Sorry for the last minute notice about this but this is important for veganism a

[Guest guest]

Sorry for the last minute notice about this but this is important for

veganism and animal rights.

 

This first event,An Inconvenient Truth Thursday June 21st 7 pm

Roseland New Jersey, and others like it around the country seem to be

ongoing. They represent a real opportunity for vegans and animal

rights people to join with environmentalists and to bring the vegan

and animal rights message to environmentalists.

 

I also hope that you will join us at Veggie Heaven, Kosher, Chinese,

Totally

Vegetarian (Vegan) Restaurant in Parsippany, New Jersey You are

invited to join us at Veggie Heaven on Sunday June 24th, 2007 c.e. at

12 Noon in Parsippany, New Jersey. This IS a Jewish Singles event for

Jewish

singles.

 

 

 

An Inconvenient Truth Thursday June 21st 7 pm Roseland NJ

This item is from: Walter Clarke essexsierra_pr

essexsierra_pr AT verizon.net

Please contact him about it not me.

Before you read Walter Clarke's post I should share a thought or two

of my own on it. I used to be very impressed by Al Gore. I share

his views on the Greenhouse Effect but I do not believe that he goes

far enough. Animals, like humans, consume oxygen and produce

Greenhouse Gases like carbon dioxide, methane,

nitrous oxide, etc. Read the United Nations Food & Agriculture

Organization FAO report on livestock's footprint and the Greenhouse

Effect. Al Gore should, as PETA, a group I differ with on many

issues, but not this one: should become a vegan, a total vegetarian,

eating no animal products. If Al Gore did that he would really be

walking the talk.

Beyond this horrid flaw of omission, regarding veganism, total

vegetarianism, the film is flawed in another way. Gore says in the

film that there are other things to do in addition to fighting

terrorism.

Most, not all, but most, terrorism is funded by some member states

of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. The more

petroleum based products you use, whether for your car, or for your

diet, the more you contribute to the funding of terrorism. It is not

only the consumption of the dope sold by terrorists which

contributes to terrorism. And yes, you should stop using dope if you

are using it to help fight terrorism, and to help your mind and body

and the rest of the universe for that matter. Hedonism is not good

for you or for any living being.

To get a pound of steak protein on your plate 21 pounds of feed

grain protein: corn, oats, barley, soy, wheat, etc. etc. etc. are

used to fatten that castrated bull called a steer that you eat.

On average it takes about 8 to 10 pounds of feed protein fed to so

called food animals to get 1 pound of animal protein on your plate.

Lots of that is very high energy intensive production using lots of

petroleum based fertilizers, pesticides,herbicides, etc. Not to

mention vast quantities of water used by the animals and used to

irrigate the crops fed to animals. The USA feeds almost all of the

the soybeans corn oats and barley it grows to animals rather than to

hungry people.

Food animals are competitors with humans for oxygen, water, land,

energy, and life itself.

40% of the world's oxygen is produced by the tiny plant plankton

called phytoplantkon in the oceans.

These phytoplantkton live with krill, a fish plankton,in a very

fragile ecosystem. These days krill are being used as animal feed

and pet food.

As the krill vanish so will the phytoplankton that produce 40% of

earth's oxygen.

The phytoplankton are also jeapordized by increased solar

ultraviolet radiation breaking through the holes in the ozone layer

above the poles.

It is estimated that there will be no more fish in the seas by the

middle of this century c.e.

Those who want to save energy should consider this, it takes about

77 calories of energy input to get the food energy a CAN of corn

will give you. That same amount of food energy from steak would

require 21,000 calories of energy input.

If anyone knows how to reach Al Gore, or any other enviornmentally

concerned people, be they Presidential candidates, or not, please

reach out to them about how important it is to stop eating animals

and animal products if they really want to to consistent about being

advocates for our environment and the survival of life on our

fragile small planet.

In fact Frances Moore Lappe's 1970s book, DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET,

ought to be required reading for every environmentalist and

Presidential candidate. If you can get hold of it, or other pro-

vegetarian material send it to every enviornmentalist and

Presidential candidate you can think of, from Al Gore on down or up

as the case may be.

Below is the item from: Walter Clarke essexsierra_pr

essexsierra_pr AT verizon.net

 

 

 

The showing of " An Inconvenient Truth " takes place on THURSDAY, June

21st. Thanks you to all of you who called attention to my mistake.

" An Inconvenient Truth "

Thursday, June 21, 7pm

The Sierra Club Essex Group and the Essex County Environmental

Center

are proud to present a screening of this thought provoking

documentary

(at The Essex County Environmental Center, 621 Eagle Rock Avenue,

Roseland, NJ) following former Vice President, Al Gore on his

mission

to expose the myths and misconceptions surrounding global climate

change.

Pre-registration required, call 973-228-8776 to register.

Seating is limited. Free and open to the public.

-

Walter Clarke

Sierra Club – Essex County Group

Publicity Chair

essexsierra_pr

cell: 973-723-1642

If you have any ideas on how I could improve the news list please

let

me know.

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Material below on

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

is From Walter Goldenbaum goldenb1

goldenb1 AT optonline.net

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Thursday, June 21, 7pm

at the Essex County Environmental Center 621B Eagle Rock

Ave.,Roseland, NJ

The Sierra Club, Essex Group and the Essex County Environmental Center

are proud to present a screening of this thought provoking

documentary following

former Vice President Al Gore on his mission to expose the myths and

misconceptions

surrounding global climate change. Lively discussion to follow.

Snacks and refreshments included. FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC

For more information, call 973-228-8776.

 

Directions: Rt. 280 E or W to Exit 4A- This will put you South on

Eisenhower

Parkway. Make a Right at the first light onto Eagle Rock Ave. The

Center

is 1/2 mile on the left. Parking before the building and across the

street in

the large lot.

Jewish Singles Events And Other Events

You are invited to join us at Veggie Heaven on Sunday June 24th, 2007

c.e. at 12 Noon in

Parsippany, New Jersey. This IS a Jewish Singles event for Jewish

singles.

We do not charge any fees for attending any of our

JewishSinglesOfNJ/

 

JewishSinglesinNJforIsrael/

 

JewishSinglesFromEverywhere/

 

events. When we go to restaurants you pay only for what you order

plus tax and tip. You never pay us anything. You pay the restaurant

directly. You do not have to be a member

of any of our to attend any of our events. If you do

join our

there is no charge to join them and no charge to belong to them.

Most Jewish singles events are of course attended primarily, but not

exclusively, by Baby Boomers, give or take a few years or so,

because Baby Boomers, give or take a few years or so are the largest

element in the population as a whole. If you attend we ask that you

be Jewish, single and over 21. You do not need a reservation to

attend. Just show up. Most lunches, which include entree, and your

choice of brown rice or white rice , and soup, are priced UNDER $6

before tax and tip, except on Holidays, such as the 4th or July,

Labor Day, Memorial Day, etc. when lunch menus are unavailable, the

lunch menus ARE available EVERY day, including Sunday, unless Sunday

falls on a Holiday, such as the 4th of July, Labor Day, Memorial Day,

etc. when the regular menu, which is also very economical, is

available. If turnout is large people are invited to sit

with whoever they feel comfortable sitting with, and to table hop if

they wish.

 

JewishSinglesOfNJ/

and

JewishSinglesinNJforIsrael/

and

JewishSinglesFromEverywhere/

 

invite you to join us at Veggie Heaven, Kosher, Chinese, Totally

Vegetarian (Vegan) Restaurant in Parsippany, New Jersey You are

invited to join us at Veggie Heaven on Sunday June 24th, 2007 c.e. at

12 Noon in

Parsippany, New Jersey. This IS a Jewish Singles event for Jewish

singles.

Most Jewish singles events are of course attended primarily, but

not exclusively, by Baby Boomers, give or take a few years or so,

because Baby Boomers, give or take a few years or so are the largest

element in the population as a whole.

If turnout is large people are invited to sit with whoever they feel

comfortable sitting with, and to table hop if they wish.

 

You DO NOT need a reservation to attend. Simply show up.

Please join us for this relaxed, informal social get together.

Veggie Heaven is a 100% non-smoking restaurant,

is moderately priced,has brown rice, does not use MSG or

animal products, is Kosher and totally vegetarian, has plenty of

free parking and is easy to reach from nearby highways.

 

Here are the directions to Veggie Heaven It is a Vegan Chinese

Totally Vegetarian Kosher Restaurant.

The restaurant is located in Parsippany, New

Jersey at 1119 Route 46 East #8A Parsippany, New Jersey, in a

shopping center which has plenty of parking and is near Route 80.

 

The telephone numbers of the restaurant are 973 335-9876 and 973 263-

8331 the zip code, if you are using Mapquest, is 07054.

 

From the West (I-80)Take I-80 East and exit at the Lake

Hiawatha/Whippany exit. Make a left at the light at the exit go past

the entrance ramp which would put you back onto Route 80 going west

and make a left turn

into the shopping center.

 

From the South (I-287) Take I-287 North to the exit for I-80

eastbound

From the North (I-287) Take I-287 South to the exit for I-80

eastbound

Look for the signs for the Lake Hiawatha/Whippany Exit. Make a left

at the light at the exit go past the entrance ramp which would put

you back

onto Route 80 going west and make a left turn into the shopping

center.

