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 DRUZE FLYING HIGH
EL AL 767 fleet manager, Captain Amos Mohar (from left); EL AL
president Elyezer Shkedy; Druze community leader in Israel, Sheikh
Muwafak Tarif; Naser Elden,
chairman
of Daliat El Carmel City
Council, and
EL AL chairman Amikam Cohen at Ben-Gurion Airport for the re-naming
of an EL AL Boeing 767 aircraft Daliat El Carmel in honor of
the largest Druze community in Israel.
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 KIND DEEDS
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, William Rapfogel
and Sen. Charles Schumer at Met Council 34th annual
legislative breakfast. Executive director/CEO Rapfogel said the
organization has been engaged in "deeds of kindness" by providing
100,000 New Yorkers every year with human services ranging from
domestic violence counseling to kosher food pantries. "I believe in
deeds of kindness," Bloomberg said, "so I will speak for only two
minutes." As Met Council chair Merryl Tisch placed a yarmulke on his
head, the mayor said, "I wish I had this to cover my bald spot in
today’s Puerto Rican Day Parade." Rep. Charles Rangel likened
Israel’s blockade of Gaza to America’s blockade of Cuba to prevent
rockets arriving from the Soviet Union saying, "This was a repeat of
the past." Rep. Carolyn Maloney saw the Gaza flotilla as an attempt
to breach Israel’s blockade. "They claim it was a humanitarian act.
I say it was terrorism." Mayor Bloomberg concluded, "If Hamas puts
down their guns there will be peace. If Israel puts down their guns
there will be genocide."
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 SECOND ON FIFTH
Second Ave. Deli floats up Fifth Ave. carrying proprietors Felicia
Rosen, Jack Lebewohl and Joshua Lebewohl plus Anna Lindow of the
New York Observer in the annual Salute to Israel Parade
in New York.
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 TOP GUN
U.S. Lt. Col. Rob "Waldo" Waldman (left), Fox News Channel
chairman/CEO Roger Ailes and Waldo’s twin brother David Waldman at a
breakfast for the Israel Air Force Center hosted by Jeffrey
Wiesenfeld at Bernstein Global Wealth Management in Manhattan.
Waldo, author of Never Fly Solo
(McGraw Hill, 208 pages, $24.95) proved to be one of the most
outstanding motivational speakers on the planet as he urged everyone
to cultivate wingmen—trusted partners—in their business and personal
lives. Ailes introduced Michael Goodwin, political columnist of the
New York Post: "In first grade his teacher asked, "What are
you drawing?" He said, "God." She said, "Nobody knows what
God looks like." He said, "They will in a minute."
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 WELCOME
Jeff Stier (right), chairman of the Jewish International Connection,
welcomes Shmuley Boteach to the sixth annual fusion gala in New
York. The organization connects with 10,000 people from 40 countries
who find themselves permanently or temporarily in New York and seek
social and professional networking and opportunities to enhance
their Jewish identity in many diverse ways.
Photo by Marc Berenson |
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