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Buddhist Monks Tour Jewish Children's Museum
09-14-2010
In a pioneering effort to bring together the Buddhist and Jewish communities, the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, N.Y., hosted yesterday the Sri Lankan ambassador to the United Nations along with his convoy of Buddhist monks.

In Area That Once Saw Race Riots,
Kids Museum Teaches Tolerance

JTA Global News Service 12-15-04
She already had crawled through a life-sized challah, putted on a mini-golf course and shopped in a mock-kosher supermarket.
Now Channah Daphna, 12, was ready to move on to the next activity at the new,
interactive Jewish Children’s Museum...


Mother Dedicates Jewish Children's
Museum

CNN.com 12-08-04
The mother of a Hasidic student gunned down on the Brooklyn Bridge
dedicated a museum Tuesday to
the memory of her slain son,
calling the Jewish Children's Museum" the answer to terrorism."


Chanukah Lights For Ari Too
New York Daily News 12-08-04
The memory of slain yeshiva student Ari Halberstam brought politicians,
including Sen. Hillary Clinton and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, to
Brooklyn on the first night of Chanukah.


Rivals Share Stage At Grand Opening Of
Jewish Museum

The New York Sun - 12/08/04
Political rivals shared the stage yesterday afternoon in Brooklyn for the
opening of what is said to be the nation's first Jewish Children's Museum...


Brooklyn Ceremony in Memory of Terror Victim
ArutzSheva.com 12-08-04
Over a decade after 16-year-old Aryeh
Halberstam was gunned down on New York City’s
Brooklyn Bridge, his mother Devorah took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the first night of Hanukah, officially marking the opening the Jewish Children’s Museum...


Mother Dedicates Children's Museum in Memory of Slain Son
CBS 2 New York 12-07-04
More than 10 years after her son was gunned down on the
Brooklyn Bridge, Devorah Halberstam celebrated the grand opening of the Jewish Children's Museum today with a dedication to the memory of her slain child.


Mother Dedicates Children's Museum in Memory of Slain Son
WNBC.com 12-07-04
More than 10 years after her son was gunned down on the Brooklyn Bridge, Devorah Halberstam celebrated the grand opening of the Jewish Children's Museum today with a dedication to the memory of her slain child.

The Joy of Jewishness
The New York Daily News 12-05-04
The matzoh balls print recipes. A giant tree talks about good deeds. A
kosher refrigerator tells jokes and shofars don't just blow, they explain
about Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.