 

FROM THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY TAKE EXIT 145 TO

ROUTE 280 WEST THEN Take the NEW RD exit- exit number 1. 0.15 miles

Keep RIGHT at the fork in the ramp. 0.07 miles Stay straight to go

onto NEW RD. 0.63 miles Turn LEFT

onto US-46 West. DRIVING WEST ON ROUTE 46 Continue for two traffic

lights (second

light is Parsippany-Troy Hills Shopping Center)which is at the

INTERSECTION of Route 46 and Beverwyck Road

AT WHICH YOU COULD TURN RIGHT TOWARDS LAKE

HIAWATHA, INSTEAD OF TURNING

RIGHT HOWEVER TURN LEFT AT THAT INTERSECTION

ONTO SOUTH BEVERWYCK

ROAD,THEN TURN RIGHT INTO THE SHOPPING CENTER

ITSELF WHICH IS BEFORE

THE WEST BOUND RAMP TO ANOTHER HIGHWAY DO NOT

TURN RIGHT INTO THE

BANK BUT TURN RIGHT BEYOND THE BANK AND INTO THE

SHOPPING CENTER,

VEGGIE HEAVEN IS NEAR THE HEALTH FOOD STORE AND IS

IN THE MIDDLE OF

THE SHOPPING CENTER, WHICH HAS PLENTY OF PARKING IF

YOU GET LOST CALL

THE RESTAURANT FOR DIRECTIONS IF YOU ARRIVE EARLY

YOU MAY WISH TO DO SOME SHOPPING AT THE PATHMARK

SUPERMARKET WHICH IS IN THE SAME SHOPPING CENTER.

AND OR AT A HEALTH FOOD STORE ALSO LOCATED IN THE

SAME SHOPPING CENTER.

From Route 80 Westbound get off at Exit 47 which will take you onto

Route 46 Westbound and proceed to the Parsippany-Troy Hills Shopping

Center) which is at the INTERSECTION of Route 46 and Beverwyck Road

 

AT WHICH YOU COULD TURN RIGHT TOWARDS LAKE

HIAWATHA, INSTEAD OF TURNING

RIGHT HOWEVER TURN LEFT AT THAT INTERSECTION

ONTO SOUTH BEVERWYCK

ROAD,THEN TURN RIGHT INTO THE SHOPPING CENTER

ITSELF WHICH IS BEFORE

THE WEST BOUND RAMP TO ANOTHER HIGHWAY DO NOT

TURN RIGHT INTO THE

BANK BUT TURN RIGHT BEYOND THE BANK AND INTO THE

SHOPPING CENTER,

VEGGIE HEAVEN IS NEAR THE HEALTH FOOD STORE AND IS

IN THE MIDDLE OF

THE SHOPPING CENTER, WHICH HAS PLENTY OF PARKING IF

YOU GET LOST CALL

THE RESTAURANT FOR DIRECTIONS

 

The telephone numbers of the restaurant are 973 335-9876 and 973 263-

8331 the zip code, if you are using Mapquest, is 07054. The

restaurant is a

non-smoking restaurant and moderately priced. The restaurant states

that it does

not use MSG and does not use any animal products at all. It is

certified

Kosher by United Kosher Supervision P.O. Box 317 Monsey, NEW YORK

10952

Phone: (845) 352-1010 Fax: (845) 352-0316 Rabbinic Administrator:

Rabbi Yaakov Spivak

We also hope that you will join

Please state that you are Jewish, Single, 21 or over, when you apply

to join the Jewish Singles at the websites the urls

below will take you to

 

JewishSinglesOfNJ/

 

JewishSinglesinNJforIsrael/

 

JewishSinglesFromEverywhere/

 

we are trying to create a veggie world.

That means of course getting more people to become aware of the need

to go veggie.

And what about the veggies who are out there already?

 

Well I want to tell you a personal story about that. My late father

was a veggie when he was younger, but he married a carnivore. As a

result I was raised as a carnivore, though I can recall my late

father eating vegetable plates at diners we would go to so he could

get them and eating vegetarian Chinese food at Chinese restuarants

we would go to so he could get that food. At long last he finally

gave up and ended his vegetarianism.

 

Though he lived to what some consider to be " a ripe old age " I am

convinced that had he remained a veggie he would still be alive. He

has been dead for some years now.

 

What all of that means of course is that we need to make sure that

veggies marry veggies and that they raise their children as veggies.

 

So the need for single veggie organizations is enormous.

NJSingleVegetarians/

 

Subscribe: NJSingleVegetarians-

 

It was certainly good fortune that I became a veggie myself quite

awhile ago but many children of these so-called " veg/carnivore "

or " mixed-marriages " are not quite so lucky and end up as non-

veggies.

 

I am also of course promoting the veggie way of life to others who

are not yet veggies.

 

One key group to promote the veggie way of life to is science

fiction fans. Why science fiction fans? Well because some science

fiction fans actually become science fiction writers.

 

Why science fiction writers then? Well because the way of life that

we take for granted here in the so-called " first world " , of

industrialized nations is a way of life that not so long ago

was considered to be science fiction. It was a science fiction

writer: Arthur C. Clarke, who

came up with the idea of communications satellites as a science

fiction idea.

 

Well they are fiction no more. Nor are communications devices that

do not require wires.

Remember the " communicators " on StarTrek? Chances are you have a

cell phone in your pocket or in your car, or if you don't you know

more than one person who does.

 

Once again, fiction no more. Fact.

 

The science fiction fan of today is the science fiction writer of

tomorrow.

 

The science fiction story or idea of today is the fact of tomorrow,

just as yesterday's science fiction stories and ideas are the facts

of today.

 

Another place I am helping to promote the veggie way of life is in

the Jewish community.

I happen to be Jewish and would want nothing but the best way of

life there is for my fellow Jews. Eating animals is not only not

good for the animals who are murdered for food, it is not good for

the humans who eat them.

 

Being veggie is also very much in the interests of the Jewish

community around the world.

Producing a pound of steak " protein " on the plate requires up to 21

pounds of so-called

" feed " protein from things like the 42% of American wheat

production, the 86% of American corn, oats and barley production,

the 90% of non-exported soybean production, that goes into the

creation of that pound of steak " protein " on the plate of the

American animal eater.

 

Producing all of that so-called " feed " requires a lot of energy.

More energy is used

as petro-chemical based fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides, etc.

as well as in the transportation of that so-called " feed " , and of

the animals themselves, in the disposal of their wastes, in the

movement of water to irrigate those crops and to " water " those

animals.

 

Many of the energy sources involved are nations around the world

that supply arms to terrorists who slaughter Jews in Israel and

around the world, as well as other innocents, such as those who were

slaughtered on September 11th. 2001.

 

So I am promoting Jewish singles events at veggie establishments to

bring the fact of being able to have a veggie meal as a reality to

my fellow Jews.

 

I do so periodically at Veggie Heaven, a Kosher Vegan Chinese

Restaurant with several locations here in New Jersey. I hope that

similar restaurants exist elsewhere that may serve as event

locations. Failing that I hope that vegan house parties can be

arranged everywhere.

 

If you are Jewish yourself I hope that you will do the same wherever

you may be.

If you are able to come to some of these events I hope that you will

do so.

 

If you live to far away to get to them by all means create them.

Create them for your fellow Jews if you are Jewish.

 

Create them for your fellow veggies if you are veggie.

 

Create them for science fiction fans if you want to see science

fiction fans become veggie and science fiction ideas created by

veggie science fiction writers, all of whom start off as science

fiction fans creating the new facts of life on earth as ones which

will make it possible for a veggie world to in fact come into being.

 

Will you help in these effforts?THE MONTHLY CIRCLE OF SINGLE JEWISH

FRIENDS LUNCH PARTY

IS USUALLY HELD ON THE 3RD SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH AT NOON

IN THE EDISON NEW JERSEY AREA. ROBERTA HAS DONE THESE

EVENTS FOR SOME TIME AT A VARIETY OF RESTAURANTS IN

THE EDISON, NEW JERSEY AREA.

ROBERTA HAS TOLD ME THAT SHE IS SKIPPING JUNE AND WILL BE DOING

HER NEXT CIRCLE OF SINGLE JEWISH FRIENDS LUNCH PARTY IN JULY

Age range Baby Boomers give or take a few years or so.

Please email Roberta for details on THE JULY CIRCLE OF SINGLE JEWISH

FRIENDS

LUNCH PARTY roger AT superlink.net

roger

Price cost of meal, tax and tip

plus $3 to Roberta

Please RSVP Roberta (908) 668-8450

roger

roger AT superlink.net

Please email Roberta for details on THE JULY CIRCLE OF SINGLE JEWISH

FRIENDS

LUNCH PARTY roger AT superlink.net

roger

Do you have a Jewish single friend that you have not yet met in

person and may have been in touch with via email or telephone or

otherwise Why not invite that Jewish single friend to meet you at

one of the many Jewish singles events listed in our posts

Be sure to send your photo to your Jewish single friend, and to ask

your Jewish single friend to send a photo to you.

That way you can recognize one another when you meet at a Jewish

singles event.

Please state that you are Jewish, Single, 21 or over, when you apply

to join the Jewish Singles at the websites the urls

below will take you to

 

JewishSinglesOfNJ/

 

JewishSinglesinNJforIsrael/

 

JewishSinglesFromEverywhere/

A free fantastic Jewish singles resource

can be found at the url below

 

http://www.thejewishpeople.org/

You may post your own introductions there, with our without photos

of yourself and may also search for other Jewish singles there

by state, gender, age range, etc.

Everything there is free.

We have no connections whatsoever to the site,

but if you do post your photo there you may wish to

include the url where your photo may be found at that

site, in your introductions, and responses to other introductions,

that you post at our Jewish singles groups.

 

The Jewish Singles Events immediately below are from the website of

The

Jewish Standard

http://www.jstandard.com/categories/Singles/

items directly below are from url directly above

By Jewish Standard | | Singles |

 

wednesday [june 20]

Deeper dating Ken Page and Kathryn Janus host " Deeper Dating — the

new craze-dating event, " at the 92nd Street Y, Lexington Avenue at

92nd Street. $30 in advance, $35 at the door. www.92Y.org

or (212) 415-5500.

