106 20 70360 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 33 VTMBH Article: Article Order 5 VTMBH Article: Title Hunger increased after September 11th VTMBH Article: Author María del Carmen Amado VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Come back another day or try another shelter, is a phrase heard all too frequently these days in soup kitchens among Latino residents. The majority of those in need worked at the World Trade Center prior to the terrorist attacks, but did not receive benefits or wages owed them for fear of being reported to the INS. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body A hunger crisis facing New York after September 11th led thousands of Latino residents to seek out free meals, such as are available at soup kitchens and food pantries. According to a report by the organization and food bank Food for Survival, Latinos account for 28.4 percent of those who pay daily visits to the 187 soup kitchens and 34.5 percent of those at the 456 food pantries throughout the city. These numbers reflect a steady increase in individuals seeking assistance in the eight months following September 11th. The demand for bread has grown 80 percent in the past year, obligating one of every five food pantries and one of every six soup kitchens in the city to turn people away hungry, explained Lucy Cabrera, president of Food for Survival. Come back another day or try another shelter, is a phrase heard all too frequently these days in soup kitchens among Latino residents. These people are unemployed or make very little money. The need is greatest in Brooklyn and Manhattan, said Cabrera. In these boroughs, more than 76 percent of soup kitchens report overcrowding. Help is being sought out more among the unemployed and homeless, and hunger is at the highest level the organization has seen in twenty years, said Cabrera. In one soup kitchen in Queens, daily intake went from 2,000 to 3,700 people in the initial time after the attacks, and has reached 6,000 in the past few months, the majority of those being undocumented workers, said a representative of the Richmond Hills Christian Church soup kitchen, which serves residents in Woodhaven, South Ozone Park and Jamaica. The majority of those in need worked at the World Trade Center prior to the terrorist attacks, but did not receive benefits or wages owed them for fear of being reported to the INS. The food pantries and soup kitchens are the only places where undocumented Latinos are not at risk, explained Cabrera. She added that the publication of the report will hopefully serve to secure more federal aid as well as increase food collection and donation. Those in need of assistance or who wish to donate food can call 1-866-NYC FOOD for more information. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-09-04 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 103 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hunger increased after September 11th 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. Come back another day or try another shelter, is a phrase heard all too frequently these days in sou Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-04 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 16 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title Changing face of Long Island VTMBH Article: Author Priya Malhotra VTMBH Article: Publication Desi Talk VTMBH Article: Original Language VTMBH Article: Translator English VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb As Long Islands demographics change, so do the problems, challenges and concerns of its residents. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The Indian population in Long Island has nearly doubled in the last decade, up to 34,333 in the 2000 census from 17,523 in the 1990 census. With 14 percent of Long Islands immigrant population coming from the Asian and Latino communities, Hofstra University and the American Jewish Committee co-sponsored a symposium titled The Changing Face of Long Island: New Immigrant Communities from South Asia and Latin America, on April 9 at the universitys Long Island campus. The new immigrants from Asia and Latin America have changed the face of Long Island, from one that was predominantly white and middle class to one that is more heterogeneous in terms of ethnicity, nationality and to some degree socio-economic status, said Margaret Abraham, associate professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Hofstra, who helped open the symposium. They include wealthy entrepreneurs, professionals and workers in a range of occupations, the Indian-born Abraham added. The trend in Long Island, despite the resistance of a few segments, is to a more ethnically diversified society. While the minorities in Long Island continue to be segregated in terms of neighborhoods, clearly we are moving away from an all-white or racially dichotomized Long Island in terms of blacks and whites, to one that is characterized by more ethnically diverse communities. An interesting trend with the new immigration is that rather than dealing with the overflow from New York City to the suburbs, Long Island is becoming the first and perhaps main stop for many of the new immigrants, Abraham said. Contrary to the previous white flight from New York City to the suburbs that helped the development of Long Island, the current trend is for increasing movement by ethnic minorities into the suburbs. Abraham cited a report in Newsday which predicted that Asians and Hispanics will comprise almost a third of the population of Long Island by 2020. Approximately 50 guests were present at the program. Following the panel discussion was a series of workshops focusing on specific areas of interest: education, legal matters, housing, business and employment. Each workshop was staffed with professionals working in the topic areas and private individuals with first-hand knowledge of the problems and challenges these immigrant populations face. The workshops focused on strategies for progress with an eye to the future. Abraham told Desi Talk that the numbers clearly pointed to a growing South Asian population in Long Island, noting, We [South Asians] have a diversity of cultures that increases the community of Long Island at large. She said South Asians have contributed to the economy in a variety of ways: as professionals, as small business owners and as service providers. As far as the problems facing the South Asian population in Long Island are concerned, she said that affordable housing and cultural issues were at the forefront. Abraham added that it was important for schools to have greater cultural sensitivity to the different immigrant communities. Kusum Viswanathan, a Long-Island based doctor who has three children, spoke about issues related to education, saying that not only was it important for immigrants children to be knowledgeable about their heritage and culture, but it was equally important for their peers to understand this at some level. In order to achieve this goal, Viswanathan said that when her children were in nursery school she would go there to give presentations on India and Indian culture. She would show them how a sari is worn, dress the little boys and girls in Indian clothes and bring them bindis. Many of the boys would walk out wearing bindis, she laughed. Viswanathan stressed the importance of parent-teacher associations (PTAs) and said that Indian parents were often not as actively involved as they should be. She brought up an important point concerning Indian attitudes toward teachers, saying that parents always assumed that the know-all teacher was always right. Viswanathan stressed the point that such attitudes could actually be detrimental to children with genuine concerns that are not understood by their teachers. If a teacher complains about a child, parents should not jump to hasty conclusions that he or she is always right, but should try to look at the situation from the childs perspective as well, said Viswanathan. In India, we pray to God, our parents and the teacher, and we never question the teachers judgment, she added. Muzaffar Chisti, director of the Migration Policy Institute at the New York University School of Law, was the luncheon speaker. He opened his remarks by drawing a parallel between the Jewish and the Asian and Hispanic migration to Long Island. A few years ago (40 or 50), we would be talking about Jewish immigrants to Long Island, he said. And now it is only appropriate that we should be talking about Hispanic and South Asian populations. Chisti also discussed immigration issues on a national scale, saying that the political leadership had reacted admirably, after the terrorist attacks of September 11th with U.S. President George W. Bush speaking for inclusion and highlighting the diversity of the United States. While Chisti agreed that civil liberties had been curtailed in the wake of September 11th, he stressed that immigration policies in general had not changed, as some had feared, after the deadly attacks. He said that immigrants were still allowed in the country, unlike the moratorium some feared. The larger picture is not as bad as it could have been, he noted. Full of praise for American diversity, which is steadily increasing, Chisti said that while Hindus and Muslims might kill each other in India or Pakistan, they generally lived together harmoniously in Queens. And, while the conflict in the Middle East continues to rage, Jews, Arabs and Palestinians generally live peacefully together in downtown Brooklyn. There is something about the chemistry of immigration that is uniquely American and uniquely transforming, VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-19 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 166 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Changing face of Long Island 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. As Long Islands demographics change, so do the problems, challenges and concerns of its residents. Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-04-19 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 30 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Tenants step up pressure on Pataki VTMBH Article: Author Brian Honan VTMBH Article: Publication Tenants and Neighbors VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The best strategy for rent-regulated tenants today lies in unrelenting pressure on Governor George Pataki. When the final gavel struck in the State Senate chamber in Albany and the 2002 legislative session came to a (not necessarily final) end, Pataki and other rent regulation foes must have thought that they had succeeded in their strategy of letting the clock run out and not taking a position on renewing the rent laws this year. But from the beginning Pataki and his landlord friends never really understood the Rent 2002 Campaign. They were surprised by the campaign's existence and by its momentum so far. Now they will find that pressure on Pataki will not only continue - it will grow. Already Pataki has received some unexpected company at many of his appearances in the downstate region this summer as a group that calls itself the "Pataki Hospitality Committee" has been hounding him as part of the Rent 2002 Campaign. It all started at a landlord fundraiser at the posh Water Club on the Manhattan's East Side and its been growing ever since. It then continued with demonstrations at a Pataki speech before developers at The Grand Hyatt in midtown and in front of Pataki's Manhattan office on Third Avenue. Picketing Pataki is fun, and it can be effective too, because Pataki needs votes in the downstate region in order to be reelected. He's angered a lot of his upstate conservative base, so he needs additional support in exactly those areas where rent regulation is an issue. Tenants have got to let Pataki know that our vote won't come cheap. Why should we support someone who has at best ignored us and at worst hurt us with weakening amendments in 1997? The Rent 2002 Campaign is an effort to renew and strengthen the rent laws one year early, in 2002 - or to extract a commitment to renew the laws from Pataki. The idea of the campaign is to put pressure on legislators and the Governor in a year when all of them are up for reelection. Before the official launch of our campaign, many veteran political pundits told us that we were crazy to wage such an effort because Albany rarely does anything on time, never mind a year early. However, these