From left, Murrieta City Councilmember Jonathan Ingram, Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles Dr. Hillel Newman, Murrieta City Councilmember Lori Stone and Temecula City Councilmember Jessica Alexander pose for a photo during a reception held before a Town Hall meeting with Newman at Congregation B’nai Chaim Sunday, Nov. 21. Valley News/Courtesy photo
Congregation B’nai Chaim in Murrieta hosted a special presentation by Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles Dr. Hillel Newman who serves as the Senior Representative of the State of Israel to the Pacific Southwest. The event was sponsored by the Holocaust Remembrance Foundation of the Valley, along with the Synagogues of Southwest Riverside County.A reception was held before the presentation allowing Newman to meet local dignitaries including members of both Murrieta and Temecula city councils as well as local rabbis and pastors.Irv Michlin, who serves as the vice president of the Holocaust Remembrance Foundation of the Valley, welcomed those in attendance to the town hall meeting and brought attention to the model of the Holocaust Education Memorial kept at the back of the san
