Sen. Charles Schumer and
Elie Hirschfeld |
Menachem
Lubinsky and
Sam Domb
|
Larry Spiewak
and Dov Hikind |
Mayor Yitzchak
Pindrus and
Elie Hirschfeld |
Mindy and
Larry Spiewak |
Sarah and Ari
Noe with Susan and
Elie Hirschfeld |
Ruben Margules,
Joseph Sprung
and Dov Hikind |
Eddie
Shamah and
Ezra Friedlander |
BEITAR
Honoring
Guardians
Of Settlement In Judea
By Tim Boxer
 TATE
Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who led a group of his Brooklyn
constituents to Gaza to support the settlers who refuse to budge
from their homes, told me he’s making plans for another trip.
“I’m taking hundreds
from all over the United States. We’ll arrive in Israel on June
6, the anniversary of the Six Day War. We’ll camp in Kissufim,
just outside of Gaza.
“Jews should not be
forced to abandon their homes. If there will be peace, and Arabs
should live together.”
And what happens if the
military stop you from entering the region?
“That would be
pathetic,” he said.
Hikind was one of a
multitude of speakers at a benefit at the Puck Building in New
York for Beitar, a settlement located between Jerusalem and Efrat.
Dinner chair Mark
Appel, a real estate investment banker, described a visit to
Beitar last July to meet Mayor Yitzhak Pindrus. The
appointment was for 8 a.m. The secretary assured Appel that the
mayor would be on time.
“What are his hours?”
Appel asked.
“He works from 8 to
8.”
“From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.?
That’s a hectic schedule.”
“Actually from 8 a.m.
to 8 a.m.”
Pindrus lauded Ezra
Friedlander for producing the New York benefit. The 400 dinner
guests raised $250,000 for his fast growing city, which now
numbers 25,000 people.
The mayor singled out Elie
Hirschfeld for effusive praise. Hirschfeld, a standout New
York real estate developer, built a much-needed children’s
playground.
Pindrus was grateful to
investment banker Joseph Sprung for organizing a group
including real estate manager Ruben Margules, Sephardic
leader Eddie Shama and real estate investor Ron Rettner
that raised funds for an emergency medical center, and
The mayor also praised Sam
Domb and Ari Noe for donating Passover food for
the residents. Domb is a major philanthropist and prominent real
estate operator. Noe heads OTR Media Group, responsible for the
colorful billboard all over Times Square.
Charles Schumer,
senior U.S. Senator from New York, said the rest of the world is
beginning to realize “what we knew all along: the majority of
Israelis wish to live in peace but the majority of the
Palestinians and the majority of the Arabs do not. They view the
land as all theirs and want Israel to cease to exist.”
Schumer revealed the
origin of his name when he said, “Hashem gave me the name shomer
[guardian] and that’s been my job – to be a shomer for
the United States, New York and Israel.” |
