October – Sandra Leon, chair of the Holocaust Commission, conducts an hour long session entitled “One Human Race: A Multi-Media Approach to
Mazel Tov!
Combating Prejudice in the Classroom” during the 27th Annual Meeting of Virginia Social Studies Educators, in hopes to expand the Holocaust Commission’s agenda from teaching exclusively about the Holocaust to also providing teachers with written and audio-visual materials to address the subject of prejudice with their students. November – The Maimonides Society launches its inaugural year and escalates to 67 local physicians under the leadership of chairman Dr. Mark Greenspan and the steering committee: Dr. Leigh Baltuch, Dr. Alan Bartel, Dr. Robert Fink, Dr. Martin J. Goldberg, Dr. Milton
Congratulations on 75 great years! Jay Wilks, Susan Alper and Steven Harwood Wilks, Alper and Harwood, P.C. 150 Boush St., Suite 700 • Norfolk, VA 23510 • (757) 623-6500
Goldin, Dr. Randolph J. Gould, Dr. Edward Karotkin, Dr. Holly Puritz, Dr. Alan Wagner, Dr. Steven Warsof, and Dr. Stephen Wohlgemuth.
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April – Kim Simon Fink, chair of the Speaker’s Bureau of the Holocaust Commission, with the help of resources from WHRO-TV and WTKR TV News, produces a documentary video, A Story of Remembrance, to be available for local schools when survivors are no longer available to speak to students. April 30 – Author and Holocaust survivor, Gerda Weissman Klein is the guest speaker for Yom Hashoah where the unveiling and dedication of the Holocaust Memorial sculpture, built by local artist Vic Pickett, outside of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, on Newport Ave takes place.
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