Life & Times
/ People & Places
Working
in the cultural and diplomatic establishment,
I have had the honor of meeting
many people from around the world. Here are some
of them, and some other ones too...
Me
and Congressman Charlie Rangel D-NY (A member
of the Democratic Party, he is the third-longest
currently serving member of the House of Representatives,
serving consistently since 1971.)
With
The Hon. James P. Molinaro, Staten Island Borough
President and C. Hargrove, after the
Proclamation I initiated was signed, declaring
September as 'Preparedness Month' on Staten Island
With
Rabbi Eli Abadi of the Safra Synagogue of New
York City. A great man,
honored to have worked and traveled with him,
Jerusalem, England, California.
With
the great Rabbi David Bar-Hayim, head of the Shiloh
Institute in Jerusalem who is famous
for reviving the ancient 'Nusach Erets Yisrael'
of ancient Israel, based upon the Talmud Yerushalmi
/ 2011
David
Weprin (D) member of the New York State Assembly
and I at the CJH - September 2011
Speaking
to guests at a Judaica museum in Riverdale, New
York in May 2011
Friends
and I...long story...it was a cultural event
The Hon. Serge Berdugo, Ambassador-At-Large
for King Mohammed VI of Morocco and I, Dec 2010
L-R:
Myself, Rabbi Elie Abadie, M.D. rabbi of the Safra
Synagogue of NYC and Director of Sephardic Studies
at
Yeshiva University; Rabbi Moshe Tessone, Community
Relations Dir. of Y.U.'s Sephardic Studies Program,
Sion Setton
The
great Dr. Norman Stillman of Univ. of Oklahoma
and I, at the opening of my exhibit
in 2010
With
Hakham David Messas, Chief Rabbi of Paris. He
is from Morocco, where his father,
Shalom Messas zs"l (1909-2003) was Chief
Rabbi before becoming Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem.
Photo taken in Brooklyn, Dec. 10, 2010
- (He past away a year later.)
Myself;
Hakham Shaul J. Kassin, Chief Rabbi of the Syrian
and Near Eastern Jewish Communities in America;
and Rabbi Nissim Elnecave, together, visiting
the Edmond J. Safra Synagogue in Manhattan.
Friends
from the Brooklyn community and myself at a dinner
at Yankee Stadium, March 2010
A
photo with anchor, Sheppard Smith the day I was
on Fox News' 'Fox Report' May 2009
Congressman
Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and I at a reception to focus
on legal rights & redress on refugees from
Arab
countries. The Congressman helped pass our Resolution
last year. He has been wearing a new
carnation on his lapel every day since 1980! /
May 7, 2009
A
gentleman from Turkey and I, both with similar
interests, visiting the amazing
Hebrew rare book collection
at Sotheby's in New York City, Feb. 2009
With
my good friend David Schweke and Rabbi Abraham
Sutton from Los Angeles. Brooklyn Dec. 2008
With
Rabbi Sam Kassin, the Rosh Yeshiva of Midrash
Sefaradi of Jerusalem. Brooklyn Oct. 2008
With
the Torah at the new Cong. Bet Yaakob (in the
old Ahava/Egyptian synagogue) October 5, 2008
With
Yossi Ben-Aharon, Israeli Ambassador (ret.) at
our hearing in the House of Lords in London, June
2008
In
London standing in front of a painting of Haham
Solomon Gaon ZS"L, one of the most respected
rabbis of the 20th century.
Born in Yugoslavia to a Spanish Jewish family,
he became Chief Rabbi of the Sephardi communities
in Britain
and later helped found the Yeshiva University
Sephardic Studies program in the USA. June 2008
Walking
with Chief Rabbi Shelomo Amar - Chief Rabbi of
Israel - and Hakham Shaul J. Kassin,
Chief Rabbi of the Syrian and Near Eastern
Jewish Communities in America;
Brooklyn May 31, 2008
Follow
me on... 
Greeting
the Rishon Le'Sion, Chief Rabbi Shelomo
Amar - Chief Rabbi of Israel -
upon his visit to Brooklyn May 31, 2008
Presenting
one of my books to the chief rabbi. He read the
title in English to me and said he would
put it in the library of the Hekhal Shelomo,
the offices of the Chief Rabbinate in Jerusalem.
With the great Hazzan
Ike Azose of Seattle who visited the Center
for Jewish History - Nov. 20, 2007
With
Dr. Ruth Westheimer at Mayor Bloomberg's outdoor
summer BBQ, Aug. 2007
With
the well known historian Dr. Howard Sachar at
a Congressional Hearing in June of 2007
