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Shattering the myth of Jewish passivity, the last surviving partisans tell their stories of resistance in FOUR WINTERS, revealing a stunning narrative of heroism and resilience. “All I owned was a leopard coat, a rifle and a grenade in case of capture…the pillow was the rifle, the walls were the trees and the sky was the roof.” says partisan Faye Schulman, one of over 25,000 Jewish partisans, who fought back against the Nazis and their collaborators from deep within the forests of WWII’s Eastern Europe, Ukraine and Belarus. Against extraordinary odds, they escaped Nazi slaughter, transforming from young innocents raised in closely knit families to courageous resistance fighters.

New York Times Review: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/movies/four-winters-review.html

Ms Magazine Review: https://msmagazine.com/2022/09/06/four-winters-film-review-julia-mintz-jewish-womens-resistance-nazis-world-war-ii/

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Brenda is a psychologist, and long term practitioner of Zen, Judaism and Theater. Her work focuses upon integrating Eastern and Western practice and principles and making them real in our everyday lives. An award winning author, speaker, playwright, and workshop leader she runs The New Moon Zendo, (for those of all faiths). She is also a long term practitioner of releasing.
Brenda provides ongoing podcasts. Zen Wisdom For Your Everyday Life, One Minute Mitzvahs, and Turning The Tide, (The Practice of Releasing). These podcasts share universal teachings for healing, uplifting and fulfilling in your life. They explore the heart of loving relationships and how to live with change. Brenda’s workshop Sacred Pychol

ogy (The Practice and Principles of Spiritual Counseling) explores this in depth.

Brenda’s most recent workshop is called Making Your Life Into A Zen Koan, (Acting Zen). In this lively, enjoyable workshop participants act out both the koans and problems in their lives. As they play all the different roles, they discover a brand new way of exploring both Zen teachings and personal difficulties. This workshop is based upon Brenda’s latest book, Zen Play, (Instructions on Becoming Fully Alive.) In keeping with this, she is about to offer online readings of both new and classic plays.

You can contact Brenda at top speaker at yahoo.com
Some of her websites are:
www.brendashoshanna.com, www.realspiritualcounseling.com, www.atimetocare.com, www.zenplaynow.com
Podcast Websites
www.zenwisdomtoday.com, www.yourbestself.com, www.theonetent.com
Other Websites
www.allmyplays.org, http://forcharacersonly.weebly.com
Some Books Include
Jewish Dharma (A Guide To The Practice of Judaism and Zen)
Zen Play (Instructions on Being Fully Alive)
Zen and the Art of Being In Love
Zen Miracles
The Anger Diet (30 Days to Stress Free Living)
Fearless

Time To Care (Being There For Others During Their Time of Need)

Looking forward to seeing you at noon,

Brenda

Speaker, author
347-9631839
https://www.brendashoshanna.com

https://zenwisdomtoday.com

https://allmyplays.org

https://www.bestselfbooks.com

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Videos & Podcasts – American Friends of Rabin Medical Center,
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Benefiting Emergency Medical Care to Save Lives at Israel’s Rabin Medical Center

Crosby Street Hotel, SOHO, NYC
Thursday, June 14, 2018
6:00 pm

*VIP Event (6:00 pm-6:30 pm): In Search of Israeli Cuisine with film director Roger Sherman; Signed cookbooks by Jennifer Abadi and Louisa Shafia

Donations may be used for AFRMC’s general charitable purposes, including direct and indirect operating expenses. AFRMC is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Our federal tax ID number is 52-1903777.

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In his Door God images, Zeng mixed the cultural elements of the East and the West, presented the aesthetical spectacles under the background of global consumerism, which have the cultural implications of intertwining, host-guest-exchange, and even conflict of the Eastern and Western cultures.

His Bubbles series since 2008 are mainly his own imaginations, which transform existing images by exaggeration, reconstruction, and regeneration in colors and figures, and form absurd feelings of social ecology， that life is materialized, while combined with the exhibition scene.

The bubble images from Zeng’s paintbrush at this time are mostly pink, which is obviously related to desires. On the one hand, they are rather dazzling: inflating, glossy, and magnificent. On the other hand, they are easy to collapse and vanish. As Mr. Li Xiaofeng said, “they are more like virus under microscopes, the virus of desire in societies.” All kinds of virus, phantoms of illusions are hardly to be recognized in complicated societies.

