Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and the Bronx Jewish Historical Initiative honored the second class of the ‘Jewish Hall of Fame’ with a prestigious induction ceremony on Tuesday, June 7 at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. This year’s class of inductees were Avi Hoffman, Dachau Album Project executive director and Mendi Hoffman Foundation; award-winning photographer and author Arlene Alda; Ezra Levin, Kramer Levin Naftalis and Frankell LLP senior counsel; Bronx borough historian Lloyd Ultan and Linda Kaplan Thaler, Kaplan Thaler Productions president and nationally acclaimed author.
Jewish Hall of Fame Inducts Class of 2016

(l-r) Marti Michael; event emcee Marvin Scott; inductees Lloyd Ultan and Ezra Levin; Borough President Diaz; inductees Arlene Alda, Linda Kaplan Thaler and Avi Hoffman with Howard Teich.
Photo by Silvio Pacifico