Before reciting the memorial prayer for martyrs of the Holocaust, Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg read an extract from the Pearls Of Childhood by Vera Gissing, who escaped to Britain from Czechoslovakia in 1939.

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2023/12/03/kindertransport-refugees-mark-85th-anniversary-of-rescue-operation/

Rabbi Jonathan E. Blake of the Westchester Reform Temple, who also signed the letter, said that Bowman’s approach to the war appeared to be at odds with most of Westchester’s Jewish community.

Source: https://www.jta.org/2023/11/03/ny/ny-rep-bowman-calls-meeting-on-antisemitism-amid-sharp-criticism-from-jewish-constituents-ahead-of-potential-primary