Speeches by middleweight boxing champion Dana Rosenblatt and New Jersey Secretary of State DeForest B. Soaries as well as the presentations of Holocaust survivors, will highlight Jewish Awareness Month activities at The College of New Jersey from Feb. 27 through March 7.
All events are open to the public.
He will deliver a motivational speech outlining how to achieve goals despite steep obstacles. James Foster, a former colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will join a panel discussing African-American and Jewish relations from the civil rights period until today. The event will take place on March 6 at 8 p.m. at the Cromwell Main Lounge. Commencing from the steps of Green Hall, the March s purpose is to teach young people the lessons of the Holocaust and to lead the Jewish people into the future. Also scheduled to speak are Holocaust survivors Paul and Else Loeb and Vera Goodkin, who are local residents, as well as author Clara Isaacman.