Mary Jo Viola, Ph.D., Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis…

Dr. Viola has been endorsed by Marquis Who's Who as a leader in the art history and education industry Mary Jo Viola works as a teacher of art history at Bronx Community College in addition to pursuing her own personal artistic endeavors. YONKERS, NY, September 12, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Mary Jo Viola, Ph.D., with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.

Muslim professor at Catholic school writes Holocaust book

On a recent Friday evening at the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, Rabbi Linda Shriner-Cahn and Manhattan College religion professor Mehnaz Afridi sat before worshipers at that evening's Shabbat service to discuss Afridi's new book, "Shoah Through Muslim Eyes." Afridi hopes the book will help create a bridge of conversation between the two faiths of Judaism and Islam as she interviews Holocaust survivors, uses Muslim-Arabs works, covers the reach of the Holocaust under the Vichy and Nazi governments, and discuss anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.