Zeng is very good at techniques of multiple paint layers on canvas, creating images with plastic or jade feeling to indicate the cultural characteristics of unstable, materialized objects and desires, and the spiritual confusion and anxiety faced by human existence, which are fragile, uncertain, and unpeaceful.

The fragmented bubble images with diversified colors shown in Zeng’s recent art works have deepened this kind of experience. Perhaps they are exactly the vision characters of our era, and the value of his art works.

Zeng studied in Sichuan Fine Arts College, Guangzhou Fine Arts College, and Fine Arts College of Beijing Normal University, and has been instructed by many fine arts masters like Zhang Xiaogang, Ye Yongqing, Guo Runwen, Xu Weixin, Shang Yang, Duan Zhengqu, etc., from whom he has gained profound knowledge, various techniques and skills.

Zeng has worked very hard for thirty years, persisted in independent creation, and had an outstanding achievement. His art works have been exhibited in China and overseas for many times and collected by various art collectors. His bubble paintings, as the unique and representative symbol of his art works, have been widely acknowledged in the art world.

Zeng, one of the well known contemporary artists, comes here to attend his first art exhibition in New York this time. Let us welcome this excellent artist, and wish his first New York exhibition a complete success!

Lin Yingming

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BioTime is a biotechnology company focused on the emerging field of regenerative medicine. Our core technologies center on novel stem cells capable of becoming all of the cell types in the human body. Products made from these “pluripotent” stem cells are being developed by our subsidiaries, each of which concentrates on different medical specialties, including: neuroscience, oncology, orthopedics, and blood and vascular diseases. BioTime’s commercial strategy targets near-term commercial opportunities such as Hextend and our current line of research products: ACTCellerate cell lines and associated ESpan culture media, HyStem hydrogels, and GMP human embryonic stem cell lines. In addition, the launch of HyStem-Rx as a cell delivery device is expected in 2013, and the launch of PanC-Dx as a novel blood-based cancer screen is expected by 2014.  www.biotimeinc.com

Master Qi

The world renowned qi gong Great Master Qi Fei-Long is a Doctor ofTraditional Chinese Medicine(TCM), an honorable member of the China Medical Qi Gong Council, Advisor for International Science & Peace, President of the Flying Dragon Health 6c Nutrition Schooland the Chairman of ‘World Chinese Changes, Feng Shui and Astrology(Metaphysics) Academy.

From the age of seven years, Great Master Qi has had a very strong influence from his family TCM practice. Great Master Qi was precocious and showed extraordinary diligence and a superior talent in the Martial Arts. His profound understanding of Buddhism during his early childhood made him stand out among all others during his eight years of study and practice of Buddhism at the Shaolin Temple. For his remarkable achievements he was honored to receive special training from Great Master Su Yun the head of the Shaolin Temple. He learned the unique qi gong technique called “Chan Yuan Gong”.

Thereafter he became Master of the 31st Generation of the Jin Gang One Finger Stand of the Shaolin Temple (an extraordinary physical and mental feat performed by very few). After leaving Shaolin Temple, he had the privilege to learn “Tibetan Qi Gong” from both the Panchan Lama (second to the Dalai lama) and Xia Ridong, which is only passed on to a very few outstanding monks at the Tibetan Temple.

Great Master Qi Fei-long combined the “Chan Yuan Gong”and the “Tibean Qi Gong” to create his powerful “ChanMi Gong” which has been officially recognized by the Chinese Government as one of the most powerful and useful methods for gaining and retaining one’s good health. He also absorbed *re essences from the five major schools(Buddhism, Thoism, Confucianism, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Martial Art$ and created Shaolin ChanMi Gong. It is a meditative exercise with certain dynamic movements including gestures, codes and visualizations.

Shaolin ChanMi Gong is both easy to learn and extremely effective in building up well-being and in strengthening the immune system. It also acts as a “supplement” for self healing longevity and for developing a higher level of intelligence.

