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‘Donny Morris z”l Memorial Program’ Inspires Learning and Mitzvot By Pearl Markovitz | May 20, 2021 Nachman Daniel ben Aryeh Tzvi, Donny Morris, z”l, was gifted to his family, friends and communities in the U.S. and Israel for a brief 19 years. On Lag B’Omer he was taken from them during the tragedy on Mt. Meron. Thousands were in attendance at his heartbreaking levaya at Yeshivat Sha’alvim and tens of thousands joined via Zoom as he was buried on Har HaZeitim. Shiva began in Israel and concluded at his family’s home in Bergenfield. The overwhelmin...

A new state law will hold five Virginia universities accountable for historically profiting off the work of slaves. The Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program, sponsored by Del. David Reid and signed into law by Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday, requires the five universities to create scholarships or community-based economic development programs to benefit the descendants of slaves by July of next year. The schools are Longwood University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Virginia Military University and The College of William & Mar...

Governor Ralph Northam signs bill establishing Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program Governor Northam and UVA Memorial to Enslaved_WVIR By Daniel Grimes | May 5, 2021 at 5:47 PM EDT - Updated May 5 at 9:35 PM CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Governor Ralph Northam made a stop in Charlottesville Wednesday morning to sign a bill that will honor descendants of enslaved laborers. “Oh it’s just very powerful.” That’s how Governor Ralph Northam described the moment. “To be with the families who are descendants of enslaved Africans and to have the monument th...

ALLISON WRABEL The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress CHARLOTTESVILLE — Seeing her great-great-great-uncle Peyton Skipwith’s name carved into the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia fills Carole Malone’s heart “with pride and sadness.” “Peyton, along with 4,000 to 5,000 known and unknown patriots and citizens, toiled at UVa under unspeakable horrors and oppression to carve out a life of dignity and hope for their families and descendants,” she said. With virtual and in-person recognition, a long-planned memorial to enslaved ...