Profiles

Inspiring stories about individuals who are changing the world.

King Tut resurrected: A comic legend comes west

November 2, 2011

From JTNews

by HEATHER ROBINSON

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In advance of her November 4 performance at Tacoma’s Pantages Theater, the indefatigable Joan Rivers made time to speak with JTNews about her two TV shows, memories of her Jewish grandmothers, and how to stay forever young at...

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Ari Fleischer comes to New Jersey: Former White House press secretary dishes on Bush, Obama, Israel

June 3, 2011

From The Jewish Standard

by HEATHER ROBINSON

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Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary, is coming to speak June 12 as part of an effort by the Republican Jewish Coalition to ramp up its outreach in New Jersey in advance of the 2012 election (see sidebar). The event, “A...

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Former NYC detective, counter-terror liaison has worked to protect the innocent: Mordechai Dzikansky to discuss lessons learned

May 15, 2011

From The Jewish Standard

by HEATHER ROBINSON

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From using “Jewish guilt” to interrogate criminals to reporting to the New York Police Department from the scene of suicide bombings in Israel, Mordechai Dzikansky’s career has been unique.

“You have to be unconventional and you have...

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Obama administration acted appropriately

May 7, 2011

From The Jewish Standard

by HEATHER ROBINSON

This week, under the leadership of President Barack Obama, the United States assassinated the terrorist Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the September 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 innocent Americans, including 700 from New Jersey....

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Simon Deng: The Walk for Freedom for South Sudan

January 8, 2011

From Big Peace

by HEATHER ROBINSON

On Sunday, January 9th, 2011, the people of Southern Sudan – Christians and animists, or practitioners of native faiths – will have the chance to vote to form an independent nation. The election was stipulated in a 2005 Comprehensive Peace...

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Simon Deng: ‘No More Enslavement… Islamization, and No More Arabization’ For South

December 29, 2010

From Big Peace

by HEATHER ROBINSON

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Note: On January 9, 2011, Sudan’s Southern population of nearly 16 million – mostly Christians and animists, or practitioners of native religions – will vote on whether to become an independent nation. In a prior interview with Big...

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Simon Deng: Christians Prepare for Independence in Sudan, the Frontline of the War on Terror

December 28, 2010

From Big Peace

by HEATHER ROBINSON

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On January 9, 2011, Sudan’s Southern population of nearly 16 million – mostly Christians and animists, or practitioners of native religions – will vote on whether to become an independent nation.

Since the 1950’s, war has...

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Sudan’s Extermination of Christians: an Interview With Simon Deng

August 31, 2009

From Center For Security Policy

by HEATHER ROBINSON

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As a child, American human rights activist Simon Deng survived brutal enslavement by Islamists and witnessed their destruction of his village in Sudan.

Today, at 50, Deng is an American citizen and one of the leading advocates for the...

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From Russia With Luck — and Determination

December 4, 2008

From The New York Daily News

by HEATHER ROBINSON

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Her autobiography is titled “From Russia With Luck,” but it was more than luck that landed Dr. Zoya Schmuter her job as a forensic pathologist for the New York City medical examiner’s office.

Schmuter, who at 71...

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Anyone Can Be Moral, Even Under the Worst of Circumstances

October 15, 2008

From The New York Daily News

by HEATHER ROBINSON

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When his children were small, they would ask Roman Kent to tell them stories about his boyhood.

A Holocaust survivor, Kent told them happy stories about his family – his brother, two sisters, himself and their parents – before...

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