Acre is a pearl in the Land of Israel, a paradigm for others in that it exemplifies the fact that people of different faiths and cultures can live together in harmony.
YONI PERES (left) and Acre Mayor Shimon Lankri unveil the plaque of a renamed neighborhood named in memory of Israel’s ninth president, Shimon Peres.(photo credit: COURTESY PERES CENTER)ByGREER FAY CASHMAN