 

thursday [june 21]

Dinner and concert Noah Solomon and Friends (of the group Soulfarm)

perform in concert at the Edmund J. Safra Synagogue, 120 W. 76th

St., after a buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m. $20 in advance, $25 at the

door. Sponsored by the OU Singles Connections. (212) 613-8300.

Summer barbecue Jewish singles in their 30s meet for a summer

barbecue with beer, rockin' dance music, and grilled food, at the

JCC in Manhattan, 7:30 p.m. Rain or shine. In advance, $32 for JCC

members, $38 for non-members. $45 at the door. 334 Amsterdam Ave. at

76th Street. (646) 505-5708 or www.jccmanhattan.org

sunday [june 24]

Schmooze Singles, 40-57, schmooze with each other and talk with

Elaine and Jeff at the JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly, 6 p.m. $4

for JCC members, $6 for non-members. (201) 569-7900, ext. 460.

sunday [june 24]

Summer dance Jewish singles, 50+, meet at the JCC on the Palisades

in Tenafly for a summer dance, 7:30 p.m. $15 between 7:30 and 8

p.m., or $18 after, includes DJ entertainment and light buffet. Co-

sponsored with Cong. Gesher Shalom/JCC of Fort Lee and the JCC of

Rockland. (201) 569-7900, ext. 460.

 

http://www.jstandard.com/categories/Singles/

items directly above are from url directly above

Directions to the JCC

(Jewish Community Center) on the Palisades

411 East Clinton Avenue Tenafly, NJ 07670 201 569 7900

these directions were found at:

http://www.jcconthepalisades.org/template.phpsection=AD

 

FROM GARDEN STATE PARKWAY NORTH

Exit 161 to Route 4 East. Continue directions from Route 4.

FROM GARDEN STATE PARKWAY SOUTH

Exit 163 to Route 17 South to Route 4 East.

FROM NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE

Exit 18 to Route 46 East to Grand Avenue. Proceed North past Route 4

and continue as described below (from Route 4).

 

FROM I-80 EAST

To Garden State Parkway North to Exit 161 and then to Route 4 East.

FROM ROUTE 4

Exit at Grand Avenue/Englewood. Follow Grand Avenue North about 1

mile, where it

becomes Engle Street. Continue on Engle Street past Englewood

Hospital. 2nd

Traffic light past hospital make right onto E. Clinton Avenue. JCC is

approximately 1 mile on left.

 

FROM NEW YORK CITY & LONG ISLAND

Go over George Washington Bridge to Palisades Parkway North. Get off

at Exit 1,

Englewood Cliffs & Palisades Avenue. Make right and go to 1st light.

At light

make a right onto Route 9W No. At 4th light make a left onto E.

Clinton Avenue.

JCC is mile on right.

 

FROM SOUTH OR WEST

Take New Jersey Turnpike (95) No. or Route 80 East to Broad Ave.

Exit. Bear

right onto Broad Ave. toward Englewood. Broad Ave. will become Dana

Place. Take

Dana Place to end. Make right onto E. Palisades Ave. At 3rd block

(on left) make

left onto No. Woodland Street to end. Make right onto E. Clinton

Avenue.

JCC immediately on left.

FROM NORTH

Take Palisades Parkway South and get off at Exit 2. Make left off

ramp onto

Route 9W South. At 3rd light make right onto E. Clinton Avenue. JCC

is mile on right.

 

FROM TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE

To Exit 13 So. (Palisades Parkway So.) to Exit 2. Proceed as above

from North.

 

FROM CONNECTICUT (Stamford)

Route I 95 So. to 287 West to Tappan Zee Bridge. Proceed as above.

 

You are invited to join us at Veggie Heaven on Sunday June 24th, 2007

c.e. at 12 Noon in

Parsippany, New Jersey. This IS a Jewish Singles event for Jewish

singles.

We do not charge any fees for attending any of our

JewishSinglesOfNJ/

 

JewishSinglesinNJforIsrael/

 

JewishSinglesFromEverywhere/

 

events. When we go to restaurants you pay only for what you order

plus tax and tip. You never pay us anything. You pay the restaurant

directly. You do not have to be a member

of any of our to attend any of our events. If you do

join our

there is no charge to join them and no charge to belong to them.

Most Jewish singles events are of course attended primarily, but not

exclusively, by Baby Boomers, give or take a few years or so,

because Baby Boomers, give or take a few years or so are the largest

element in the population as a whole. If you attend we ask that you

be Jewish, single and over 21. You do not need a reservation to

attend. Just show up. Most lunches, which include entree, and your

choice of brown rice or white rice , and soup, are priced UNDER $6

before tax and tip, except on Holidays, such as the 4th or July,

Labor Day, Memorial Day, etc. when lunch menus are unavailable, the

lunch menus ARE available EVERY day, including Sunday, unless Sunday

falls on a Holiday, such as the 4th of July, Labor Day, Memorial Day,

etc. when the regular menu, which is also very economical, is

available. If turnout is large people are invited to sit

with whoever they feel comfortable sitting with, and to table hop if

they wish.

We do not charge any fees for attending any of our

JewishSinglesOfNJ/

 

JewishSinglesinNJforIsrael/

 

JewishSinglesFromEverywhere/

 

events. When we go to restaurants you pay only for what you order

plus tax and tip. You never pay us anything. You pay the restaurant

directly. You do not have to be a member

of any of our to attend any of our events. If you do

join our

there is no charge to join them and no charge to belong to them.

JewishSinglesOfNJ/

and

JewishSinglesinNJforIsrael/

and

JewishSinglesFromEverywhere/

 

invite you to join us at Veggie Heaven, Kosher, Chinese, Totally

Vegetarian (Vegan) Restaurant in Parsippany, New Jersey You are

invited to join us at Veggie Heaven on Sunday June 24th, 2007 c.e. at

12 Noon in

Parsippany, New Jersey. This IS a Jewish Singles event for Jewish

singles.

Remember to ask anyone who does a house party about any special

needs you

may have before attending, such as convenient parking, if you have

trouble walking, or difficulty climbing steps, whether the events

are outside or inside, whether the bathrooms are upstairs, or

downstairs, whether the events are all on the same level, the

presence or absence of animals, such as cats, you may be allergic

to,if they have dogs, if you are afraid of dogs, whether the events

are non-smoking, whether drinking alcohol is allowed or forbidden,

whether the events are Kosher if you keep Kosher, or anything else

you can think of. For example: at a recent Jewish Singles event one

person who has not yet done any house parties, but is thinking of

doing them. disclosed that she had recently added cats to her home.

Please stay in touch with Elaine who has been hosting house parties

for her ELITE JEWISH SINGLES Ages 45-60 Please no exceptions group

at a private home in the Metuchen area usually on one or two

Saturday nights each month starting at about 7:30 p.m. weather

permitting.

You may email Elaine, who ran many Jewish singles events some years

back at the JCC in the Edison, New Jersey area at

elaine423nj

elaine423nj AT

please contact Elaine about her ELITE JEWISH SINGLES Ages 45-60

Please no exceptions house parties thanks

Elite Jewish Singles, ages 45-60 (please no exceptions) . Please

contact Elaine at 732-548-0322 for reservations and directions.

elaine423nj

elaine423nj AT

Incidentally it is a different Elaine who is moderating the Singles

Schmooze at the JCC Jewish Community Center in Tenafly, New Jersey.

Average age of

attendees at the Singles Schmooze at the JCC in Tenafly, New Jersey

is baby

boomers give or take a few years ago. Turnout is usually around 36

people or so,

another double Chai !

JCC on the Palisades Singles Events for the Month of June

are listed directly below from a recent post by one of our members at

JewishSinglesOfNJ/

Singles 40-57

 

Singles Schmooze

Sunday, June 24 • 6 pm

Join others for this joint schmooze. Get to know other singles

through discussions on various topics determined by the

participants.

Led by Elaine and Jeff.

$4 JCC members, $6 general admission

Singles 50+

Summer Dance

Sunday, June 24 • 7:30 pm

Great DJ-Light Buffet

Singles of all ages Welcome

$15 between 7:30pm and 8pm • $18 after

Cosponsored with Gesher Shalom of Fort Lee and JCC of Rockland

 

Support Groups

Daytime Bereavement Group

Mondays, June 4-July 2 • 11:00am-12:30pm

Our daytime group assists people recently widowed in a caring and

supportive setting.

Debbie Fox, a licensed clinical social worker from Jewish Family

Service will help you navigate through your path of loss. You will

not be alone in your journey; there will be others with you, to

share thoughts, feelings and help pave a new road together. For

more information call Debra Turitz at ext. 305.

Registration required, call 201.569.7900 ext. 460.

$40 JCC members/$50 nonmembers (5 Sessions)

Co-sponsored with the Senior Department

Beyond Bereavement for Widows and Widowers Phase II

Mondays, July 2-Aug 6, 6:30pm

This group is for Widows and Widowers who have begun the healing

process and look forward to a hopeful future. This group will help

you resolve the past and live in the present and discover ways to

explore new relationships.

Registration required, call 201.569.7900 ext. 460.

$75 JCC members/$90 nonmembers (5 sessions)

Sponsored in part by the Soforenko Foundation

Uncoupling: Coping with Divorce and Separation

Mondays, July 2-August 6, 8:15pm

Judy Brauner, LCSW, Therapist

The Group will help you process your feelings about the end of an

important relationship and the experience of being on your own.

