Gideon
Patt (from left), Israel Bonds president,
and Miles Lehrman,
honorary chairman of the
National Holocaust Museum, present
“Crying
Violin” award to Dr. Alfred Gottschalk, as
dinner
chairman David Halpern stands by.
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ISRAEL
BONDS
When He Speaks
You May
Shoot But Don’t Interrupt
By Tim
Boxer
 R.
ALFRED GOTTSCHALK,
former head of Hebrew Union College, addressed the 17th
Annual State of Israel Bonds Elie Wiesel Holocaust Remembrance Award
Dinner in New York when he was interrupted by the arrival of Sen. Charles
Schumer.
That
reminded him of the time Stephen Wise spoke at a Brooklyn
high school, where he was informed that an attempt would be made on
his life by the German American Bund.
“If
the assassin is here,” Wise announced, “let him shoot now, for I
would hate to be interrupted in the middle of a speech.”
By
the way, Israel Bonds president and CEO Gideon Patt isn’t
worried – he provides intense security at his functions.
Declaring
that we have no choice but to take military action against
terrorism, Schumer predicted that Iran’s mullah administration
will fall, Syria will give up its support of Hezbollah, and “the
Saudis will give up its duplicity in supporting the terrorists.”
Gideon
Patt presented the “Crying Violin” award to Dr.
Gottschalk.
At
my table, Elizabeth Stein, a certified midwife, told me about
attending to a woman at New York University Medical Center. She was
not due for another week, but to avoid complications, Stein called
the husband and had the woman admitted on Sept. 11.
During
the birth, the husband glanced at the television and saw the World
Trade Center on fire.
“That’s
where I work!” he shouted.
“You
saved my life,” he said to Stein. “If you hadn’t admitted my
wife today, I would have been in my office.”
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