Tonight at the Marriott Marquis Times Square, Mayor Michael Bloomberg did us proud. The mayor of New York, Bloomberg recently showed his character by traveling to Israel while that nation was suffering much international condemnation for self-defense. In doing so, he continued a New York City mayoral tradition, for the great Rudy …
With the talk of President Obama’s decision to dismantle Guantanamo, it seems to me that precious little attention is given to actual facts about the place and about what has become of those detainees who have been released. After excoriating former President Bush for years over Guantanamo’s existence, even the New York Times seems to …
Not to take anything away from our new President. But the remarks of a friend yesterday got me thinking. I asked this friend if he, as an African-American (in his case he was born in Africa and is now a U.S. citizen) felt moved by the election of the first …
Anderson Cooper’s discussion tonight with Bill Bennet and James Carville on CNN about Sarah Palin’s belated effort to defend herself from the media’s savaging of her revealed a lot about Mr. Cooper and reminded us of something about Mrs. Palin. Narrating that Mrs. Palin had taken issue with the way …
Numbers alone can be misleading in understanding what is happening this week in Gaza. Such is the message of Asaf Shariv, consul general of Israel in New York, who offered an Israeli perspective to a gathering on Manhattan’s Upper West Side on Thursday night.
He sought to provide information that is all-to-often absent or glossed over …
From The Huffington Post
By HEATHER ROBINSON
Just had an interesting conversation with an international businessman about our President-elect.
Adam Ginsberg, author of How to Buy, Sell and Profit on E-Bay, conducts training seminars and sells software that helps people to create and market their own web sites and internet-based businesses.
He travels …
From The Huffington Post
By HEATHER ROBINSON
Tonight a friend and I had the honor of seeing a Holocaust survivor and her rescuer reunited after 63 years.
The rescuer, Wiktoria Sozanska, was honored at the annual gala of the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR), a New York-based, nonprofit organization that takes …
Yesterday about 800 people gathered outside the Israeli consulate to support Israel. Among those I met was Mr. Gaurang G. Vaishnav, executive vice president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, or World Hindu Council of America. He was there in the cold, along with numerous fellow Hindu compatriots and Christians, joining Jewish Israel-supporters during this difficult …
Just returned from the Israeli consulate, 42nd St. and Second Ave., where about 800 gathered in the cold to support Israel’s right to self-defense.
Musicians played and the crowd gathered to sing and peacefully show support. In addition to Jewish supporters, numerous self-identified Christian supporters and Indian-American supporters were present.
“We have been fighting Islamic terror for …
Iraqi Parliamentarian to His People: “It’s Not Between Palestinians and Israelis, it’s Between Terrorists and Moderates”
From The Huffington Post
By HEATHER ROBINSON
Just spoke over the phone with Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi, head of the Iraqi Nation Party in Baghdad, who advocates normalized relations between the new Iraq and Israel and promotes human rights in the Middle East. He says that, not surprisingly, the airwaves …