Meet others who share your concerns. Make new friends.

Registration required, call 201.569.7900 ext. 460.

$75 JCC members/$90 nonmembers (5 sessions)

Sponsored in part by the Soforenko Foundation

For further information on these events contact Esther at

201.569.7900 ext. 460.

JCC on the Palisades Singles Events for the Month of June

are listed directly above from a recent post by one of our members at

JewishSinglesOfNJ/

 

Items directly below are from recent posts by some of our members at

JewishSinglesFromEverywhere/

Rabbi Yisroel's Torah Lunch & Learn

 

Torah Class at Bear Stearns

Every Wednesday Afternoon 12:30 PM

Class located at 383 Madison Avenue

Between 46-47th Streets, 13th floor.

Visit our website. www.hineni.org

The Hineni Heritage Center

232 West End Avenue, New York, NY, 10023

(212) 496-1660

Pirkei Avos " --- " Ethics Of Our Fathers "

 

Principles To Live By

with Rabbi Yisroel Jungreis

Every Thursday evening at Hineni

items directly below are from the website of

http://www.jccmanhattan.org/ click on

http://www.jccmanhattan.org/ for more information on them

» Jun 25: Sylvia Boorstein and Sharon Salzberg:Staying Hopeful and

Helpful in

Troubled Tim ...

Even in challenging times, it remains possible to cultivate the

clarity o f mind

that allows for a wise and compassionate response that is also an

antidote to

personal despair. Join these two beloved meditation teachersa nd

aauthors for an

evening that will combine stories, meditation instructions, periods

of practice

and time for Q and A. Co-sponsored by New York Insight Meditation

Center.

Located in:

 

» Jun 27: Chi Running Chi Walking

This revolutionary approach to effortless, injury free running and

walking,

developed by ultra-marathoner Danny Dryer, makes any distance

enjoyable and

effective. Learn how to correctly use the deep power reserves in your

core

muscles to improve your stride. This step by step program grows out

of yoga,

Pilates and T'ai Chi and teaches you how to safely walk or run

further and

faster with much less effort at any age. It will help you get in

shape, lose

weight and work your heart while keeping y ...

Located in:

 

items directly above are from the website of

http://www.jccmanhattan.org/ click on

http://www.jccmanhattan.org/ for more information on them

click on http://www.kehillaton.com/default.asp

to get details on events directly below

Wed, 20 Jun

7:30 PM Event - Concert: In The Spirit of Yossele [New York - The

Bronx, NY]

Wed, 11 Jul

7:00 PM Event - Other: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New

World [New York - Manhattan, NY]

Wed, 25 Jul

7:00 PM Event - Concert: 2nd Annual New York's Best Emerging Jewish

Artists [New York - Manhattan, NY]

Mon, 30 Jul

6:30 AM Event - Outing/Hike/Tiyul: Kosher Safari [New York - Queens,

NY]

 

click on http://www.kehillaton.com/default.asp

to get details of events immediately above

Our Jewish singles groups are designed to increase the Jewish

population by

bringing single Jews together in the hope that marriages, and

children who will be raised

as Jews ,will result from bringing single Jews together.

We cannot ignore the real threat to Jewish survival posed by

intermarriage, which usually

results in the children of such marriages being raised as non-Jews.

Another real threat to Jewish survival in these times is the fact

that

in these times for one reason or another some people are no longer

heterosexual.

Any Jew who is no longer heterosexual is of course much less likely

to marry a Jew of the opposite sex and to have children with that

person.

We need every single Jew who can do so to marry another single Jew

and to have children as a result of those marriages who will be

raised as Jews.

It is with great joy that we can report that there are resources

available to deal with the situation some Jews who are no longer

heterosexual find themselves in.

One such resource is http://jonahweb.org/

" JONAH is a non-profit international organization dedicated to

educating the world-wide Jewish community about the prevention,

intervention, and healing of the underlying issues causing same-sex

attractions. If you are confused by same-sex attractions or know

someone who is and desire help, please contact us for resources and

professional confidential assistance. click on

http://www.jonahweb.org/cms/e/index.php?option=com_contact & Itemid=3

 

JONAH

info

info AT jonahweb.org

P.O. BOX 313

Jersey City, NJ, 07303

USA

201-433-3444

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for Jewish teens and much more! While our groups are for Jewish

singles who are over 21 some of us

may have teen age children or even teen age grandchildren. We hope

that they will be able to suggest http://www.whydatejewish.com/ to

those teenagers.

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the item immediately below is from the ZOA

The Zionist Organization of America, founded in 1897, is the oldest

pro-Israel organization in the United States. The ZOA works to

strengthen U.S.-Israel relations, educates the American public and

Congress about the dangers that Israel faces, and combats anti-Israel

bias in the media and on college campuses. Its past presidents have

included Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis and Rabbi Dr. Abba

Hillel Silver.

http://www.zoa.org

 

 

" ZOA: Mahmoud Abbas Is No Moderate & Deserves No Support

June 18, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Morton A. Klein, 212-481-1500

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is opposing any Israeli and

American support for Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud

Abbas' Fatah terrorist group. ( Jerusalem Post, June 17, 2007).

Mahmoud Abbas in his own words:

On recognizing Israel: " It is not required of Hamas, or of Fatah, or

of the Popular Front to recognize Israel " (Al-Arabiya [Dubai] and PA

TV, October 3, 2006).

Fighting Israel: " We have a legitimate right to direct our guns

against Israeli occupation ... Our rifles, all our rifles are aimed

at The Occupation " ( Jerusalem Post, January 11, 2007; Independent

Media & Review Analysis, January 12, 2007).

On Jews: " The sons of Israel are corrupting humanity on earth " (

World Net Daily, January 11, 2007).

On Israel: " the Zionist enemy " (Associated Press, January 4, 2005;

CNN.com, January 7, 2005).

On suicide bombers: " Allah loves the martyr " ( Wall Street Journal,

January 5, 2005).

On wanted Palestinian terrorists: " heroes fighting for freedom " ( Age

[Melbourne], January 3, 2005); " Israel calls them murderers, we call

them strugglers " (Jerusalem Post, December 25, 2004).

On Palestinian terrorist leaders Yasser Arafat, Hamas' Ahmad Yasin

and Abdel Aziz Rantisi and Palestinian Islamic Jihad's Fathi

Shikaki: " martyrs " (Palestinian Media Center , September 9, 2005)

On Hamas: " We must unite the Hamas and Fatah blood in the struggle

against Israel as we did at the beginning of the intifada. We want a

political partnership with Hamas " ( Jerusalem Post, February 5, 2007).

On Yasser Arafat: " It is our duty to implement the principles of

Yasser Arafat " ( Haaretz, January 3, 2005); " We will continue in the

path of the late president until we fulfill all his dreams " (Agence

France-Presse, November 11, 2005); " The Palestinian leadership won't

stray from Arafat's path " (Yediot Ahronot, November 11, 2006)

On disarming Palestinian terrorists: a " red line " that must not be

crossed (Washington Times, January 3, 2005)/LI>

On jailed Palestinian terrorists: " our heroes. " (Israel National

News, May 26, 2006).

On the so-called `right of return' of Palestinian refugees and their

millions of descendants which, if implemented would end Israel as a

Jewish state: " The issue of the refugees is non-negotiable " (

Jerusalem Post, January 11, 2007).

On the Lebanese terrorist group Hizballah: A source of pride and sets

an example for the " Arab resistance " (Jerusalem Post, August 6, 2006).

Saddam Hussein: " Saddam Hussein has entered history as a symbol of

Pan-Arab nationalism " (Independent Media Review and Analysis ,

December 31, 2006).

 

Mahmoud Abbas' acts:

Holocaust denial: He wrote a PhD thesis and published a book denying

the Holocaust.

Terrorist group Fatah: He co-founded with arch-terrorist Yasser

Arafat the terrorist group Fatah, whose Constitution to this day

calls for the destruction of Israel (Article 12) and the use of

terrorism against Israelis as an indispensable part of the struggle

to achieve that goal (Article 19).

Funding terrorism: as senior PLO official, he funded the Munich

massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes in 1972.

Terror & incitement to violence: He has refused to implement the

signed Oslo agreements and the 2003 Roadmap peace plan which requires

him to fight, arrest, extradite and jail terrorists and confiscate

their weaponry and end the incitement to hatred and murder in the PA-

controlled media, mosques, schools and youth camps that feeds it.

Terrorists' plan for more violence: In May 2006, he endorsed the so-

called `Prisoners' Plan', a document produced by jailed Palestinian

terrorists, that endorses continued terrorism against Israel,

legitimizes the murder of Jews, does not accept Israel's existence as

a Jewish state, abrogates Palestinian obligations under the signed

Oslo agreements and the 2003 Roadmap peace plan, and insists on

the `right of return.'

Money for suicide bombers' families : In December 2005, he approved

legislation mandating financial benefits to be paid to families of

killed Palestinian terrorists.

Mecca Agreement: In March 2007, he formed a unity government with

Hamas under the Mecca Agreement that called for more violence, not

peace and reconciliation with Israel.

