Zlata Razdolina: Touching the Souls of Millions

"As I was composing the music for Katzenelson’s Requiem, I saw the faces of my murdered relatives – my father was the youngest of 11 children, and only he and his two sisters survived. The rest were wiped out. My grandmother was burned to death when her synagogue was torched in Minsk and my only brother was killed during the war". I often dreamt that I was myself in the ghetto, and I recalled the vivid images that haunted my sleep. I thought about the title of the poem; I thought about the murdered Jewish people”. “I have two performance goals, now. I want to see Requiem performed exactly as it is written: for orchestra, cantor and choir – it has never been done that way...

James Oddo: From Old Town Road to City Hall

James S. Oddo (born January 12, 1966) is a Republican politician from Staten Island.
Born in Staten Island as the youngest of four sons in a family of city employees, James Oddo earned a B.A. from Fordham University and a J.D. from New York Law School.
 

Joe Manfredi: "love of cars bridged all barriers"

Recognizing as a young Italian immigrant that the “love of cars bridged all barriers,” Joe Manfredi made a “lifelong commitment to be part of every American’s dream to own an automobile.” Joe Manfredi, founder of the Manfredi group and owner of 11 auto dealerships throughout New York City, is a first-generation immigrant success story. He has instilled his values and a tradition of excellence in his five children, 15 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Daniel M. Donovan: we are all the products of immigration...

Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. was elected Richmond County District Attorney in November 2003, becoming the first Republican elected District Attorney in New York City in over fifty years. He was overwhelmingly re-elected in 2007 with nearly 70% of the vote, with the endorsement of the Republican, Conservative and Independence parties.
 

Bill Taitt: An American Portrait

The greatest achievement of my life is my children

By Frank Santarpia

When a man is surrounded by poverty, he can become a prisoner in a cell without bars, in a penitentiary without walls, and many individuals simply do not possess the strength to fight their way out.  Bill Taitt found the strength to fight.

Many young men in under-served and underprivileged communities, lost and often ignored...

Congressman Michael Grimm. His first interview. January 2010

... Now, after attaining a solid education in accounting and law, serving in combat with the Marines, a successful career in the FBI and fully diversifying his experience as an entrepreneur in the private sector, Michael Grimm is looking towards further service to his country and our community by running for Congress in New York's 13th District.
Mike Grimm. A bold decisive leader, not a career politician

Robert Scamardella: Republicans do not want to end Medicare, they want to save it

By Ilya Galak and Arkadiy Fridman

...Attorney Robert Scamardella formally announced that he will seek the chairmanship of the Staten Island Republican Party this September.
Sitting with a group of GOP elected officials in his West Brighton law office, Scamardella said that the party today "is primarily controlled by a group of persons that has not improved things. It has been based more on personalities than principles."
Tom Wrobleski, Staten Island Advance

David Storobin: Not another corrupted politician

By Ilya Galak

David Storobin is a New York lawyer who received Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Rutgers University School of Law. His Master's Thesis (M.A. - Comparative Politics) deals with the historical causes for the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. He is also currently on the Board of Directors of the Ibn Khaldun Center for International Research at the University of Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala. He's been interviewed on radio and cited in books as a political expert.

Magav Girl

We talk with Alina, a young woman originally from Russia, who has gone through the hell of the Israeli army. Thanks to those like her, a Jewish home exists – the state of Israel.

In February 1955 at the airbase Hatzor an airplane “Mosquito” crashed and caught fire." Inside the plane grenades began to explode. The pilot, squadron commander Yaakov Talmon was injured and could not leave the cabin of the burning plane.

Congressman Mike McMahon

Interview with Arkadiy Fridman and Lori R. Weintrob

April, 2010

Letter to Dad

Dear Dad, thank you very much for teaching me about politicians. Now I pretty much know everything about them.

When I was 7 and 8, I was very interesting in politics and so I started studying all the 44 presidents of the United States...