same pundits were later surprised when the Assembly passed bills that renewed the rent laws for six years and repealed vacancy decontrol. The strong support we received from downstate Republican State Senators, especially our prime sponsor, Frank Padavan, was also surprising to many Albany observers. While it is premature to talk about this Campaign in the past tense (the legislature can always come back into special session), seeing that the legislative session has adjourned for the year, it would be helpful to look back at the progress we have made to date. Besides our legislative successes in the Assembly, the Rent 2002 Campaign did a very good job at raising awareness about this issue in a non-sunset year. We held community meetings in neighborhoods throughout the city and suburbs. We made inroads and new alliances in areas where we had never had an active membership, such as Flatbush, Rockville Center, Rockland County, and Clinton Hill. We convinced many of New York's largest labor unions to support us. This new support made it possible for us to print over one hundred thousand "Stronger Rent Laws Now" posters. And we got the media and politicians to start talking about the damage that has been done to affordable housing as a result of vacancy decontrol. Because of the Rent 2002 Campaign, vacancy decontrol is seen as just as important an issue as renewing the laws. All of this will bode well for us going into next year when the laws actually expire. However, it would be a mistake for us to let our guard down this year and start looking towards next year. Tenants must keep the pressure on Governor Pataki all summer long and into the fall. He must be made to feel that he'll pay a political price for his inaction on this very important matter. We should continue to write letters, make phone calls, show up at demonstrations, and encourage our friends and family to do the same. George Pataki is a very shrewd politician who believes in only one thing: getting re-elected. If we make him feel like his election is in jeopardy, we may just get what we want. He felt this way about health care, so he found it necessary to support progressive legislation in that area. He felt this way about gun control, so he did a complete 180 degree turn and supported the most stringent gun-control measure in the country. So it is not crazy to think that if Pataki feels enough pressure on rent regulation, he may just cave. It's up to us to make him feel it. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-01 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 75 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tenants step up pressure on Pataki 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-01 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 14 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Christian or Jew? I left my mother out when I adopted my fathers faith VTMBH Article: Author Marianna Rybak VTMBH Article: Publication New Youth Connections VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb One girls journey from growing up Christian in Ukraine to attending yeshiva in Brighton Beach, to accepting both her heritages as a public high school student. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The first time I stepped into a yeshiva, when I was nine, I felt like a stranger in a strange land. My parents and I had moved here from Ukraine only a few months earlier, so this was my first school in the United States. Plus, the yeshiva was a private school, and there were no male students, which seemed unnatural to me. What made me most nervous was that it was a religious school. I believe in God, but religion wasnt part of my daily life. Still, I got a warm welcome that first day at the yeshiva. The teacher smiled as she introduced me to my new classmates. The girls were friendly and two of them even pushed their desks towards mine so they could share their textbook with me. And it turned out many of the girls there spoke my languageRussianso I had no problem communicating with them. But I felt weird about fitting in, and uneasy. Even though no one else knew it, the girls surrounding me were all Jewish and I was only half. My father Jewish and my mothers Christian. <b>Christened in Ukraine</b> For the first eight years of my life, I was raised as a Christian. I was christened at a Greek Orthodox church in Kiev, Ukraine. I became aware at four or five that my parents were of different religious origins. They told me that before I was born, theyd agreed about which religion Id practiceChristianitywith the condition that Id be exposed to both. I was young, so I didnt understand much about Christianity, but my mother took me to the church nearly every week and read me the Bible once in a while. She told me about Christian holidays such as Easter, the only holiday that I remember regularly observing. I also recall praying to Jesus as well as to God. The church had a beautiful icon of Jesus, a long and colorful portrait that portrayed Jesus face distinctly, especially his wide-open blue eyes. <b>Soviets against religion</b> All practice of religion had been discouraged under Communist rule in the Soviet Union, which Ukraine was a part of until 1991. My mother felt forced to keep her Christian practices to a minimum as a child and a grown woman. It as only after my birth that she felt more liberated in religious matters. It was even worse for my father, because Jews had been discriminated against for generations. My dad was unable to practice his religion as freely as my mom and wasnt educated about his own religious background and practices. He didnt know much about keeping Shabbat (the Jewish day of rest), or other holidays besides the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) and Passover. But he wanted me to acknowledge some Judaism, so he took me to a temple one Rosh Hashanah when I was six. I recall dipping pieces of apple into honey and receiving a bow and arrow as a present from the rabbi to all the kids. <b>Moving to the United States</b> We moved to the United States in January 1992. Since the Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion in 1986, Id often been sick with viral and stomach infections and was hospitalized for a month with severe hives. My parents wanted to take me out of that harmful environment and bring me somewhere safer. We also moved because of discrimination against my fathers religion. We wanted to move to where hed be free to be Jewish. So when my uncle, who was already in the United States, sent us an invitation to come here, we did. When my parents and I moved to America, everything changed. We felt more liberated than ever. It was easier for us to practice any religion we wanted in any way we wanted. <b>No one knew I was half</b> But my parents were scared to put me into an American public school since they heard that public schools were dangerous. Because I was sickly, my parents thought Id be safer and more sheltered attending private school. There were no Christian schools were I lived in Brighton Beach, and the only private school that I could attend was a yeshiva, so my parents decided to enroll me there. None of my classmates or friends ever knew that I was only half Jewish. I didnt want them to know. I didnt know how they might react or what theyd think of me if they found out. I talked about my father more often than my mother, since she wasnt Jewish. At first, I didnt feel obligated to practice what everyone else at school was practicing, because I was only half Jewish and we werent observant at home. But over the next several months, I started feeling closer to Judaism and drifting away from Christianity. >b>Bonding with my father</b> By fourth grade, Id learned to pray in Hebrew and practice many Jewish customs. At home, I observed Shabbat by lighting candles. I followed Orthodox Jewish law, which prohibits going on transportation and working during Shabbat. Sometimes I resented Jewish customs, like not eating milk and meat together, which Id loved to do for many years, or not being allowed to watch TV or write on Shabbat. And sometimes when Id pass by a church or see one on TV, Id feel a soft spot for the church, especially its choir and beautiful organ. But I was happy with my new identity, and it brought me closer to my father. With my yeshiva training, I taught him many things about Judaism, such as how to practice its holidays and customs, and the stories of Purim and Chanukah. We hung out a lot together and it was like we were best friends. <b>I fit in as a Jew</b> I started to compare Judaism to Christianity and examine the differences between the two. The most essential difference is that Jews believe in God only and Christians believe in God the Father, Jesus his Son, and the Holy Spirit. When I was a little girl, Jesus looked like a big hero to me and I loved praying to him, but as I grew olderand especially when I started learning about JudaismI questioned whether Id really had him in my heart. I liked the story of Jesus, but Judaism made more sense to me. It felt more right to pray to God only. I felt I fit in as a Jew; it warmed my heart to go to school and learn about the religion. I felt more obligated to keep the Jewish holidays and traditions than the Christian ones. At first, I just wanted to fit in with my classmates, but by fourth grade I started to identify myself as a Jew because I felt I was a Jew for real. I began to let go of my connection to Christianity. My mom felt left out But my becoming more Jewish was hard on my mother. My refusal to go to church or celebrate any Christian holidays was heartbreaking for her. Before I went to yeshiva, my mother and I were close. Since my birth, she mostly stayed home and took care of me. Im an only child and we had only ourselves to talk to, so we were each others best friends. She told me everything, just like I told her. Within the family, who was what religion had never stood out. But after a few years of my attending yeshiva, it was obvious that my dad and I were Jewish and she was Christian. She felt left out many times when my dad and I attended the synagogue or lit candles for Shabbat. My mother didnt say much about how she felt about my not going to church or celebrating Christian holidays with her. She kept it to herself, but I know she was upset because I could see it in her eyes. <b>Arguments with my mother</b> I didnt go to church because I felt it was inappropriate for me as a Jew to even set foot in a church; I felt it was sacrilegious. Sometimes, my dad and I would stand outside the church doors waiting for her to finish attending the service. At the time, I didnt understand how much it hurt her. I didnt realize how she felt until I got older, around 15. My mother and I had many arguments about me trying to keep many Jewish customs and traditions. She tried to stop me from going overboard with keeping Shabbat or other holy days, but I wouldnt listen. I recall one argument we had about my refusal to turn on electricity one Friday night. Nothing will happen to you if you turn on your computer tonight, my mother said. If you recall, youre not a full Jew. She was rightI wasnt a full Jewbut I was hurt. I felt I was as good and full a Jew as anyone else I knew who was Jewish. <b>No one could question my Jewishness</b> I didnt want to hear it, because I wanted to keep Shabbat and not turn on electricity. I truly believe that God would punish me if I did. We argued a lot that night and in the end, I didnt turn on anything electric. Other times, after the same kinds of arguments, I gave in, but then I spent hours feeling guilty and upset. I became so caught up in practicing Judaism that I didnt notice how much I made my mother and her beliefs invisible to mine. I think thats one reason our relationship is so hostile and damaged now. We love each other very much but there is such a big wall between us, I dont know how well ever break through it. But my freshman year of high school, I became so infatuated with Judaism that I spent more than an hour praying each day. I often took longer than my peers to finish my prayers because I took time to actually think about the words as I was saying them, and added the names of sick people to the prayers. Sometimes I was the last one left standing in the lunchroom, where the high school students gathered to pray. I doubted that, by the time I reached my sophomore year, anyone would question whether I was Jewish or not, including me. <b>Started feeling