Mayor Shmuel Rechtman and Mayor Stephen May of Rochester, N.Y., signed the Rehovot-Rochester Sister City Charter last Sunday thereby officially instituting Rochester’s newest Sister City relationship. May headed a 29 member interfaith delegation from his city on a tour of Israel highlighted by the Charter signing. During the ceremony Rechtman said that Israel will never forget “the aid extended to us from America during our most difficult hours,” May responded by expressing his conviction that the American people will continue to support Israel.
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