 

Despite this record, Israel and the U.S. are describing Abbas as a

moderate and a peacemaker they intend to support. Prime Minister

Olmert, en route to the U.S. to meet with President Bush, said that

he saw " an opportunity that has not existed for a long time " now that

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had dissolved his unity

government with Hamas. The U.S. has indicated that it intends to

continue funding, arming and training the forces of Mahmoud Abbas'

Fatah. The State Department spokesman, Sean McCormack said that the

role of American Lt.-Gen. Keith Dayton, who was in charge of American

training and bolstering of the Fatah forces that were overrun by

Hamas in Gaza, will be reevaluated in the coming weeks. " In the days

and weeks ahead we're going to take a look at that to see how to

proceed with the security assistance program, how Keith Dayton is

going to continue working with the Palestinians ... I believe that he

has every intention and that we have every intention of his

continuing his work with the Palestinians. " A U.S. diplomat said that

he expected the 15-month-old foreign aid embargo on the PA to be

lifted once Abbas appointed an emergency government without Hamas (

Jerusalem Post, June 17, 2007). The Middle East Quartet (United

States, European Union, United Nations and Russia) has also issued a

statement of support for Abbas and his decision over the weekend to

dissolve the PA unity government ( State Department, June 16).

ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said, " It is incomprehensible

that President Bush and Prime Minister Olmert would even consider

referring to Abbas as a peacemaker and working towards supporting,

funding and arming him when he has done precisely nothing to fulfill

Palestinian Arab commitments under the signed Oslo agreements and the

2003 Roadmap peace plan. He has not jailed terrorists, confiscated

illegal weapons, or closed the bomb factories. He has not ended the

incitement to hatred and murder in the PA-controlled media, mosques,

schools and youth camps that feed terrorism. This should not be

surprising, since his own Fatah, especially the Al Aqsa Martyrs

Brigades, are just as much involved in suicide bombing and other acts

of terrorism as Hamas, the Popular Front, the Popular Resistance

Committees and other Palestinian Arab terrorism groups. Both Fatah

and Hamas have each murdered nearly 500 Israelis in nearly 7 years of

suicide bombing and terrorism.

" Despite this, the Bush Administration and the Olmert government act

as though Abbas and Fatah were moderates who should be strengthened

and with whom peace negotiations are desirable. The impression is

given that Abbas' dissolving of the PA unity government with Hamas is

somehow an opportunity for peace-making. This is a terrible mistake.

It is vital that the United States and Israel cease the policy of

funding, arming and diplomatically supporting Abbas and Fatah, which

has ensured that the PA remains an unreformed terrorist regime. It is

after Abbas and Fatah who retain control over the content of

Palestinian textbooks and the media, both of which promote hatred of

Jews, Israel, Christians and America. The U.S. and Israel are making

the same mistake they made when they falsely stated that Yasser

Arafat was a moderate peacemaker, and on that false premise made

concessions to his Fatah regime which resulted in a surge of

terrorism and placed Israel in greater danger.

" Also exposed again is, Mahmoud Abbas' real attitude towards

terrorism against Israeli civilians. It has been reported that Abbas

has rejected an offer by the Arab League Secretary-General, Amr

Moussa, to negotiate with Hamas' Khaled Meshaal. A spokesman for

Abbas has actually called Hamas `murderers' and Abbas aide Yasser

Abed Rabbo was also quoted as describing Hamas as `killers' (

Jerusalem Post, June 19, 2007). Yet, whenever Hamas murdered

Israelis, he never referred to them as killers. Until now, Abbas did

not lift a finger to stop terrorism against Israelis. On the

contrary, he previously praised terrorists wanted by Israel

as `heroes fighting for freedom,' stated that `Israel calls them

murderers, we call them strugglers.' Abbas also described Hamas

terrorist chieftain Sheikh Ahmad Yasin as a `martyr.' So much for

Abbas condemning terrorism and working to end it.

" Now, however, when he himself is under attack from Hamas, Abbas can

suddenly reject dealing with Hamas, authorize Fatah to fight Hamas

with full force and describe them as `murderers.' The conclusion is

obvious: Palestinian Arabs who murder Jews are not terrorists so far

as Mahmoud Abbas is concerned. It seems that when Hamas kills Jews,

that's acceptable. It only when Hamas kills Arabs that it becomes a

problem.

" Mahmoud Abbas got himself into this situation of empowering Hamas

and legitimizing it by forming a unity government with it. It is not

the responsibility of Israel, the United States or anyone else to

save him and his forces now that Hamas has decided to take over Gaza.

Abbas has done nothing to merit our support. It is vital that we do

not decide at this moment to continue faster in the same wrong

direction of trying further to empower Abbas. Until and unless Abbas

take steps to fulfill all Palestinian obligations under the Oslo

Agreements, there should be neither diplomatic, financial or military

support nor other rewards and concessions for Abbas and the PA. "

 

* * *

The Zionist Organization of America, founded in 1897, is the oldest

pro-Israel organization in the United States. The ZOA works to

strengthen U.S.-Israel relations, educates the American public and

Congress about the dangers that Israel faces, and combats anti-Israel

bias in the media and on college campuses. Its past presidents have

included Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis and Rabbi Dr. Abba

Hillel Silver. "

ZOA Chapters

Atlanta, GA

Baltimore, MD

Bethesda, MD Mitchell Finkel, Vice President

bethesda

Boca Raton, FL

Boston, MA Henry Silverman, President

70 Park Street, Suite 25

Brookline, MA 02446

Brooklyn, NY Rubin Margules, President

Phone: 718-339-8379

Fax: 718-339-8610

www.zoabrooklyn.org

brooklyn

Cherry Hill, NJ

Chicago, IL

Cleveland, OH Cleveland ZOA

3246 DeSota Ave

Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118

Phone: 216-320-0726

Fax: 216-320-0793

cleveland

Dallas, TX

Dayton, OH

Detroit, MI Dr. Jerome S. Kaufman

ZOA National Secretary

michigan

Current Newsletter

Hartford, CT

Long Island, NY Dr. Alan Mazurek, President

Los Angeles / Western Region Ed Ames, President

18455 Burbank Blvd., Suite 300

Tarzana, CA 91356

Phone: 818.342.3363

Fax: 818.342.3115

zoawest

Manhattan, NY Mr. Marvin Belsky

manhattan

Milwaukee, WI

New Haven, CT Ron Scherban

New Jersey (Northern)

Palm Beach, FL

Philadelphia, PA Lori Lowenthal Marcus,

President

Steve Feldman, Executive

7923 Bustleton Ave.

Philadelphia, PA 19152

Phone: 215-338-9188

Fax: 215-338-9189

philadelphia

www.zoaphilly.org

Phoenix, AZ

Pittsburgh, PA Bill Wigton, Executive Director

6334 Forbes Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15217

Phone: 412-421-6660

Fax: 412-421-6669

pittsburgh

Rochester, NY Dr. Leon Szmedra, President rochesterny

San Diego, CA Howard L. Dyckman, President sandiego

San Francisco, CA

Silver Spring, MD Mitchell Finkel, Vice President

silverspring

Youngstown, OH

Washington, DC

Westchester, NY

Wouldn't it be great if someone were to start a ZOA chapter close

enough for lots of us to

participate in and join. Who will be the first in our area to contact

the ZOA about getting a ZOA chapter started in our area? The Zionist

Organization

of America

4 East 34th Street

New York, NY 10016 Telephone:

212-481-1500

Fax:

212-481-1515

General Information

info Membership

membership

info AT zoa.org membership AT zoa.org

 

Orthodox Union Singles Connection invites you to a fun-filled night

of

Summer in the City: Noah Solomon and Friends in Concert

Enjoy the great music of Soulfarm's Noah Solomon and a buffet dinner

as we welcome the summer

Location: The Edmund J. Safra Synagogue, 11 E. 63rd St. (between

Madison and 5th)

Date and Time: Thursday, June 21, Dinner: 6:30-7:00 pm, Concert: 7:00

pm

Cost: $20.00 in advance, $25.00 at the door

Reservations: 212-613-8300

Open to singles of all ages. Don't get closed out!

http://www.ou.org

community

community AT ou.org

JEWISH SINGLES DINNER/HOUSE PARTY

Elite Jewish Singles (45-60) is hosting a house and lawn dinner party

on Saturday, July 7th at 6:30 p.m. in Metuchen, N.J. Appetizers,

dinner and desserts, cost is $25.00. Comfortable atmosphere, good

food

and friendly people. Contact 732-548-0322 for reservations and

directions. Reserve early!

you may also email:

elaine423nj

elaine423nj AT

regarding the

JEWISH SINGLES DINNER/HOUSE PARTY

Elite Jewish Singles (45-60)

 

We also hope that you will join

NEW_JERSEY_SCIENCE_FICTION_FANS

 

Please forward this sign up information to everyone who should get

it.

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it.

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NEW_JERSEY_SCIENCE_FICTION_FANS

or to attend any of its events. If you go to a restaurant you pay

only for the

food that you order plus tax and tip.

You never pay

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anything for any of its events.

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Please forward this sign up information to everyone who should get

it.

NEW_JERSEY_SCIENCE_FICTION_FANS-

NEW_JERSEY_SCIENCE_FICTION_FANS/

Wants you! Our Science Fiction group is for everyone 21 or older

regardless of background or marital status. Younger fans should find

another group. Please introduce yourself when you join and

periodically as

new members keep joining. We plan to get together at restaurants and

to go

to movies. We will see them in movie theaters,and, if people are kind

enough, on people's home VCRs, or DVD

players, for the technologically advanced among us. Buy your own

movie

tickets. Buy your own meals at

Restaurants. Hopefully a typical event would involve going to a

Science

Fiction Movie and then to a Restaurant to discuss the movie we just

saw.

Are you a single Science Fiction fan looking for a soulmate? Perhaps

you

will find that person here. This club is not a New Jersey singles

group per se,

and is open to anyone over 21, regardless of background or marital

status,

nonetheless, love is a

good thing. In the parts of New Jersey where the

science fiction clubs we know of operate there is also a

very high percentage of Jewish residents. Many science fiction fans

and

science fiction writers and even science fiction stars, like Leonard

Nimoy,

(Mr. Spock), of Star Trek, and William Shatner (Captain Kirk), of

Star

Trek, also happen to be Jewish. Most science fiction fans I know are

single

men, and many of them, at least in places like New Jersey, are

Jewish.

