Bloomberg Appoints Liaison To City's Jewish Day Schools

Mayor Bloomberg announced this week the appointment of Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott to the newly created position of liaison to the city's Jewish day schools.

During a meeting with more than 100 Orthodox Jewish leaders on Wednesday night. Rabbi Shmuel Lefkowitz, vice president for community affairs of Agudath Israel of America, which sponsored the meeting, called the creation of the new liaison position "nothing short of historic."