Standing Up For Freedom
My first job as TV reporter was in Orlando at the CBS affiliate back in the late 70s. The Pulse nightclub was the best place to dance in town and I used to drag my former boyfriend there…even though he hated dancing. It was a fun and safe time, and I was young and filled with excitement…like many of those whose lives were stolen. Reflecting on this week’s event, I flashed back to being in NY two weeks ago to report from the annual Israel Day Parade for Jewish Life TV. More th
A Salute to Hollywood's 11 Remaining Holocaust Survivors
Oscar Winner Branko Lustig at the Salute to Hollywood Benefit
Photo Courtesy: Katy Sweet PR & Associates It’s been just over 70 years since the end of the Holocaust. To commemorate the historic date, Janice Min of The Hollywood Reporter had a flash of inspiration. She decided to gather the testimonials from the remaining 11 Holocaust survivors that had ties to the world of entertainment. Some of those survivors appeared earlier this week at the Salute to Hollywood Benefit Ga
How Curiosity Maneuvered Henry Heimlich & Others Into American Culture
They say that curiosity killed the cat. If that’s the case, maybe that’s why a cat has nine lives - to keep on experimenting with this thing called curiosity. And without it, really though, where would we be? Without that spark of intrigue, how could inventors proceed with inventing? A recent Pew study asked over 70,000 American Jews, “What is an essential part of being Jewish”? Close to half of them responded, “Being intellectually curious.” Could that be why we’ve created
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