 

Many science fiction fans in New Jersey also happen to be Jewish.

Most

science fiction fans are male. For the single Jewish woman in New

Jersey

joining a science fiction group may be the ideal way to find her

ideal man.

Unlike most singles events, which tend to be attended by more women

than

men,most science fiction events are attended by more men than women.

 

If you happen to be Jewish, Single and over 21

Please state that you are Jewish, Single, 21 or over, when you apply

to join

the Jewish Singles at the websites the urls below will

take

you to

 

JewishSinglesOfNJ/

 

JewishSinglesinNJforIsrael/

 

JewishSinglesFromEverywhere/

One of the biggest complaints heard from many

women who attend some singles events

is that there are far more women than men

in attendance.

 

 

One of the biggest complaints heard from

many men who attend most science fiction

events is that there are far more men in

attendance than women.

 

Most science fiction fans are male.

Many science fiction fans in places like

New Jersey are also Jewish.

There are science fiction clubs in many

places. In New Jersey many science fiction

club attendees are single Jewish men.

The SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATON OF BERGEN

COUNTY, NEW JERSEY http://www.sfabc.org

is open to everyone regardless of marital status or background

and is absolutely NOT a singles group

nonetheless many single Jewish men attend its many functions.

It has existed since 1984 c.e. and was founded by its

director, Phil. The club holds a monthly meeting

on the Second Saturday night of each month.

 

Phil, is the founder and director of http://www.sfabc.org

201 447-3652 The Science Fiction Association of Bergen County, New

Jersey please contact Phil regarding UPCOMING SCIENCE FICTION

ASSOCIATION OF BERGEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY

EVENTS

 

THE SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION OF BERGEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY

http://www.sfabc.org

was founded in 1984 by Phil who still is the Director.

They have been having monthly meetings on the second Saturday of each

month ,usually in the evening, since about 1984.

http://www.sfabc.org

not affiliated with NEW_JERSEY_SCIENCE_FICTION_FANS but highly

recommended by NEW_JERSEY_SCIENCE_FICTION_FANS

 

CALL PHIL AT 201 447-3652 FOR DETAILS

http://www.sfabc.org

contact Phil at SFABCPhil

SFABCPhil

SFABCPhil AT gmail.com

please contact Phil, who is the founder and director of

the SFABC, the Science Fiction Association of Bergen County, New

Jersey,

at 201 447-3652 regarding the monthly SFABC meetings and the

other SFABC events.

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Help to counter anti-Israel, anti-Semitic callers to

CSPAN programs such as Washington Journal, by making your own pro-

Israel, pro-Jewish, pro-Zionist, calls to those same CSPAN programs.

 

Please also do your part to help Israel by joining pro-Israel groups

both on line and in real life. You can read more about topics and

people in the

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c-span, also known as C-SPAN provides much valuable information.

However, we are

distressed that programs like

Washington Journal on c-span seem to provide a forum for

anti-Semites and enemies of Israel and the Jewish people in

general who seem to not only call into that t.v. show, but get

through, and get

on the air, where they are seldom interupted or cut off by the show's

moderators. We feel that a 2 minute delay could enable the show's

moderators to

screen out the anti-Semites and enemies of Israel and the Jewish

people, however

no such 2 minute delay seems to be in place. Moreover the moderators

of that

show and others do not seem to be of a mind to cut off the anti-

Semites and

other enemies of Israel and the Jewish people in general who

regularly call into

that show and others

on c-span. We have therefore created this in the hopes

that members

of the group will become regular viewers of c-span and will call in

regularly to

Washington Journal and other c-span call in t.v. shows, to support

Israel and

the Jewish people and to counter the anti-Semites and other enemies

of Israel

and the Jewish people whose calls are regularly aired on c-span. We

also hope

that members of our will contact their U.S.

Senators and members of Congress and President Bush at

http://www.whitehouse.gov to see what can be done about

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If you know of other pro-Israel on line groups and/or pro-Israel

groups that meet in real life please post the information about them.

There are many avenues for Jewish activism. Support of Israel,

Support of the Jewish people, Opposition to anti-Semitism, to name a

few.

We believe that it is vital for Jewish survival that single Jews

meet other single Jews, marry one another, and raise their children

as Jews. Because there is a hole in our calendar from Friday night

to Saturday night during which many single Jews go to non-Jewish

singles events, meet non-Jews, marry non-Jews, and have children

from those marriages who are not raised as Jews, the Jewish people

faces a very severe problem. We urge everyone who reads this to

contact his or her Rabbi and demand that his or her Rabbi hold

regular Jewish singles Onegs on Friday nights.

We feel that it is vitally important that single Jews go to Jewish

singles events and meet other Jewish singles at those events.

If you know anyone who happens to be Jewish who is hosting a

singles event please ask him or her to consider hosting events just

for Jewish singles.

We also offer the opportunity at our on line Jewish singles groups

to post your Jewish singles introductions and to respond to other

Jewish singles introductions.

Please do so regularly. Please state that you are Jewish, single and

over 21

in your introductions at our on line Jewish singles groups.

Please state that you are Jewish, Single, 21 or over, when you apply

to join the Jewish Singles at the websites the urls

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Do you have a Jewish single friend that you have not yet met in

person and may have been in touch with via email or telephone or

otherwise Why not invite that Jewish single friend to meet you at

one of the many Jewish singles events listed in our posts

Be sure to send your photo to your Jewish single friend, and to ask

your Jewish single friend to send a photo to you.

That way you can recognize one another when you meet at a Jewish

singles event.

Please state that you are Jewish, Single, 21 or over, when you apply

to join the Jewish Singles at the websites the urls

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A free fantastic Jewish singles resource

can be found at the url below

 

http://www.thejewishpeople.org/

You may post your own introductions there, with our without photos

of yourself and may also search for other Jewish singles there

by state, gender, age range, etc.

Everything there is free.

We have no connections whatsoever to the site,

but if you do post your photo there you may wish to

include the url where your photo may be found at that

site, in your introductions, and responses to other introductions,

that you post at our Jewish singles groups.

Most Jewish singles events are of course attended

primarily, but not exclusively, by Baby Boomers, give or take a few

years or so, because Baby Boomers, give or take a few years or so

are the largest element in the population as a whole. If you attend

we ask that you be Jewish, single and over 21.

You are invited to join us at Veggie Heaven on Sunday June 24th, 2007

c.e. at 12 Noon in

Parsippany, New Jersey. This IS a Jewish Singles event for Jewish

singles.

We do not charge any fees for attending any of our

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events. When we go to restaurants you pay only for what you order

plus tax and tip. You never pay us anything. You pay the restaurant

directly. You do not have to be a member

of any of our to attend any of our events. If you do

join our

there is no charge to join them and no charge to belong to them.

You do not need a reservation to attend. Just show up.

 

Most lunches, which include entree, and your choice of brown rice

or white rice , and soup, are priced UNDER $6 before tax and tip.

 

If turnout is large people are invited to sit with whoever

they feel comfortable sitting with, and to table hop if they wish.

 

Veggie Heaven is a 100% non-smoking restaurant,

is moderately priced,has brown rice, does not use MSG or

animal products, is Kosher and totally vegetarian, has plenty of

free parking and is easy to reach from nearby highways.

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Aish Monday Night Shabbaton

Come join your fellow One on One, Hebrew, Magical Mystery Torah, Aish

Intros and Foundations participants for a fun and inspiring Shabbat

experience in warm and friendly Passaic, NJ. Meals, speakers and

housing will be arranged by us!

June 29th and 30th

Passaic, NJ

Cost: $36

To register call Esther Hirsch at 973.773.5782

For young Jewish Professionals in their 20s and 30s

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We highly recommend http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/

" the Jewish community's leading response to the multi-million dollar

efforts of cults and evangelical " (Xtians) " who target Jews for

conversion. "

" For more than half a century, the American Israel Public Affairs

Committee has worked to help make Israel more secure by ensuring that

American support remains strong. From a small public affairs

boutique in the 1950s, AIPAC has grown into a 100,000-member national

grassroots movement described by The New York Times as " the most

important organization affecting America's relationship with Israel. "

 

to learn more about AIPAC please click on

http://www.aipac.org

" Virtually every day in your hometown or in Washington, DC there is

an AIPAC briefing, seminar or event.

AIPAC Summer Lunchtime Briefing - " Hamas, Fatah and the Prospects for

Israeli - Palestinian Talks "

6/20/2007 12:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Atlanta, GA

Be educates and empowered, join us for a first-hand analysis about

the challenges facing Israel, with AIPAC's Jerusalem office Deputy, Tom Sawicki at our kick-off luncheon program, one of many

AIPAC 2007 summer lunchtime briefing series.

AIPAC Summit Leadership and Annual Club Luncheon

6/21/2007 12:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Philadelphia, PA

The Annual Club Luncheon, featuring Ambassador Dennis Ross, will

bring together leaders of the pro-Israel community from the Greater

Philadelphia Area.

The 11th Annual Young Leadership Gala Dinner

6/21/2007 6:30 PM - 12:00 AM

New York, NY

We anticipate over 750 of AIPAC's most influential and generous young

activists at this year's dinner.

Atlanta Luncheon & Briefing: A Ticking Time Bomb: Iran's Nuclear

March

6/27/2007 12:00 PM

Atlanta, GA

Lunchtime briefing with Daniel Kutner, Director of the Bureau for

Economic & Strategic Affairs will give you a first-hand analysis

about the challenges facing Israel with the prospect of a nuclear

Iran looms larger each day.

