>> well, the one i love to share is about the goldsmith family. goldsmith came in the early 1850s to san francisco, with his wife and his children, he came from -- first from poland then to new york then they got on a boat and went down to nicaragua, they crossed the isthmus of nicaragua, walking on mules in a canoe, his daughter mary was 5 then and put on a mule to come across they came to san francisco and he became one of the first shokuts of the community. there were kosher butchers in the 1850s. then his daughter became marry goldsmith plague who ran for school board this 5-year-old grew up, taught at lowell high and girls high she became -- served on the school board and her daughter became the first jewish congress woman in the united states in 1924. >> representing. >> san francisco. >> wow. >> so therefore. >> the first jewish congress woman in the united states was from san francisco and was the granddaughter of a shokut who came by way of nicaragua. >> that is a ritual slaughterer in jewish condition to render -- one of the steps in ren

others -- are the goldsmith foundation. dr. barbara schultz and literally nd

goldsmith, lord goldsmith now, wriggled about and how he himself very much doubted that it was adequate, but eventually said, "well, if you accumulate all these things, then that gives a plausible --" he was not quite sure that it would have stood up in an international tribunal. most of your legal advisers not think so either. nevertheless he gave the green light to it. i think it shows the uk was wedded to the un rules and tried to go by them, eventually failed and was a prisoner on the american train, but it is true at the same time that this rule against going to war is under strain. when you have missiles and you have discussions about preeveryonetive action, it is under strain. if you don't -- if you see a missile coming, that's one thing, but if you simply suspect that a missile site is activated, do you then have an all-out war against them? this is a difficult -- we have had also a practice in the un, as i touched on earlier, in which you have some trespassing of this rule, some erosion of it in tanzania or in kosovo or in sierra leone. >> could i just intervene a moment on sie

goldsmith, lord goldsmith now, wriggled about and how he himself very much doubted that it was adequate, but eventually said, "well, if you accumulate all these things, then that gives a plausible --" he was not quite sure that it would have stood up in an international tribunal. most of your legal advisers not think so either. nevertheless he gave the green light to it. i think it shows the uk was wedded to the un rules and tried to go by them, eventually failed and was a prisoner on the american train, but it is true at the same time that this rule against going to war is under strain. when you have missiles and you have discussions about preeveryonetive action, it is under strain. if you don't -- if you see a missile coming, that's one thing, but if you simply suspect that a missile site is activated, do you then have an all-out war against them? this is a difficult -- we have had also a practice in the un, as i touched on earlier, in which you have some trespassing of this rule, some erosion of it in tanzania or in kosovo or in sierra leone. >> could i just intervene a moment on sie

others -- are the goldsmith foundation. dr. barbara schultz and literally hundreds of members of the community who have made very, very generous gifts and support of this branch and as you know, the richmond community decided that rather than just focus on this one branch, they were going to commit to raising the funds needed for both this and the other branch. so as we celebrate the reopening of this spectacular neighborhood anchor, we'll again celebrate the beginning of the amfa campaign. we're glad you're here to celebrate and part of the great family that support our libraries and know what they mean to our communities. you notice that the name of this branch is the richmond milton marks branch. that again is because of an incredible family. and because of the constant giving and jen yossity of this family in so many ways to san francisco and to the richmond district. so i would like to ask caroline marks to come up and say a few words. thank you all. >> what a glorious day this is. for sfan and for our district, the richmo