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Volume 14, Number 21
Temple Beth David welcomes new rabbi
COMMENTARY
Honoring vets who did not return from war
By Christian Metzger Record-Journal staff
More than 1.2 million Americans have been killed during war time, with some 600,000 of those casualties coming in our bloody Civil War.
The Connecticut Gold Star Families Memorial Monument is located at Veterans Memorial Park in Berlin. Dedicated in 2022, the monument honors military families and the legacy of their loved ones who died while serving in the armed forces. Photo contributed by Peter Galgano
p.m., local time, on Memorial Day, we are asked to pause in an act of national unity for a duration of one minute.
replied, “That’s the day the pools open!” Those youngsters can be forgiven for not understanding the true meaning behind the holiday, a May 2000 Gallup poll revealed that only 28 percent of Americans actually did.
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According to a Department of Veteran Affairs’ fact sheet, the inspiration for the NaDecades after Memorial Day tional Moment of Rememwas declared a national holi- brance came from a group of Originally known as Decorachildren who were touring day, in 2000, the National Washington, D.C. When they tion Day, what would be Moment of Remembrance known as Memorial Day was established by Congress. were asked what Memorial Wherever Americans are at 3 Day meant to them, they See Memorial, A10
leader of Temple Beth-El in Providence, Rhode Island for 40 years. Having a CHESHIRE — The reform background in teaching, synagogue Temple Beth working with children, David in downtown music and perforCheshire will welmance, Guttermen come a new rabbi is enthusiastic in July. Rebecca about getting to Gutterman was selead a vibrant Jewlected to replace ish congregation interim rabbi Leah and revitalizing the Benamy, who was synagogue as they filling in following grapple with the the leave of former Gutterman challenges facing Rabbi Micah Ellenmany centers of son after serving faith post-pandemthe congregation for four ic. years. Already Gutterman has Gutterman is a secondmade trips to Cheshire to generation rabbi, her father having served as the See Rabbi, A7
Resident recognized for conservation efforts Press Release
BRIDGEPORT — Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo marked Endangered Species Day and the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act with the presentation of the zoo’s first annual Achievements in Conservation Award.
Cheshire resident Jennifer Farrell, an educator at Beardsley for more than seven years, was the recipient. Farrell’s advocacy and outreach efforts include directing the zoo’s Citizen See Farrell, A28
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The number of Americans lost in battle also includes 405,399 in World War II, 90,220 in Vietnam and nearly 7,000 in the ongoing War on Terror. On Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, we remember the men and women who did not return from war; Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice. The Joseph Campbell quote “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself” comes to mind.
Thursday, May 25, 2023