AIPAC Club Event

6/27/2007 6:00 PM

Lawrenceville, NJ

The Annual Club Event will bring together leaders of the pro-Israel

community from the Princeton, Mercer and Bucks Counties.

Breakfast Briefing with Ambassador Dennis Ross

6/27/2007 9:30 AM

Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Breakfast Briefing with Ambassador Dennis Ross, the Washington

Institute's counselor and Ziegler distinguished fellow.

Washington Club Luncheon and Briefing

7/11/2007 12:15 PM

New York, NY

We hope to see you at our next Washington Club Luncheon and Briefing,

featuring Husain Haqqani.

AIPAC's Greater Washington Area Brieifing Series

7/12/2007 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Washington, DC

The third installment of the Washington Club Briefing Series is

entitled " Beyond the Headlines: An examination of Israeli and

Palestinian Society. "

AIPAC Young Leaders Summer Event in Boston

7/16/2007 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Boston, MA

Affect Israel's future by joining AIPAC Young Leaders in Boston for

its annual summer event featuring Stephen Schneider, executive

director of AIPAC's Global Leadership Institute.

AIPAC Aspen Cocktail Reception

7/31/2007 5:30 PM

Colorado, CO

Please join other AIPAC Special Club Members from across the country

at one of AIPAC's premier events in beautiful Aspen, Colorado.

AIPAC Breakfast and Book Signing with Dennis Ross

8/9/2007 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Denver, CO

Come join us for breakfast as Ambassador Dennis Ross's tour for his

new book, " Statescape: How to Restore America's Standing in the

World " , brings him to Denver.

Capitol Club Luncheon and Briefing

8/13/2007 12:15 PM - 12:00 AM

New York, NY

Come and join us for a Capitol Club Luncheon and Briefing with Mr.

Avi Issacharoff.

Inside the Palestinian Authority: What do the Palestinians Really

Want?

8/14/2007 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Boston, MA

Join us for a unique perspective on the future of the Palestinian

Authority and its relationship with Israel.

AIPAC's Greater Washington Area Briefing Series

9/6/2007 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Washington, DC

The final installment of the Washington Club Briefing Series will

feature Jason Boxt, AIPAC's Deputy Political Director. He will give a

briefing entitled, " A Look Ahead: The 2008 Presidential Election. "

David Horovitz Club Briefing

10/23/2007 7:00 PM

Las Vegas, NV

AIPAC Club Member Briefing with David Horovitz, editor-in-chief of

The Jerusalem Post.

AIPAC National Summit in Philadelphia

10/28/2007 - 10/29/2007

11:00 AM

Philadelphia, PA

An exclusive annual gathering for AIPAC's leading activists

Click here to register

Las Vegas 2007 Annual Dinner

12/16/2007 5:30 PM

Las Vegas, NV

A Community United for Israel: Join members of the pro-Israel

community for the most important evening in Las Vegas affecting the

U.S.-Israel relationship.

South Bay Membership Dinner

12/16/2007 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Santa Clara, CA

Join AIPAC area activists for a highly informative program featuring

AIPAC Executive Director Howard Kohr.

Sacramento Membership Luncheon

12/16/2007 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM

Sacramento, CA

Learn what you can do to strengthen the U.S.-Israel relationship.

East Bay Membership Event

12/17/2007 6:30 PM

Oakland, CA

The East Bay's annual membership event gives area activists the

chance to gain deeper insight into the challenges facing the United

States and Israel.

San Francisco Membership Luncheon

12/17/2007 11:45 AM

San Francisco, CA

This annual gathering offers AIPAC members the opportunity to hear

from the organization's Executive Director about the dangers and

difficulties facing Israel.

AIPAC Annual Phoenix Event

1/20/2008 9:15 AM

Phoenix, AZ

Come be a part of AIPAC's annual Phoenix community event, the largest

AIPAC event in AZ

Annual San Diego Event

2/10/2008 10:00 AM

San Diego, CA

San Diego's annual AIPAC brunch.

San Diego Annual Brunch

4/13/2008 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

San Diego, CA

Be part of San Diego's most important pro-Israel political advoacy

event!

AIPAC Policy Conference 2008

6/2/2008 - 6/4/2008

10:00 AM

Washington, DC

The three most important days affecting Israel's future. "

events directly above are AIPAC events

Women For Israel's Tomorrow (Women in Green)

POB 7352, Jerusalem 91072, Israel

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WHO WE ARE

 

Women for Israel's Tomorrow (Women in Green) is a rapidly growing

grassroots women's movement -- grandmothers, mothers, wives, and

daughters; housewives and professionals; secular and religious -- all

bound together by a shared love, devotion and concern for Israel. We

are not affiliated with, nor do we support, any particular political

party. We have chapters throughout Israel and abroad, including Los

Angeles, New York, Chicago and Toronto. We also have many men among

our supporters.

In existence only since late 1993, the Women for Israel's Tomorrow, a

registered non-profit organization, has accomplished a great deal. In

addition to weekly street theater and public demonstrations, we write

weekly articles, commission posters, advertise in newspapers, and

lecture to groups in order to educate the electorate on the

consequences of certain government policies, such as abandoning the

Golan Heights for an illusory promise of peace, and pandering to

Arafat, without requiring him to live up to his obligations under the

Oslo Accords. We insist that Israel remain a Jewish state. We are

actively and intimately connected with the fight to preserve a united

Jerusalem. We support and encourage the brave Jewish community in the

ancient city of Hebron, and sponsor annual Hanukkah and Purim parties

with gifts and professional entertainment for the isolated Jewish

children in that community.

Our movement is dedicated to the security and Jewish heritage of

historic Israel, and we are outspoken in support of our cause. We are

popularly known as the " Women in Green " because of the green hats we

wear.

A leading Hebrew newspaper, Maariv, has described us as " the most

authentic and exciting popular resistance movement to have arisen

here (in Israel) in the last few years " .

For more information, please contact:

Co-chairwomen: Ruth Matar and Nadia Matar

Women in Green, P.O.B. 7352, Jerusalem

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Letter from Ruth and Nadia Matar (Women in Green) Jerusalem

 

Sunday, June 10, 2007

 

The following article appeared today in the Jerusalem Post.

Sign an online petition against the planned closure at: www.jpost.com.

 

`Post' readers demand English news be saved

Axing IBA news branded `madness, tantamount to national suicide'

• Crucial meeting tomorrow • Readers worldwide sign `Post' on-line

petition

• Jerusalem Post staff

 

Howls of protest, outrage and disbelief from Jerusalem Post readers

around the world have greeted the threat of the imminent closure of

the Israel Broadcasting Authority's English-language TV and radio

news broadcasts.

Ahead of a meeting of the IBA's Management Committee on Monday, at

which almost all foreign language news broadcasts are facing the axe,

Post readers have written in from Israel, across Europe, the US,

South Africa, Australia, Asia and beyond to urge the IBA to

reconsider.

Far from halting the broadcasts, many writers urged, the government

should be expanding them as a means of getting Israel's message

across.

" Shooting yourselves in the foot, " " madness " and " tantamount to

national suicide " are some of the more succinct readers' criticisms

of the planned move, which is being mooted because of financial

pressures at the state broadcaster.

Threats have been issued in years past to close down English news -

which broadcasts three local and one global radio broadcasts and a

daily TV news show - and a dozen other foreign language news

services, only for last-minute reprieves to save the services. But

staffing at these services has been relentlessly cut over the past

two years - from 25 staffers to seven, for instance, in the English

radio department. And insiders fear there may be no reprieve this

time, or that further cuts would stretch the foreign language

departments past the breaking point.

Hebrew and Arabic news broadcasts are not under threat, but

broadcasts in other languages, including Russian, French, Spanish and

Amharic, are similarly facing the axe.

Further adding to the insiders' concern is the sense that the IBA's

management is too weak to stand up to the pressure to cut costs, and

the fact that the IBA does not have a minister in government to look

after its interests. Labor's Eitan Cabel, who held that

responsibility, resigned following publication of the Winograd

Committee's interim report.

Set against this, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who

is also acting finance minister, has promised that he will look into

the matter. In 2000, Olmert, then the minister responsible for the

IBA, pledged to ensure that the English news services were

maintained. The IBA is also required by law to maintain foreign

language broadcasts.

In a September 2000 letter, Olmert told the Post, " I have spoken to

the director of the Broadcasting Authority about this issue and have

given him a directive that there is no place for a further change in

the programming of the English news broadcast. I am aware of the

importance of the English news broadcast for the English-speaking

population in Israel and its significant listening audience. "

Ironically, the insiders said, Israel Radio's various services are

profitable, while its TV services are not - yet it is the radio,

rather than TV, that is set to bear the brunt of the new cuts.

In comments to the Post, one writer asserted that the IBA's

broadcasts were no less valuable than the American jet fighters

Israel buys for tens of millions of dollars.

In a similar vein, with added cynicism, another said, of the

government: " They caused the army to lose the battle on the 'ground'

last year. Why not lose the 'air' this year? "

A writer from Chile said that while " guns are essential to defend

Israel, " it also has to " win the war of ideas. In this, the English

voice of IBA is essential. "

" Not only will Israel lose the possibility to defend itself against

the slanders that abound in English-speaking and Arab-controlled

media, " added a reader from Poland, " but it will cut off its friends

in Europe, USA and elsewhere in the world from an essential source of

unbiased information on the Middle East. "

The planned closure " comes only a few months after Al-Jazeera's 24/7

English programming became available for free through its Internet

site, " noted another Post protester. " Without an English IBA

broadcast, pro-Arab images and spin will monopolize the projection of

local Mideast news into English-speaking countries. Israel cannot

afford any more stupid PR moves like this. "

" What is the government of Israel thinking? " asked one correspondent

from the US. " I listen to IBA on the Internet every single day. It's

the only way I get the real news from Israel. Not only that, the

syndicated Middle East English broadcast Mosaic, on Link TV, features

news from several Arab countries and broadcasts from Al-Jazeera and

Al-Arabiya. If IBA were not on with those broadcasts, only the Arab

view would be presented. "

A reader in South Africa echoed the theme: " The move to cancel this

station would only be seriously detrimental to those that are trying

to fight Israel's case abroad, " she wrote.