suffocated</b> The role Id been playing for the last five or six yearsobservant Jewish girlhad slowly but surely become me. Id become what the society around me expected me to be. Going to a Jewish school, I felt obligated to be religious; I felt obligated to be a Jew. I know that it was my choice whether or not to practice the religion, but at times I also felt pressured to do so. In addition, while yeshiva was a warm and safe environment, it was also secluded and isolated. I didnt feel like I was part of the larger world, or that I was expanding my horizons, and that started to bother me. These feelings built up so much that by the age of 16, I started feeling suffocated. I began to regret passing up my opportunity to go to a respected Brooklyn public high school focusing on journalism. I wondered what I was missing. Getting sick with what turned out to be chronic fatigue syndrome raised new questions for me about my yeshiva experience. Whenever I got sick and missed class, I received few phone calls from my classmates asking me how I felt, and that made me feel unimportant. No one made me a get-well card. <b>Feeling like an outsider, again</b> I felt my academic accomplishments werent appreciated either. Even though I was sick, I did very well on one of my Regents exams, and my principal asked me to come in the last day before summer vacation and make a speech to the class about trying hard and succeeding in school. But I didnt receive any awards certificates for my accomplishments like the rest of my class, and I wasnt called up to say one word. That hurt me very much. I didnt lose faith in the Jewish religion, but I did lose faith in my Jewish classmates and teachers. I stopped feeling like I belonged, and started to feel once again like a stranger in a strange land, just like I did on my first day. The next fall, I transferred to my neighborhood public high school, Lincoln High School, though that was partly because my illness made attending private school difficult. One among the many reasons why I left was I felt I no longer belonged there. I was also unhappy about the conflicts with my mom over my religious practices and just wanted it to end. When I finally left yeshiva, I felt freer and more independent. I could practice the religion I chose and not the one that was chosen for me. Being in a Jewish school was great experience in many respects because it taught me a lot of about God and humanity, but it also made me a slave to my religion. I took religious studies and exalted them to such a high level that I didnt notice anything else around me. Practicing Jewish and Christian traditions Now I try to practice both Jewish and Christian traditions, which I havent done in a long time. I dont think Ill ever stop praying, whether its in Hebrew or in English. I sometimes still light Shabbat candles and I care about keeping other Jewish traditions, too. I actually visited a church in Bay Ridge not too long ago, just to see how it looked. That was a big step for me, since I hadnt done it in so long. I also celebrated Christmas this year, for the first time in years. Both religions are precious to me and have shaped the way I live now. Judaism has taught me the ways of God and his love for mankind, and Christianity has taught me to show generosity and kindness towards the world around me. I still dont believe in Jesus as the son of God, but I havent figured out what he means to me; maybe he was a Jewish man who wanted to change the world and make it better. I still visit the synagogue once in a while, but now I want to try to attend church too. I dont think itll hurt my father and it may soften the barrier in my relationship with my mother. But I doubt Ill be making any clear-cut choices yet. I think after years of practicing both religions, Ill figure out which one of them feels right for me, and Ill convert officially. Until then, only one thing is certain: my belief in God. 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One girls journey from growing up Christian in Ukraine to attending yeshiva in Brighton Beach, to ac Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 0000-00-00 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 15 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Hectic diplomacy of the Bangladeshi community VTMBH Article: Author Monowarul Islam VTMBH Article: Publication Weekly Thikana VTMBH Article: Original Language Bengali VTMBH Article: Translator Moinuddin Naser VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords Bengladesh VTMBH Article: Body A tremendous blow was inflicted on Bangladeshs image in the international arena, just as Bangladesh was building its image as a moderate Muslim country. This has been done in a well organized and very deliberate way by expatriate anti-Bangladeshi groups, who must have cheered when the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Wall Street Journal recently depicted Bangladesh as a fundamentalist and pro-Taliban state. The Bangladesh government and those who monitor such incidents should have known that when those disposed to destroy the public image of Bangladeshis hold closed door fund raising dinners for the politicians of this country, such defamation was inevitable. Bangladeshi diplomats living in Washington began a campaign of shuttle diplomacy to counter the anti-Bangladesh propaganda, a heart and soul effort to keep up the image of Bangladesh here. Ahmad and his high ranking colleagues have been meeting with the Bush Administration, mainstream politicians and congressmen frequently. Bangladeshi diplomats have gone to the Bush Administration and U.S. politicians of this country to talk about overall issues. But they must continually face tough questions about fundamentalism, communal problems and the oppression of minority communities. One diplomat told this correspondent that they raised such issues before discussion before the duty-free entrance of Bangladeshi goods to U.S market, general amnesty for undocumented Bangladeshis living here, exchange of high level visits and recent incidents. They have appreciated our stand. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-12 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File v15b1.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 101 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hectic diplomacy of the Bangladeshi community 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-04-12 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 25 VTMBH Article: Article Order 5 VTMBH Article: Title Muslim police officer in Philadelphia not allowed to offer Friday prayers VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Pakistan Post VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Rehan Ansari VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body A police officer for the School District of Philadelphia was denied permission to offer Friday prayers. No explanation was given. Previously, this officer skipped his lunch break during the week and took two hours off on Friday afternoon to offer Friday prayers. However, after he returned to duty following a two-month leave he was denied permission for his practice. A representative of the Council of American Islamic Relations inquired about the issue and was told by a school district attorney that the decision cannot be reviewed until next year. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-21 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 101 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Muslim police officer in Philadelphia not allowed to offer Friday prayers 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 23 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Korean-American women and business VTMBH Article: Author Jung-Hee Kwon VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Times New York VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Bo Kwon VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb Korean-American women starting their own businesses have lower expectations than other minority businesswomen, according to a recent study. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Now, as the whole world is caught up in the excitement of the World Cup, a Korean-American businesswoman in Los Angeles has planned a small celebration of her own: she has made World Cup t-shirts, which are now being distributed to her customers in attractive shopping bags. The t-shirts have the flags of competing nations printed on them, as well as those of the other Latin American countries, who, although they did not make it to the World Cup, still share the love of soccer. These t-shirts are extremely popular among her Latino customers, who make up the majority of her clientele. She has brought the World Cup craze from Korea to L.A., creating an opportunity for a Korean-American president of a travel agency to form a close bond with her Latino customers. When I said to her, What a great idea! Would you say that only a woman, with her unique sensitivity, could have come up with such an idea? the female president, who is in her 40s, merely responded, I always try to satisfy the needs of my customers. The most difficult part of business is marketing. Many business experts say that the traditional roles of women as mother and wife, which involve taking care of the family, raising the children, and housekeeping, correspond to the elements necessary in business. The instinctive ability of women to know the wants and expectations of another person and to satisfy them, can be a crucial weapon in the business arena. However, despite such advantages, business remains a field in which disparities between men and women are especially great. Although the number of businesswomen has rapidly increased in the 1990s, the size of female-owned businesses is still much smaller than that of male-owned businesses. In particular, most enterprises owned by first-generation Korean-American women have failed to grow beyond the level of a small-scale business. According to a study published by the Community Development Technology Center last week, business ventures undertaken by Korean-American women are particularly small in size and have a lower potential for development than those undertaken by other minority women. According to the organizations analysis of African-American, Hispanic, Korean-American, Chinese-American, and Vietnamese-American female business owners in L.A. and Orange County, a typical Korean-American businesswoman is someone who is in her 50s and owns a small business with less than five employees, with the sole purpose of making a living. I wanted to get out of a glass ceiling and develop my own business ideas, said an African-American woman. Chinese-American and Vietnamese-American women tended to want to own their own businesses. A Hispanic woman said, I wanted to escape a futureless, low-paying job and create a more prosperous life for myself. Compared to these other minority women, the motivation of Korean-American women for starting a business is much too passive. The research also shows that Korean-American women utilize the internet and other new technology less than other groups; they also rank low when it comes to business networking and attending workshops and conferences, which led to the studys conclusion that the present condition of businesses owned by Korean-American women will not improve in the near future. Why cant we be more active in our business ventures? I asked a few Korean-American businesswomen. Its difficult for our generation. Theres a language barrier, and its hard at our age to learn computer skills and keep up with the newest technology. Its good enough for us to have earned living and raised our children, said a Korean-American woman. In order to expand your business, you have to have the courage to take risks, but women arent good at that. We have to check everything twicewere Safety First. Our businesses may not grow big and successful, but we never go bankrupt. They also pointed out children and housekeeping as additional obstacles, but I think the main problem lies in their low expectations as businesswomen. When men first start working, they envision themselves as a future CEO of their company, while women tend to set their standards according to the highest position occupied by another woman. The level of expectations that women have in their own businesses is no different. According to a book called The Rules of Female Millionaires, the first step toward becoming a millionaire is challenging the limits set by the present conditions. These women say that when they overcame the limits, firmly planted the seeds of dreams and visions in the field of their minds, and fertilized the soil with patience, determination, and passion, they finally gained the fruit of success. It is now time for such tales to emerge from Korean-American women. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-05 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 174 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Korean-American women and business 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. Korean-American women starting their own businesses have lower expectations than other minority busi Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-06-05 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 44 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Garifunas: One of ours VTMBH Article: Author Manuel Jaime VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb If you pay close attention while walking down the streets of the South Bronx, you may notice a different type of Central American immigrantthe Garifuna. Though the Garifuna are a people of African descent, they are considered Latinos because they take the nationality of their country of birth and, for the most part, speak Spanish. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body If you pay close attention while walking down the streets of the South Bronx, you may notice a different type of Central American immigrantthe Garifuna. Garifunas are an African-descended group that populates the Atlantic coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Belize. They share a common history and culture, and, unlike other African-descended groups in the Americas, they were never enslaved. In 1765, the Spanish exported the Garifunas from Africa to the New World, but the Garifunas were able to escape their captors when their ship capsized near St. Vincent Island in the West Indies. In 1796, the Garifunas fought against the English, but were expelled from their land and relocated to Roatan Island off the coast of Honduras. Later, a treaty signed with the Spanish granted them land on the continent. Conservative estimates place the Garifuna population at 200,000 worldwide. While most live in Honduras and Belize, and it is estimated that 100,000 live in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and New York, the latter being home to some 30,000 and the largest U.S. center of Garifuna migration. Garifunas in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala have been able to maintain their culture while assimilating to the culture of the country they live in. Because Garifunas take the nationality of their country of birth, and, for the most part, speak Spanish, they are considered Latinos. Those Garifunas born in Belize, a former English colony, are excluded from this category because their native language is not Spanish. The Garifuna community, conscious of the fact that they live in a country where everything is classified, prefer to call themselves Garifuna first, and descendents of their country of birth second. For Latinos in New York, the majority of whom are Caribbean, Garifunas are another one of our own. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-15 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 139 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Garifunas: One of ours 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. If you pay close attention while walking down the streets of the South Bronx, you may notice a diffe Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-11-15 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 37 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title The political insanity of visas VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb If the U.S. Department of State censors can defend the denial of visas to lay people because of national security, then their refusal to grant entry to recognized intellectuals only shows their ignorance. They impede the free flow of information and ideas globally. Persecuting artists and intellectuals is the most effective way to augment oppression and barbarism. Its not politics, its insanity. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Security measures taken since September 11th have robbed many innocent people of both time and money. The inefficacy of these new measures becomes more apparent when the victims are world-renowned cultural and academic figures. If the U.S. Department of State censors can defend the denial of visas to lay people because of national security, then their refusal to grant entry to recognized intellectuals only shows their ignorance. Two years ago, a celebrated Cuban author residing in Paris was denied a visa on the grounds that he was a functionary of a Communist government. Oversights like these have become so common that they seem designed to make the United States the enemy of the global intellectual community. Another recent suspect of terrorism is Cuban artist Salvador González. For many years, González was viewed unfavorably by the Cuban Ministry of Cultural Affairs because of the African influences evident in his work. A documentary about the artist will be presented in the United States; however, González, because he was denied a visa, will not be present at the screening. In the same vein, Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami was refused entry to attend the opening of his film at the New York Film Festival. Both artists have suffered from the U.S. governments ignorance, in considering nations terrorist. Cuba and Iran are on this list, along with five other countries: Sudan, Iraq, Syria, Libya and North Korea. Nevertheless, indiscriminately penalizing all citizens of these nations, scientists and artists in particular, will not increase domestic security in the United States. To the best of our knowledge, none of the terrorists involved in the September 11th attacks were artists, athletes, or scientists. Whats more amazing is that State Department officials did not try to verify that the artists presence was requested at these events. Measures like these do not only deny entry to relevant cultural figures, they also deny Americans the opportunity for cultural enrichment. In other words, the actions of the United States are no better than those of terrorist nations. Salvador González was marginalized as an artist and for years received little support from Cuban cultural institutions. Now that foreign interest in Cuba has turned the country into a cultural legend, the denial of Gonzálezs visa only shows the lack of information and independent thought that characterizes the State Departments ability to determine matters of national security. These restored political methods impede the free flow of information and ideas globally. Persecuting artists and intellectuals is the most effective way to augment oppression and barbarism. Its not politics, its insanity. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-07 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 52 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The political insanity of visas 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. If the U.S. Department of State censors can defend the denial of visas to lay people because of nati Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-10-07 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 20 VTMBH Article: Article Order 5 VTMBH Article: Title New York Albanians are champions of Cosmopolitan Soccer League VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Illyria VTMBH Article: Original Language Albanian VTMBH Article: Translator Snoudon Daci VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb The soccer team New York Albanians won the championship of the Cosmopolitan Soccer League with a forfeit victory. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The soccer team New York Albanians won the championship of the Cosmopolitan Soccer League with a forfeit victory, after their Spanish opponent, CD Iberia, decided not to challenge them. CD Iberia holds second place in the league. The opponent team didnt play the last game, so we were declared champions. But I am sure that we would have won the game if we had played it, because we defeated them before on their home turf, said New York Albanians Team President Martin Shkreli. The championship win also reflected the teams great results: 43 victories, 0 defeats, and 43 points. Shkreli said that the last game of the tournament will take place on May 12, against New York Athletic Club, which won the last years championship and holds third place in the tournament. The next game is not that important since we have the championship in our pocket, but we would like to win again and have perfect results of 14 victories, 0 defeats and total of 46 points, Shkreli said. The teams goal is to win the championship cup, Shkreli said. The final opponent of the New York Albanians is the Central Park Rangers, which is in first place in the second league. New York Albanians team was founded in 1984 and consists of Albanians from all Albanian territories. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-13 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File v20_n5.pdf VTMBH Article: Hit Count 126 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource New York Albanians are champions of Cosmopolitan Soccer League 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. The soccer team New York Albanians won the championship of the Cosmopolitan Soccer League with a for Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-05-13 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 32 VTMBH Article: Article Order 5 VTMBH Article: Title We are partners, not competitors: Korean nail salons cooperate to survive together VTMBH Article: Author No-yeol Kim VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Times New York VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Jeongwoo Han VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Korean nail salons suffer from severe competition as their numbers increase in New York and New Jersey. Owners in Closter, New Jersey have decided to hold monthly meetings to resolve the problems in a cooperative manner. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Korean nail salons are suffering from severe competition with each other. Its the most troublesome problem in the nail salon business, as the number of salons increase in the New York and New Jersey area. Nail salons in Closter, New Jersey, began experimenting with the strategy of surviving together several years ago, and its now becoming a model for nail businesses in New York as well. The owners of the nail salons in Closter have regular monthly meetings to discuss the current issues facing nail businesses and to try to resolve the problem in a cooperative manner. Especially, they fix a fair price during the meeting in order to prevent underselling, one of the most chronic problems in the nail business. The main issue for them is to prevent the overhead, including labor costs, from rising so much that shops close. Owing to the one of characteristics of nail service, there is a tendency of a nail service workers regular customers to follow that her worker when she moves shops. To prevent this phenomenon, the Closter nail salon owners agreed to restrict employees from transferring; in effect, they refuse to hire nail workers who attempt to move from another area shop. Besides, the owners also decide some issues such as which days to close and details about seasonal promotions through open discussion. It has been seven years since they held their first meeting. It was 1992 when the nail salons in Closter had severe competition; prices were so low that salon owners felt their businesses were in a state of crisis. They realized they would lose the entire Korean nail market if they persisted in competing. This realization turned into the owners meetings that continue. The owners explain that because of the meetings, there are no longer conflicts among nail salons in this area, in contrast to other areas, where severe competition creates a lot of conflict and strife. Hyun-suk Kim, the owner of Nail Boutique in Closter says that as we discuss and share our business problems once a month, we form a relationship not as competitors, but as partners, and she contends that as its already hard to manage in this recession, a self-destroying competition in which prices are lowered at all costs even to ones own detriment should disappear. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-13 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 189 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource We are partners, not competitors: Korean nail salons cooperate to survive together 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. Korean nail salons suffer from severe competition as their numbers increase in New York and New Jers Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-13 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 44 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title The protests that fizzled VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Haitian Times VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb While we support the claim that Haitians are treated unfairly, we believe that it is time for Haitians to stop protesting in the streets and take their complaints to the hallways of state capitals and the White Houseplaces where they can bring about some real changes. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Last week, Haitian community leaders from Miami to New York to Boston, called for and organized rallies in front of U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service offices to denounce the double standards and unfair treatment of Haitian refugees. While we support their claim of unfair treatment to Haitians, we believe that the protests were ill advised. In New York, there were less than 30 people gathered at any one time. Miamis event was a bit larger, but still it was so low that Gepsie Metellus of the Haitian Neighborhood Center in Miami and a leader in the community, didnt even get out of her car when she saw the crowd was so small. It is time that Haitian leaders take their protests from the streets to the hallways of state capitals and the White Houseplaces where they can bring about some real changes. Instead of organizing street protests, these leaders should conduct letter writing campaigns to their elected officials demanding meetings on the issues that are so important to us. Politicians respond to this kind of pressure. In the last few years, the community has been transforming and part of that change is that people are no longer eager to take to the streets. They are trying to carve out a life for themselves here. That is not to say that people should never take to the streets to protest. We simply believe that as vital as the mistreatment of Haitians is to us, many people do not see it as a defining cause to leave work and take to the street. The street hawkers should let Haitian elected officials take the helm on some of these issues. After all, they have a pulpit from which they can access the highest level of the federal government. They should work in unison and not parallel. We hope that when the next crisis hits us, the street agitators will look for another tactic and pound the pavement as a last resort. The time to rise to the next level has arrived, the leadership needs to face it. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-12-03 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 50 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The protests that fizzled 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. While we support the claim that Haitians are treated unfairly, we believe that it is time for Haitia Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-12-03 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 31 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title Jamaica launches probe into allegations of corruption at Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association VTMBH Article: Author Tony Best VTMBH Article: Publication New York Carib News VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body With a plethora of allegations of corruption swirling around Jamaicas Tourist Boards (JTB) office in New York, Jamaicas Ministry of Tourism and Sport has moved to get to the bottom of the charges. The claims in a lengthy unsigned letter included: suggestions of criminal behavior by some top tourist board officials; misappropriation and misapplication of taxpayers money; conspiracy to commit fraud; the use of JTB money to promote and enhance private business ventures and to fund an election campaign of a politician seeking elective office in the New York; abuse of privilege; reckless and unwarranted expenditure on activities which were totally unrelated to the countrys tourism industry. What we have done is asked the Tourist Boards Chief Internal Auditor to go up to New York and investigate these allegations, Loraine Robinson, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and Sport, told reporters. We are hoping for the auditors report by the end of this week, she explained. In addition, Robinson pointed out that the nations auditor-general and the Ministry of Finance were informed about the recent developments. We are investigating the claims, she added. For more than a week, Jamaicans at home, in the United States and elsewhere, have been reading the details of a seven-page e-mail which credits a source who works closely with the Jamaican Tourist Boards advertising head office in New York with saying that senior officials had recklessly managed the resources of the government agency, so much so that the board cannot fulfill its primary function to promote Jamaica overseas. The e-mail complained of wrongdoings and areas of gross misconduct and detailed several alleged instances of crooked actions and executive irresponsibility. For instance, the author of the letter accused an official of arbitrarily spending thousands of taxpayer dollars to buy tables for assorted useless events in New York that have nothing to do with tourism and uses the events to entertain friends, family and personal business pursuits to the exclusion of other JTB staff members. In another case, JTB officials were accused of shifting business to companies which charged inflated rates in order to provide kickbacks to a few board executives. Because tourism is Jamaicas main income, on which the country heavily depends, it cannot be allowed for these persons to remain in office, stated the email. The allegations and probe drew reactions from prominent people in Jamaica. Edmond Bartlett, the Opposition Jamaica Labor Partys spokesman on tourism and environment, is demanding what he called a forensic auditor of JTB operations and the activities of the agencys New York operations. While praising Portia Simpson-Miller, the Minister of Tourism and Sport, for moving swiftly to look into the claims, the JLP official demanded the release of the names of the investigators and their terms of reference. It was important for the image of the industry and the country that the matter be cleared up with great dispatch, he said. Transparency was needed, he said, because of the industrys importance and the fact that the allegations surfaced at a time when tourism was reeling from internal troubles. However, Josef Forstmayr, president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association, is urging people not to rush to judgment in the wake of the allegations. Forstmayr prefers to await the outcome of the investigation and therefore avoid making people look dishonest when they are not dishonest at all. As he saw it, Theres nothing worse than a kangaroo court. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-20 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 87 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jamaica launches probe into allegations of corruption at Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-20 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 40 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title Undocumented warned of new passenger tracking system VTMBH Article: Author Ray OHanlon VTMBH Article: Publication Irish Echo VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb New passenger tracking technology at U.S. airports is raising the specter of another Christmas far from home for the undocumented Irish. The new system monitors passengers entering and departing the United States, so someone who overstays the 90 days allowed under the visa waiver program faces the possibility of being barred from returning to the United States. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body New passenger tracking technology at U.S. airports is raising the specter of another Christmas far from home for the undocumented Irish. The new system of tracking passengers departing from the United States was implemented by the U.S. Customs Service in the last few weeks. The system, known as the Advanced Passenger Information System, or APIS, was already recording inbound passenger details. APIS was introduced in the aftermath of the September 11th attack on America. According to the Emerald Isle Immigration Center in Queens, the new system is also providing both arrival and departure information to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). A statement from the center said that the INS had been enlisting the help of airlines in tracking the departure dates of visitors since Oct. 1. The information being recorded at this stage is significant but limited. It includes the names of passengers, their date of birth, nationality, gender and the individuals initial date of arrival into the United States. It does now, for example, seek to discover a persons destination within the United States or exact reason for visiting the country. Nevertheless, the new tracking system will have some serious implications for Irish people living in the United States, according to Emerald Isle. Chief among them is that anyone who overstays the 90 days allowed under the visa waiver program faces the possibility of being barred from returning to the U.S. for either three or 10 years once he leaves the country. This is very serious, Anne-Marie Scanlon of Emerald Isle said last week. Naturally, we understand the public and governmental concerns. However, this will have a devastating effect on the undocumented community. Anyone planning a trip home for Christmas should evaluate these recent changes. It may well be their last trip out of the United States for some time. Additionally, said Scanlon, lottery visa applicants could be caught out by the new tracking system. If they do win, they will have to return to their native country for the interview, she said. Again, this will pose some serious problems if they have overstayed. An Aer Lingus spokesman confirmed that since Oct. 1 the airline had collected the information on departing eastbound passengers required by the U.S. Customs Service under the APIS system. An INS spokeswoman, Kimberly Weissman, confirmed that the information gathered is shared between U.S. Customs and the INS. Its a joint endeavor, she said. Weissman said that under the APIS system, both agencies were able to check who was en-route to the United States. We know who is coming in, she said. The system is being currently applied to countries included in the Visa Waiver Program; Ireland being one of them. Weissman said that information is also being recorded on departing passengers. All the information, she said, is being fed into a database called the Arrival and Departure Information System, or ADIS. She said the database information could be used to trace anyone who stayed in the United States beyond the 90 days allowed under the Visa Waiver Program. If someone, for example, stayed 95 days, he could incur a ban the next time he attempts to enter the United States, Weissman said. Meanwhile, the Emerald Isle center planned two information seminars on the new system. The first was held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28, at St. Barnabas School Cafeteria, 413 East 241st St. in the Bronx. The second was in Queens the following night, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. at the Emerald Isle offices, 59-26 Woodside Ave. