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October 26, 2001/Cheshvan 9, 5762, Vol. 54, No. 7
Services mark shloshimApproximately 500 people gathered on the evening of Oct. 11 at the New York Society for Ethical Culture in Manhattan for a service sponsored by the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services and Upper West Side congregations.A memorial service earlier that day - attended by some 300 - at Manhattan's Park East Synagogue was more traditional. The morning of Oct. 12, another shloshim service took place at Ground Zero. The service included representatives of some 40 national Jewish organizations as well as New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's chief of staff, Tony Carbonetti. "On the 30th day of our mourning period, we rise from the abyss of devastation and despair to face life, learning to live again and to appreciate even more our blessed America that has given us freedom and democracy," said Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Park East's spiritual leader. |
