For the 2nd consecutive year, Harrisburg will send a delegation of attendees to the Annual Gala of the Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey Region of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.
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The tragic killing of a young Ethiopian, Solomon Tekah, in Israel last month, represents the 11th such death at the hands of the Israeli police. I have encountered several painful incidents of discrimination and racism in Israel and once in the US.
When Chuck Kline started teaching gymnastics to young members of the Harrisburg Jewish community in the late 1950s, Dwight D. Eisenhower was president and David L. Lawrence was Pennsylvania governor. Eleven presidents and 10 governors later, Chuck is still teaching young Jews how to tumble.