" It would be madness to abandon English broadcasts, " wrote one

correspondent from the UK, citing a perceived anti-Israel bias of the

BBC " influencing a whole UK generation... But then madness seems to

be a common malady in today's Israel. "

" Instead of shutting down we should be expanding this incredible

resource, " concluded an Israeli writer. " If there are major problems,

repair them. This is our face to the world. "

In a letter to the heads of the IBA, meanwhile, Prof. Elihu Richter

of the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and

Community Medicine called the plan to cut the IBA English

broadcasts " a stupid exercise in self-destruction at a time when

there never has been a greater need for increasing the English

language service. "

" Imagine what would have happened in WWII had the BBC decided to cut

its broadcasts to the world - broadcasting its messages to far and

wide about Britain's fight against Nazi Germany - or the US had

decided to cut its Radio Free Europe and Voice of America broadcasts

to those living under Communist tyranny, " Richter asked.

" Broadcasts of Israel's message to the world are part of Israel's

fight for existence at a time of unparalleled danger to the country, "

he stated. " The answer to the massive amount of misinformation and

disinformation about Israel is a strengthened Israeli news service

and program broadcasting to the world in all languages. "

In an editorial last week, the Post noted that " Israel gets too few

opportunities to present its perspective overseas. For Israel to thus

undercut its own obvious interest boggles the mind. "

It went on: " Military contests are only one facet of the challenges

Israel faces. Waging a convincing battle for hearts and minds

overseas is essential. In this inherently crucial conflict Israel

must not lose any outlet for its voice, especially not the IBA's

voice in English. "

IMPORTANT:

Post readers can sign an online petition against the planned closure

at www.jpost.com

 

* * *

 

With Blessings and Love for Israel,

Ruth and Nadia Matar

 

MATERIAL DIRECTLY ABOVE IS FROM WOMEN IN GREEN

MATERIAL DIRECTLY BELOW IS FROM CAMERA

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A Brief History of CAMERA

The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, or

CAMERA, was founded in Washington, DC in 1982 by Winifred Meiselman,

a teacher and social worker. Mrs. Meiselman formed CAMERA to respond

to the Washington Post's coverage of Israel's Lebanon incursion, and

to the paper's general anti-Israel bias. Joining CAMERA's Executive

Board in the early days were such prominent Washington-area residents

as Saul Stern and Bernard White. Win also recruited an Advisory Board

which included Senators Rudy Boschwitz and Charles Grassley,

Congressman Tom Lantos, journalist M. Stanton Evans, Ambassador

Charles Lichenstein, Pastor Roy Stewart, and Rabbi David Yellin.

Under Win's leadership CAMERA created chapters in major cities,

including New York, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Miami, San

Francisco, Philadelphia, and in 1988 a Boston chapter and office,

founded and led by Andrea Levin. Ms. Levin had taught English in

inner city Philadelphia, and later served as associate editor of the

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management at Harvard's Kennedy School

of Government.

In 1989, CAMERA took a large step forward with a highly successful

conference organized by the Boston chapter: " The Media, The Message

and The Middle East. " The event galvanized public interest concerning

the media's power to sway public opinion on Middle East policy – and

the potential harm of distorted coverage. Held at Boston's Park Plaza

Hotel, the conference drew an overflow crowd of more than 1000

attendees, and featured such well-known speakers as Norman Podhoretz,

editor of Commentary Magazine, Ambassador Alan Keyes, Professors Alan

Dershowitz of Harvard University, Ruth Wisse of McGill University,

Jerrold Auerbach of Wellesley, and David Wyman of UMass Amherst.

Joining these speakers were Ms. Levin, who documented the Boston

Globe's bias against Israel, and the Boston chapter's Deputy, Charles Jacobs, who critiqued a biased teacher's guide

which accompanied a PBS documentary.

CAMERA's 1989 Conference fills the Park Plaza Ballroom.

After the conference the Boston chapter continued to grow rapidly, as

the Executive Board was joined by noted professionals in law and

medicine, as well as a number of Boston's top business leaders,

including the co-founders of such major firms as Timberland and

Staples

In 1991 Ms. Meiselman retired due to health problems, and leadership

of the organization passed to Ms. Levin. The Boston chapter became

the national – and eventually the only – office of CAMERA, as the

local chapters were allowed to reincorporate separately or to close.

(Notably, the San Francisco chapter, headed by entrepreneur Gerardo

Joffe, became FLAME, Facts and Logic about the Middle East, and

exists to this day.)

Under Ms. Levin's leadership CAMERA's membership grew within a few

years from 1000 to over 20,000, and now numbers over 55,000, and

besides the Boston headquarters the organization also has offices in

Washington, DC, New York, Chicago, and Israel.

Over the years CAMERA has focused major efforts on improving coverage

of Israel and the Middle East by such major outlets as the New York

Times, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio

(NPR), the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and ABC News.

While there have been major successes with most of these outlets,

there is also a continuing need for monitoring and interaction.

New projects initiated by CAMERA in recent years include:

The CAMERA Fellows Program, to teach college students how to write op-

ed's, start campus journals, and recognize and respond to propaganda.

Sessions have been held around the United States, and in June 2006

more than 20 of the participants were flown to Israel for intensive

training sessions and to provide a direct, personal experience of the

country and the challenges it faces. Students met with Israeli

academics, government spokesmen, recently retired senior intelligence

officials, young Israeli soldiers, Israeli journalists, Palestinian

journalists, and foreign journalists. Participants also got to see

first- hand much of the country.

The British Project, to deal with major media in Britain, such as the

Guardian, the Independent, and the BBC, which have global reach and

all too often have problematic Middle East coverage.

The Christian Project, to deal with distorted Middle East coverage in

Christian publications, and to do outreach to the Christian

community.

As it enters its 25th year in 2007 CAMERA continues to expand its

programing and reach. Increased challenges have been met with

increased innovation and effectiveness.

CAMERA

Founded in 1982, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting

in America is a media-monitoring, research and membership

organization devoted to promoting accurate and balanced coverage of

Israel and the Middle East. CAMERA fosters rigorous reporting, while

educating news consumers about Middle East issues and the role of the

media. Because public opinion ultimately shapes public policy,

distorted news coverage that misleads the public can be detrimental

to sound policymaking. A non-partisan organization, CAMERA takes no

position with regard to American or Israeli political issues or with

regard to ultimate solutions to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The scope of the problem

Inaccurate and distorted accounts of events in Israel and the Middle

East are to be found everywhere from college radio stations to

network television, from community newspapers to national magazines,

and, of course, on the Internet. In recent years misinformation about

the Middle East has also surfaced in fashion magazines, architectural

publications, encyclopedias, professional reference works, geography

textbooks, travel guides, and even dictionaries. Frequently

inaccurate and skewed characterizations of Israel and of events in

the Middle East may fuel anti-Israel and anti-Jewish prejudice.

How CAMERA works

CAMERA systematically monitors, documents, reviews and archives

Middle East coverage. Staffers directly contact reporters, editors,

producers and publishers concerning distorted or inaccurate coverage,

offering factual information to refute errors. CAMERA members are

encouraged to write letters for publication in the print media and to

communicate with correspondents, anchors and network officials in the

electronic media. CAMERA's combination of rigorous monitoring,

research, fact-checking, careful analysis, and grassroots efforts

have had a documented impact.

How CAMERA members are kept informed

Members receive a variety of publications, including:

The CAMERA Media Report

Action Alerts detailing specific media misrepresentations

The CAMERA Media Directory, containing contact information for media

outlets

Members of CAMERA's e-mail team receive frequent Alerts and

information.

In addition, CAMERA staffers regularly assist members seeking

specific information.

CAMERA's work is frequently cited in the secular and Jewish press,

and in journalism reviews.

CAMERA on college campuses

Increasingly, campuses have been the scene of propagandistic assaults

on Israel. Distorted literature, extreme speakers and false,

inflammatory images are all too common, creating harmful

misperceptions of Israel. This hostile environment can be

intimidating to students seeking fair and objective information on

Middle East issues.

CAMERA publishes a student-focused magazine, CAMERA on Campus,

containing specialized information useful in countering

misinformation. CAMERA also provides one-on-one assistance to

students who encounter Middle East distortions in campus

publications, flyers, rallies and classroom teaching.

How to participate

Join CAMERA. CAMERA is 501©(3) nonprofit and contributions are tax-

deductible to the full extent allowed by law.

Join CAMERA's e-mail team and respond to Action Alerts.

Call and write independently whenever possible to counter media

misinformation.

Distribute CAMERA publications and Action Alerts to your friends,

religious groups, schools and civic organizations.

To contact CAMERA

Call us at (617)789-3672

Send us a fax at (617)787-7853

To to CAMERA's E-Mail Team alerts, send a note with your

name, address, email, telephone number and how you heard about the

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(Meshugeneh means crazy in Yiddish (so-called Messy an eck Jews,

they spell it somewhat differently, are not really Jews, they are

Xtians pretending to be Jews to convert Jews to their religion)