Great Master Qi Fei-long has developed some very special abilities using both universal and human energy. He uses his “qi” to educate people in the art of self-healing. Wiith his qi emission, he can set an ordinary newspaper on fire, slice through a number of plastic chopsticks with a $20 dallier bill, pull a solid building brick apart with his bare hands and stop the second hand of a wall clock, etc. His audiences and clients have always been duly impressed by the sight of these special abilities, which have been reported by major newspapers and tV stations in over 20 countries worldwide.

Great Master qi Fei-Long is also a world renowned Martial Arts Champion with scores of national and international honors and awards. He is both a judge and a referee of IKFF and a 9th Degree Black let from the International Kung-Fu Federation.

Great Master qi Fei-Long has developed a series of award winning health care products using special blends of herbs. Among them are the meditation cushion, cap and pillow all of which have gained patent status. These products not only enhance one’s qi effect, but also are useful in balancing Yin and Yan, opening meridians and assisting in the overall well-being of an individual.

www.shaolinworld.com

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Good News is proud to cover the ribbon cutting ceremony, followed by a reception at VIP lounge.  The Oasis, to celebrate this important moment with us.

Venue: John F. Kennedy International Airport

Terminal 4

Door 2, Row 2

China Airlines (CAL) is the largest airline in Taiwan and the flag carrier of the Republic of China. Although not directly state-owned, the airline is owned by China Airlines Group, which is owned by the China Aviation Development. China Aviation Development Foundation is in turn owned by the government of the Republic of China.

The airline, with headquarters in and flight operations from Taoyuan International Airport, flies to destinations in Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. China Airlines has a strong presence in the Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Northeast Asia. The airline started scheduled chartered flights between Taiwan and mainland China on July 2008. Most flights serving this market are concentrated at Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing. China Airlines has operated the Hong Kong route since 1967, which is the airline’s most profitable market, generating 13.3% of its NT$121.9 billion (US$3.7 billion) revenue in 2006 with over 140 flights flown a week between Taipei, Kaohsiung and Hong Kong.

China Airlines’ wholly owned subsidiary, Mandarin Airlines, manages regional flights to secondary cities with smaller capacity requirements. China Airlines’ cargo division China Airlines Cargo operates CAL’s dedicated freighter fleet, and manages the cargo-hold capacity in CAL’s passenger aircraft.

Before the Chinese Civil War, there were three airlines operating in the Republic of China. One was Civil Air Transport, founded by General Claire L. Chennault and Whiting Willauer in 1946. The other two were joint ventures by the ROC government with Pan American World Airways and Lufthansa. As a result of the Chinese Civil War, the Communist Party of China took control of mainland China, and only Civil Air Transport moved along with the Kuomintang (KMT)-controlled ROC government to Taiwan.

With a fleet of two PBY Amphibians, China Airlines was established on December 16, 1959, with its shares completely held by the Republic of China government[citation needed]. It was founded by a retired air force officer[citation needed] and initially concentrated on charter flights. During the 1960s, China Airlines was able to establish its first scheduled routes. In October 1962, a flight from Taipei to Hualien became the airline’s first domestic service. Growth continued and on December 1, 1966, Saigon, South Vietnam (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) became the airline’s first international destination.  Trans-Pacific flights to San Francisco were initiated on February 2, 1970.[citation needed]

The China Airlines Taipei Branch Office and the former China Airlines headquarters in Songshan District, Taipei

The next 20 years saw sporadic but far-reaching growth for the company. Routes were opened to Los Angeles, New York, Honolulu, Dhahran and Johannesburg, among others (China Airline’s first European destination was Amsterdam). Jets were acquired, and China Airlines employed such planes as the Boeing 747 in its fleet. Later, the airline inaugurated its own round-the-world flight: (Taipei-Anchorage-New York-Amsterdam-Dubai-Taipei).[citation needed] 1993 saw China Airlines listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

Change of logo and livery

As the flag carrier for the Republic of China, China Airlines has been affected by disputes over the political status of Taiwan, and under pressure from the People’s Republic of China was barred from flying into a number of countries maintaining diplomatic relations with the PRC. As a result, in the mid-1990s, China Airlines subsidiary Mandarin Airlines took over some of its Sydney and Vancouver international routes. Partly as a way to avoid the international controversy, in 1995 China Airlines unveiled its “plum blossom” logo, replacing the national flag, which had previously appeared on the tail fins (empennage), and the aircraft livery from the red-white-blue national colors on the fuselage of its aircraft.[citation needed] Plum blossom (Prunus mume) is the National Flower of the Republic of China.