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-29 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 107 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Undocumented warned of new passenger tracking system 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. New passenger tracking technology at U.S. airports is raising the specter of another Christmas far f Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-10-29 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 28 VTMBH Article: Article Order 5 VTMBH Article: Title Intermixed marriages: A success story VTMBH Article: Author Irene Plagianos VTMBH Article: Publication National Herald VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb If you marry a Greek, you become a Greek, my mother, a Russian Jewish native of Brooklyn, recently told me. Coming from such diverse backgrounds, each with such strong and opposing traditions and beliefs, my parents relationship has often been faced with hardship. It has taken many years, but, to some extent, together my parents have both become Greek Americans. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Intermixed marriages: A success story, by Irene Plagianos, The National Herald, 30 June 2002. English language. If you marry a Greek, you become Greek, my mother, a Russian Jewish native of Brooklyn, recently told me. After 25 years of marriage, Im sure those are the sentiments that my father, a Greek immigrant, would be glad to hear her expressing. Though he might have an American wife, and three children born and raised in the United States, my father had an unrelenting mission to ensure that his family not only understood, but truly identified with his Greek heritage. It wasnt difficult for me to realize growing up that mine was a Greek household, despite my mothers background. Though my mother enthusiastically engaged in the Greek culture, actively preparing for holidays and encouraging my brothers and me to attend Greek school, her process of acclimation, along with my fathers, has not always been easy. Coming from such diverse backgrounds, each with strong and opposing traditions and beliefs, their relationship has often been faced with hardship. It has taken many years, but, to some extent, together my parents have both become Greek Americans. My mother and father met in the mid-70s while both attended college in New York City. As my mother describes it, I was fascinated by the passion your father had for his heritage and it made me want to learn more. She fondly recalls the Greek songs my father would serenade her with and the interesting foods he would cook. I remember trying his keftedes and thinking that they were the best meatballs I had ever eaten. Though my fathers gallant courtship has long since ended, my mothers initial experiences with my father were her first taste of Greek culture. She began immersing herself in the customs of her future husband, taking Greek language classes and delving into numerous Greek cookbooks. Simultaneously, my father was adapting to his new American surroundings. Having only been in the country for a few years, my father was still struggling to master English as he was working to pay his way through college. His goal was to become an engineer and then return to Greece, but before he had finished his masters degree he had already married his Jewish-American wife and started a family. If my parents were surprised by the path their lives were taking, their families were more than shocked. My mother had never been very religious, but the Jewish culture has many strong traditions and her parents always assumed she would marry someone of the same faith. As Ive experienced first hand, both Jews and Greeks are usually closely tied to their communities; my parents transcendence of these boundaries was and still is a rarity. A poor Greek student, my father was not quickly embraced by my mothers family. To complicate matters further, my mother had decided to convert. Though my father was not religious either, according to Greek law at the time, civil marriage ceremonies were not recognized and thus my mother had to convert in order to be married in a Greek Orthodox Church. I had to stand in a big tub as your father and our friend Nick, who was your god father and then your fathers best man, looked on. The priest said it would be an easy and comfortable process, but then he became very dramatic and long-winded. It was definitely like nothing I had ever experienced, my mom recalled. While her conversion might not have held great religious significance for either of my parents, it was an important symbolic break with her past and beginning of their future together. Their marriage ceremony soon followed, with only a few close friends in attendance. With the vast majority of my fathers family still living in Greece, my mother didnt meet her new in-laws until after they were married. She traveled to Potamia, my fathers small village outside of Sparta, and found an entire town awaiting her arrival. She was fortunate to find that my grandparents not only welcomed her lovingly, but were also fiercely protective of their new daughter-in-law. Barely speaking Greek, she and my grandmother were somehow able to communicate, but besides language, cultural mores were the most difficult to translate. I remember feeling like everyone was carefully watching my every move, scrutinizing everything from my appearance to even the slightest facial expression. My mother soon learned that while my grandparents epitomized the Greek notion of hospitality, the majority of the village was not nearly as inviting or open-minded. My grandparents warned her of the rampant gossip in the village and tried as best they could to shield her from the incessant talk. That first trip to the village truly showed me both the best and the worst of the Greek culture. Your grandmother reminded me of my own grandmother, her house was filled with so much life and cooking and warmth. But I also realized that I probably would never be a good enough nikokyra in many peoples eyes; I would always be an outsider. It took many years for me to feel comfortable and still there are things that bother me, but eventually you learn to accept your flaws and theirs and just not worry so much about what other people think. As time passed and grandchildren were born, both families understood that there was nothing they could do aside from being more tolerant. While my parents families were learning to deal with their foreign in-laws, the true challenge lay within our own home. The struggles every married couple experiences was often compounded by their cultural differences. The phrase you just can©t understand was often bandied about my household. And though my mother enjoyed Greek holidays and customs, there were times when she felt her identity was being stifled. She realized that her own children knew little of the traditions that she grew up with. We never celebrated Jewish holidays in our home and if we did attend a holiday gathering with Jewish relatives which was very rare, my father usually did not come along. My brothers and I were always in close contact with our maternal grandparents, who would still send us Hannukah, as opposed to Christmas, gifts, but, it is true that most of our lives weve been surrounded by my fathers Greek relatives and friends. I still remember my fathers smile of utter content and accomplishment when one of my Jewish cousins told him, Well, you©ve certainly raised a Greek family. My mothers Jewish customs might have been overshadowed by the ubiquitous power of our Greekness, but that does not mean that she, or her influence, was any less important. Though my father has inundated my brothers and me with an immense knowledge of our Greek history and instilled in us a great sense of pride for this heritage, it is through my mothers eyes that I have learned to appreciate much of what the Greek culture has to offer and also to recognize its flaws. My mother knows that her children consider themselves Greek and with every mangled pronunciation or spelling of our last name, she is reminded that thats the way the world identifies her also, but shes just fine with that. Perhaps this situation would not have worked for every family or maybe others handle a mixed marriage differently, but that is exactly what my parents relationship has taught my brothers and me that it is all about personal choices. There is no right way or special paradigm to follow when it comes to marriage, only constant compromise and communication. My father still hopes that all his children, and especially me, will marry Greek people, preferably natives of the country, so that maybe someday at least one of us will live in the homeland he so absolutely loves. My mom only wants us to pick a partner we will be forever happy with, regardless of different religion or ethnicity. I know that whomever I choose to be with will have to understand how important my heritage is to me. I don©t think I could ever do what my mother did and so completely give myself to a different culture, although my maternal grandmother wishes I will just find a nice Jewish boy to marry. As my parents have shown me, when it comes to marriage, you only need to follow your heart and the rest will work itself out. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-30 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 120 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Intermixed marriages: A success story 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. If you marry a Greek, you become a Greek, my mother, a Russian Jewish native of Brooklyn, recently t Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-06-30 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 27 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Over 300 Chinese Americans urge government officials to include Chinatown in plans to rebuild Lower Manhattan VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication World Journal VTMBH Article: Original Language Chinese VTMBH Article: Translator Wendy Szeto VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb Chinese Americans attending the Listening to the City meeting asked for the rebuilding plan to include subsidized apartments for elderly and low income residents; create employment opportunities in Chinatown; provide English tutoring and career training services for new immigrants; and improve the environment and public transportation, as well as incorporate Feng Shui practices in designing the memorial. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Approximately 300 Chinese Americans attended Listening to the City forum yesterday. Those who do not speak English gave their opinions on rebuilding Chinatown through translators. Attendees urged government officials to consider Chinatown as they plan to rebuild Lower Manhattan. Attendees requested that officials increase subsidized apartments for elderly and low income residents; create employment opportunities in Chinatown, provide English tutoring and career training services for new immigrants; and improve the environment and public transportation. Many were very pleased with the public hearing, hoping that the government not only listened, but will take action based on their feedback. The public hearing included representatives from Asian Americans for Equality, Chinese Planning Council, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) , as well UNITE Local 23-35. Many Chinese Americans came to the meeting from Flushing, uptown Manhattan and New Jersey. Volunteers from New York University Downtown Hospital provided translation services. Thirteen percent of the meetings attendance was Asian American; most were of Chinese descent. Chinese Americans are waking up and realizing that it is important to speak up and voice opinions to fight for their rights. Both Mandarin and Cantonese translation services were available at the meeting. Attendees wore headphones to hear the entire presentation simultaneously in the language of their choice. During the debates, translators were available for those who do not speak English. With the language barrier removed, Chinese Americans were able to openly discuss their issues and concerns, especially elderly housing and recreation, Chinatowns cleanliness and safety, and lack of public restrooms. Many are concerned that plans to rebuild Lower Manhattan only include Ground Zero area, and do not include the deeply affected Chinatown area. Many proposals were very commercial. We do not need additional office space, instead, we need more affordable housing, AALDEF Director Margaret Fung said. Asian Americans for Equality Executive Director Wei Yee Gui said, Chinatown residents also have opinions regarding plans to rebuild; the government needs to take them into consideration. Siu Man Chan said, To only consider the 16 acres of land in rebuilding the WTC is not enough, we need to also focus on nearby areas, such as Chinatown, and their housing and employment problems. Public transportation services is another main concern of Chinese Americans. A Mott Street store owner, Chuck Kwong Lee, suggested setting up a ferry stop by Pike Street to connect to WTC, Chinatown and the Lower East Side. Community Board Two member Chung Bo Lee suggested a north-and-south-bound line between WTC and Chinatown. And a mother, who lost her son in the September 11th tragedy, hoped that her sons name and picture would be displayed in the memorial. A factory worker said he would like the government to provide subsidized housing, health care, English tutoring and career training services to low-income residents. Chinatown small business representatives asked for an increase in tourism marketing and government financial assistance. Many hope the government will refrain from increasing taxes, fines, and subway fares. During the discussion of the six plans for reconstructing Ground Zero, Chinese Americans said that the designs should incorporate Feng Shui practices. For example, tall buildings should face water, and the memorial monument could take the shape of a Ba Gua (an octagon shape). Many Chinese Americans expressed satisfaction with the meeting. They are very excited to voice Asians concerns to non-Asians. They hope the government will continue holding these hearings and will include Chinatown in the Lower Manhattan Development Plan. This is only the beginning, residents should not just sit back and relax, we need to follow up and keep track of the plans, Chuck Kwong Lee said. Chung Bo Lee said, the government should respond quickly with feedback, and we need to point out our concerns, such as [FEMAs] Canal Street division of Chinatown. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-21 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 198 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Over 300 Chinese Americans urge government officials to include Chinatown in plans to rebuild Lower 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. Chinese Americans attending the Listening to the City meeting asked for the rebuilding plan to inclu Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-07-21 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 43 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title A certificate of authenticity for Italian restaurants, new initiative presented in New York by Italian authorities VTMBH Article: Author Riccardo Chioni VTMBH Article: Publication America Oggi VTMBH Article: Original Language Italian VTMBH Article: Translator Katherine Sigelman VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb The official from the Italian Federation of Public Concerns was frank: among the 12,000 Italian restaurants that exist in the United States, a meager 10-15 percent can be categorized as authentic. The others, he emphasized, have in some way encroached upon the name, and behind the Italian Restaurant sign, theres a little of everything, or sometimes, theres nothing. The Italian government will survey every Italian restaurant and award some certificates announcing their authenticity. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body White truffles, the Piedmontese diamonds, have arrived in New York. In addition to bringing these rare fruits of the earth here from the town of Alba, Italy, the promoters have come with an initiative aimed at guaranteeing the authenticity of Italian restaurants. This initiative, as explained yesterday to the American press, is based upon a plan to give a stamp of authenticity for Italian cuisine throughout the world. The initiative was launched a month ago by the Italian Ministry of Agricultural Policy. It was presented by the president of Confcommercio (Italys General Confederation for Commerce, Tourism, and Services), Sergio Billè. Billè was accompanied by Ferruccio Dardanello, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Cuneo, Italy, Edi Sommariva, president of FIPE (the Italian Federation of Public Concerns), and Roberto Luongo, director of ICE (the Institute for the Promotion of Foreign Trade) of New York. Luongo called the initiative, which will protect the logo Made in Italy, as one of the most important plans for promoting Italian food and wines. He rattled off numbers characterizing Italian exports to the United States in the amount of $270 billion, of which 12 percent is derived from the Piedmont region. The initiative to protect Italian foods and wines was launched on the occasion of presenting the restaurant Le Cirque with some Piedmontese diamonds, some of the most beloved and coveted products of Italian cuisine. The launching of this promotional campaign for Piedmontese truffles and wine, organized by ICE and the Piedmontese authorities, provided a forum for explaining to American food and wine professionals the program. They announced the creation of an official system to protect and safeguard restaurants outside of Italy that attempt to style themselves after true Italian cuisine and culture. The general director of FIPE, Edi Sommariva, was frank: among the 12,000 Italian restaurants that exist in the United States, a very meager 10-15 percent can be categorized as authentic. The others, he emphasized, have in some way encroached upon the name, and behind the Italian Restaurant sign, theres a little of everything, or sometimes, theres nothing. The federation that Sommariva directs counts 67,000 restaurants in Italy, and almost as many restaurants define themselves as Italian throughout the rest of the world. We live in a global village in which Italy seeks to assert itself through its restaurants, which would be the ambassadors of Made in Italy, of authenticity and quality. In New York there are 1,800 Italian restaurants, but how many are genuine? asked Sommariva, rhetorically. He explained that 10 to 15 percent of New Yorks Italian restaurants have encroached upon the Italian name, provoking uncertainty among consumers. The federation will conduct a census of restaurants which claim to be Italian. For the 12,000 restaurants from coast to coast, the moment has arrived for unmasking the imposters and rewarding and recognizing those that are genuine. The census will get under way this year in the United States, and by 2004, signs of certification will begin to appear at the entrances of those Italian restaurants found to be authentic. Billè explained that the plan will also allow for a more solid bond to be forged between Italy and its restaurants throughout the world. He determined that it is high time for this initiative. We will succeed in playing a part in the global village if we manage to transfer to it our immense patrimony, which has to do with the quality of life. We must change strategies, promoting not only authentic Italian foods within the certified restaurants, but also the gastronomical traditions and the excitements of Italian culture. Dardanello observed, the truffle is one of Italys great treasures, and is coveted all over the world, and for this reason the Piedmontese diamonds will also be certified. Today, the presentation of the truffles from Alba and the Piedmontese wines comes to the Theater District, the neighborhood of the famous Barbetta Restaurant, at the end of a few days in which the Piedmontese Tuber Magnatum Pico (as the white truffles are known in Latin) have been the Big Apples stars. The initiative was also recently presented on the West Coast in San Francisco, where a real, exciting truffle hunt was carried out under the Golden Gate, where the truffles were strategically placed. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-08 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 166 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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The official from the Italian Federation of Public Concerns was frank: among the 12,000 Italian rest Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-11-08 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 25 VTMBH Article: Article Order 9 VTMBH Article: Title We all left Israel… VTMBH Article: Author Sofia Yamolskaya VTMBH Article: Publication Russian Forward VTMBH Article: Original Language Russian VTMBH Article: Translator Liz Vladeck VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb I could never say Im Russian, or anything close to it. But now I can say with pride, in Hebrew, Im Israeli, and I live in America, said one of five Russian Jews, who moved to the United States from Israel and reflected on adjustment and belonging in all three places. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body At a recent meeting in support of Israel, I was struck by a question posed by one of the active participants as he pontificated from his podium. What kind of patriot are you if youve left Israel, and live in America? What are the motives of people who leave their country? What traces did Israel leave on them and their lives? Do they feel guilty, that in such difficult times theyre so far away from their second homeland? From these questions come the following interviews with former Israelis. <b>Boris Gurichev, 30, San Diego, Calif. </b> Why did we leave Israel? My wife and I wanted to become self-sufficient as soon as we could. Theres no question that doing that in America is exponentially simpler. But we consider ourselves Israelis, living temporarily in another country. We hope to return there in a few years. Our parents, sisters, friends from the army and classmates from university live in Israel. We love that country, although we cant accept everything thats happening there. For example, we cant accept how much influence the religious institutions have. From the moment Ben Gurion signed the famous agreement with the religious parties, theres been a problematic status quo preserved to this day. Theres no question that we support the Jewish character of the country with all our heart and soul, but its infuriating when, for example, the religious establishment considers soldiers half-blooded, and wont allow their burial in in military cemeteries. <b>Maria Sher, 65, New Jersey</b> My husband and I arrived in Israel on February 7, 1991. The Persian Gulf War had just begun. Our relatives from the former Soviet Union were in shock. How can you live there while youre being bombed? they asked. And we really survived the gas masks and air-raid warnings. In the night, we panicked several times, and burrowed into our bedding whenever we heard the sirens. So we dont consider ourselves cowards or traitors. We had to live through many difficulties in the seven years we were there. But looking back, I can say with certainty: there was more good than bad. We love that beautiful country for its history, its natural beauty, its people. We learned Hebrew quickly, found work easily. And what amazing health care they have in Israel! So for us, Israel is our one and only love. This love is probably written into the genes of all Jews. Thats why its so painful to see everything thats happening there right now: the acts of terrorism, deaths of innocent people, betrayal of many European countries…but we didnt have a choice: like yarn through a needle, my husband and I stuck with our daughter. She took her family to Israel, so we followed her there. And we made it to America, thanks to her. Yes, were afraid, but not of Arab terrorists, but of loneliness in our old age. Israel is with us in our hearts. Well never give it up. <b>Alexander Babaev, 45, Brooklyn , N.Y. </b> The main reason that I left Israel is this: in such a small country, there are few opportunities to create a future for your children. There are other things that its hard to explain, but that I found really unpleasant. For example, the internal disputes between Jewslike how the Orthodox Jews believe that Israel shouldnt exist until that time when the Messiah arrives. The whole thing got even worse after the incidents when they burned the Israeli flag. In general, theres a genuine religious war. The Orthodox dont accept the reformists, the reformists cant stand the Orthodox. This is what I dont like about Israel. But other than that, there are a lot of things about the country that makes me love it. If it werent for my kids, I wouldnt have left. People know how to live there. They dont just sit around doing nothing, and arent concerned with such minor details like, for example, where to park their car. Every day is valued; life is really vibrant and full. We traveled a lot, saw our friends often. And my wife and I both had jobs we loved. She taught music in a school, and I worked as a television camera operator. We really were taking pleasure in our lives, and felt that, like nowhere else, we were home. We lived in Israel for 11 years. I really consider that country my homeland. And Im certain that Ill return there. And if that makes someone call us great patriots, then Ill say that in general, I dont love that word; it reeks of nationalism. Ill do everything I can in order to help my country thrive. Its possible to help, and not just when youre in the middle of the country. <b>Liza Mixer, 40, New York, N.Y.