New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and a line-up of other local politicians were among some 300 people who gathered Wednesday in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn at a groundbreaking ceremony for what is described as the world’s first Jewish children’s museum. A $19.5 million facility created under the auspices of a Lubavitch children’s organization, the museum is scheduled to open in 2001 and will use technology and hands-on activities to teach Jewish history, values and tradition.
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