The dedication begins with a performance of an unidentified Yiddish song by Cantor Joseph Ness accompanied by Jerry Schwartz on organ. Director of... Show moreThe dedication begins with a performance of an unidentified Yiddish song by Cantor Joseph Ness accompanied by Jerry Schwartz on organ. Director of UCONN Libraries, Paul Kobulnicky introduces the speakers. Speakers include Rabbi Stanley Kessler, UCONN President Harry J. Hartley, Rabbi Yehiel E. Poupko (chief speaker), Rabbi Irving Greenberg (by videorecording), Simon Konover, Rabbi James Rosen, and Jodi Rosenthal, Vice President of Konover Associates. The speakers thank donors Simon and Doris Konover, and reflect on the Konover's lives and contributions to the community. Rabbi Poupko discusses the Book of Memories composed for Simon Konover's hometown of Makow Mazowiecki in Poland. Show less