</b> My relationship with Israel changed in direct proportion to how well I got to know the country. At the beginning, it was just really difficult to put down roots in another world, in another country. And the fact that it was so different was a constant reminder that I lived there. Probably its easier for Jews from eastern countries to get used to it. This was not my country in an internal sense. I couldnt accept the mentality of the people, even the climate. It seemed like everything was unpleasant, at the time. But as I began to get to know the country, study the language, and meet people, bit by bit, it became my country. Many times I asked myself why? And I came to a sad conclusion: Everything in that long-suffering country goes in one endless cycle. War. A period of quiet. An intifada, or something like it, then a time of ostensible building of peace, and again war. It all gave me the impression that everything is connected to some kind of artificial education of the government itself. One of the philosophers said that you cant step in the same river twicesad thought. Jews had their own government a terribly long time ago. Someone decided to do it again. Truly a terrific idea. But with great sadness, weve got to admit that all the available data suggests that our timing is off. After the Holocaust, our people were weak, and you could say that a considerable part of the linguistic and cultural heart of our people really had disappeared. As for more ordinary things: attitudes to Jewish immigrants arent too friendly. For me, any manifestation of xenophobia is unacceptable. I was raised a different way. It seems to me that the government can only win when educated, passionate people who can help improve the country come to it. But the government is the government. Life means conflicts with real people. Its well-known that the country receives a lot of monetary aid from America every year. Imagine any other government financing itself with foreign money. How can it be self-sufficient? From here, it seems like theyre pulling Sharons strings, and before that, they did the same with Netanyahu. And so forth. Its hard to believe, but its a fact. Its a double standard. And on the other hand, whoever pays the piper is the one who chooses the music. No one cancelled that reality. I guess I just came to understand for myself that I dont want to be a grain of sand that just gets brushed aside on the road… <b>Evelina Pasmanik, 37, Queens, N.Y.</b> I arrived in Israel from Odessa. If I had spoken Hebrew, then I would have used the verb ascend instead of arrive. Its specifically this word that people use when the conversation is about moving to Israel. For nine years, my husband and son and I lived in that country. And for already three-and-a-half years, were here in New York. My husbands family is here, and he has long wished to be closer to them. Each year he entered the green card lottery. And this year he succeeded. And all the tiniest trivialities turned into one overwhelming feeling in methe feeling of love for Israel, for the land that hasnt disappeared. It has stayed with me, and will forever. In the beginning everything in Israel seemed foreign. For example, the language. Not one word of Hebrew called up any associations with Russian. Shesh, khamesh, mesh, whats with these words, this strange assortment of sounds? How can anyone learn or remember them? And then theres the strange climateeight months without rain. A heat which invades every little cell in your body. Blue sky; again, blue sky. Not one little cloud. Conversations of children through the window. Not understanding anything. The street closed to traffic. All vehicles stopped, passersby stopped and looking around, police everywhere. What is this, and what are they doing? Unfamiliar smells of eastern food, a totally different kind of hunger, as though the shouts of goods in the bazaar are coming from your stomach. I could talk about all this endlessly. Time passes, and the unpleasant things go away. You begin to understand something, and start looking at things through different eyes. After three years, I went back to Odessa to visit my relatives and friends. Thank you, Odessa, you helped me understand that I belonged to a different land. A little more time in Israel passes, and suddenly you begin to notice now already obvious things. It turns out that you have holidays. Not Soviet holidays, and not foreign holidays, but your own. There is a history of your people. The word Jew is absolutely normal, and everyone pronounces it normally, not in a context like: someone looks like a plucked chicken, or simple taunts of hebe, or kike, the way, as an insult, a classmate used to whisper at me behind my desk at school. Israeliswhose mentality I thought I would never be able to comprehendbecame close, like relatives. It filled me with a wonderful feeling to meet good, kind, intelligent people. I was happy. Every person has to feel a sense of belonging to somewhere. I could never say Im Russian, or anything close to it. But now I can say with pride, in Hebrew, Im Israeli, and I live in America. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-28 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 111 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource We all left Israel… 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. I could never say Im Russian, or anything close to it. But now I can say with pride, in Hebrew, Im I Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-06-28 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 42 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title The brutal reality VTMBH Article: Author Javier Castaño VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb María is from Mexico and has lived in the Bronx for six years, her husband Carlos works in construction. Together they bring in just $400 a month more than their monthly expenseswith which they must support their two children. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Last week, I went into a coffee shop in Queens to try the Cuban sandwich advertised as the new menu sensation. It wasnt very good and I let the waitress, María, know. María is from Mexico and has lived in the Bronx for six years. She speaks very little English, just enough to hold down her job at the restaurant. The money she earns there, $400 a week, goes to help support her husband and two children. Carlos, Marías husband, works in construction and brings home about $300 a week. María and Carlos share an apartment with another Mexican family; their share of the rent is $800. Other expenses, like utilities, food, childcare and transportation add up to an additional $1,600 a month. This means that Carlos and Marías monthly expenses for the essentials needed to clothe and feed their family add up to $2,400 a month. Of the $2,800 a month they earn, $400 is left over to buy clothing, rent Mexican movies when they are homesick, and buy toys and other extras for the children. For this reason, it disgusts me when Mayor Bloomberg talks of budget cuts and tax increases while no one talks of raising the minimum wage or creating new social service organizations. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-15 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 64 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The brutal reality 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. María is from Mexico and has lived in the Bronx for six years, her husband Carlos works in construct Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-11-15 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 35 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title Twenty-one-member Jewish delegation meets with Indian prime minister VTMBH Article: Author Ganesh S. Lakshman VTMBH Article: Publication News India-Times VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Delegations of prominent New York Jewish organizations met with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee last week, and spoke about the common thread of terrorism that the democracies of India, Israel and the United States face. They also discussed the blossoming of relations between India and Israel. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Delegations of prominent New York Jewish organizations met with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee last week, and spoke of the urgent need for the democracies of India, the United States and Israel to come together, especially in the context of fighting terrorism. The organizations which met with Vajpayee at the New York Palace Hotel on Sept. 12 were Bnai Brith International, the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, the Anti-Defamation League and the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee. The 21-member Jewish delegation met with the prime minister at 6.25 p.m., and the meeting ended around 7.20 p.m. After the meeting, David J. Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, told News India-Times, The main issues discussed were the relationship between India and the United States, and the meeting of Vajpayee with U.S. President George W. Bush. We also spoke about the blossoming of relations between India and Israel. We spoke about the common thread of terrorism that the democracies of India, Israel and the United States face. We also spoke about the intensifying cooperation in the United Stated between the Indo-American community and the American-Jewish community. According to Harris, Vajpayee, who gave them a patient hearing, spoke very forcefully on the issue of terrorism and the concern in India about the daily threat of terrorism. He also offered his thoughts on Kashmir and the recent violence in Gujarat. He spoke about the desire for still further cooperation between American-Jewish organizations and Indian-American organizations and indicated that the Indian-American community in the United States is still quite new and, therefore, has much to learn from the American-Jewish community, said Harris. He spoke about his friendship with Israel and the fact that even as a member of the opposition, he was in favor of relations between India and Israel at a time when there were no relations between the two countries. Cheryl Halpern, chairperson of the Bnai Brith International United Nations Committee, said, We spoke about the need to promote better understanding between the Indian community in the United States and the Jewish community; that there should be much greater integration between us because we are so similar. The pillars of our communities really reflect faith, family and generosity. Daniel S. Mariaschin, executive vice president of Bnai Brith International, said, The relationship between the Jewish community in the United States and the Indo-American community has really become much closer over the past few years. We have a lot in common as communities in this country. We are two immigrant communities, who place a high value on education, hard work and close families. And there is also a commonality of interests in terms of the issues of the day. We spoke about how we can work closely on issues on our mutual agendas, said Mariaschin. Nirupama Rao, spokesperson for the Indian Foreign Ministry, told News India-Times that Vajpayee also told the members of the delegation that India is one of the few countries in the world where there is no anti-Semitism. He also noted that there are 60,000 Jews of Indian origin in Israel. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-09-20 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 69 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Twenty-one-member Jewish delegation meets with Indian prime minister 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. Delegations of prominent New York Jewish organizations met with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-20