Ohio - Senator Honored By Jewish School

Ohio - U.S. Senator George Voinovich, former Cleveland mayor who was elected to the Senate in 1999, was presented with the Rabbi Eliezer Silver Humanitarian Award for Distinguished Service in Fighting Hate. The award ceremony downtown was part of a celebration of the 60th anniversary of Cincinnati Hebrew Day School, which Silver founded.

Voinovich said hate crimes have been increasing worldwide against Jews, and the world needs to speak out against anti-Semitism. He also said that people with such prejudices are reaching positions of power, citing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and two new cabinet officials in Poland - Education Minister Roman Giertych and Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper.