Apfel devoured life as only she knew how, taking advantage of every opportunity that came her way and never allowing age to become a barrier.
The incident took years to be classified as a terror attack, but advocacy by a victim's mother led to the passage of New York State's first counter-terrorism laws.
Seinfeld has been supportive of Israel since October 7 and visited Kibbutz Be’eri in Israel in December to witness the atrocities that occurred there.
The event took on special significance this year in light of the ongoing war with Hamas, and the captivity of the 134 hostages held by the terror group in Gaza.
The event saw 45 minutes of Hughes questioning the former soldiers, and another 45 minutes of the reservists fielding questions from the crowd.
Life Hacks for Lovers will screen on Sunday evening along with five other international dance films in a program called “Human Connections.”
New York City has been subject to the global wave of antisemitic incidents in the wake of the October 7 massacre in Israel.
Gillian Laub, the acclaimed Jewish photographer, took many of the pictures of more than 200 Holocaust survivors who gathered to raise awareness for Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas into Gaza.
Positions on aid did not diverge sharply along party lines, though Republicans were slightly more supportive.
Pro-Palestinian activists have previously tied society’s woes to Israel and targeted New York institutions with only tenuous connections to the Jewish state.