Founder’s Row 1 center yesterday morning for a roundtable conference focused on the economy. The event was organized to “highlight Vice President Kamala Harris’ New Way Forward to lower costs for Virginians, support minority-owned businesses and boost the economy,” according to a press statement. State Del. Kathy Tran, the Virginia House of Delegates’ Democratic Caucus chair and former chair of the Virginia Asian-American and Pacific Islander Caucus, hosted the economic-themed roundtable in the award winning restaurant, which has ranked among the top in the THE REV. BURL SALMON, rector of the Falls Church Episcopal in downtown Falls Church, welcomed scores of household pets of D.C. Metro region since opening his congregants to the lawn in front of the historic chapel last Sunday afternoon to receive special blessings with little sprays of last year. State Del. Irene Shin water and prayers. All the blessed were doggies with the exception of two cats on that lovely afternoon. (News-Press Photo)
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Oct. 7 Attack Marked at Temple Rodef Shalom
by Nicholas F. Benton
Falls Church News-Press
This Monday, October 7, marked the one year anniversary of the horrific invasion and murder of 1,200 innocent Israelis that triggered what is still the incredibly painful conflict in that region. In Falls Church, the worst assault on the Jewish people since the Holocaust was com-
memorated with a solemn statement from the Falls Church City Council and a special shared service of the Northern Virginia Jewish Community at Falls Church’s Temple Rodef Shalom that was filled with an overflow crowd in attendance Sunday night. The City Council statement, read by Council member David Snyder at a work session of the
Council in City Hall, read, “This day should go down in memory as a day of infamy, not unlike December 7, 1941 or September 11, 2001, not only for the terrible events of that day but also for the killing and the destruction of families, communities and economies that have followed.” The Temple Rodef Shalom service was broken into three
parts entitled Mourning, Perseverance and Hope. Key lines in the prayers, songs and recitations were those which focused on peace, kindness and a better future. The event was held in the context of events throughout the Metropolitan D.C. region of similar commemorations and
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