Throughout the 1990s, the airline employed many ex-ROC Air Force pilots. Due to the company’s poor safety record in the 1990s, China Airlines began to change its pilot recruitment practices and the company began to actively recruit civilian-trained pilots with proven track records. In addition, the company began recruiting university graduates as trainees in its own pilot training program. The company also modified its maintenance and operational procedures. These decisions were instrumental in the company’s improved safety record, culminating in the company’s recognition by the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA).

In late 2004, President Chen Shui-bian proposed the renaming of all state-owned enterprises bearing the name “China” to “Taiwan.” This was opposed by the Pan-blue coalition, the opposition parties in the ROC legislature. The airline also voiced concern over its international operations, codeshare agreements and other commercial contracts. The issue was dropped after the 2004 Legislative Yuan election when the pro-Chen Pan-Green Coalition failed to win a majority. In 2007, however, the issue resurfaced with the renaming of several state-owned companies such as Chunghwa Post, whose name was changed to Taiwan Post (a name that was reverted again to Chunghwa Post when the KMT won both the presidential and legislative 2008 elections) and CPC Corporation.

Our strategic target is to continuously strengthen profitability and boost our competitiveness among international carriers.

―Philip Wei (魏幸雄 Wèi Xìngxióng), Former Chairman of China Airlines

SkyTeam

China Airlines signed an agreement to begin the process of joining the SkyTeam airline alliance on September 14, 2010 and officially became a full member on September 28, 2011. This was marked by an update to the logo of the airline and the typeface in which “China Airlines” is printed.

The float built by China Airlines won the International Trophy in the Rose Parade in California on January 2, 2011 for the 20th time in a row.

China Airlines changed their Taipei-New York stopover from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to Kansai Airport, ending Anchorage’s only non-seasonal international passenger flight after 28 years, on April 28, 2011.

Japanese Government awarded a Certificate of Appreciation to China Airlines for its post-quake efforts.

China Airlines announced the intention of bringing the fleet from 68 now to 100+ within at most 10 years. With the orders of the Airbus A350s (14 orders and 6 options), China Airlines recently announced the intention of leasing more Airbus A330s or narrow-body aircraft in order to meet the increasing demands of regional routes and cross-strait routes. China Airlines also announced that the decision of the long-haul fleet plan will be announced by the end of 2012 the latest.

China Airlines’ original livery prior to 1995 was a livery with the Republic of China Flag printed on the tail. It changed its livery since the Chinese mainland government prohibits any aircraft flying with the Republic of China Flag printed on the plane to land in the mainland, Hong Kong, and Macau and pressured other countries to do so too. Under political pressure, China Airlines changed its livery to the livery now.

China Airlines has had many uniforms since its 1959. China Airlines’ present uniform was changed in 2007 to celebrate its 47th anniversary.

China Airlines has used different slogans throughout its operational history. In 2006, a second slogan was introduced to complement the new uniforms and to celebrate the 47th anniversary. China Airlines’ slogans have been as follows:

“We treasure every encounter” (1987?C1995)

“We blossom everyday” (1995?C2006)

“Journey with a caring smile” (2006?Cpresent)

Further information: China Airlines destinations

Most of China Airlines’ flights originate out of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, its main hub near Taipei, Taiwan. At Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, China Airlines’ flight operations are in Terminal 1 and 2. China Airlines’ regional flights are mainly concentrated in Terminal 1. Its long-haul flights, especially American, European, and Australian, are mainly concentrated in Terminal 2. Additionally, China Airlines and its domestic subsidiary Mandarin Airlines operate numerous flights out of Kaohsiung International Airport and Taipei Songshan Airport. China Airlines’ focus cities outside Taiwan are mainly Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, Hong Kong’s Hong Kong International Airport, and Osaka’s Kansai International Airport.

Through the mid 2000s, China Airlines’ route network was affected by the political status of Taiwan, which has historically limited access for Taiwanese airlines to Europe and certain Asian countries. Because Taiwanese carriers did not have direct access to China, China Airlines used Hong Kong as its interline destination. China Airlines started to operate regular charter flights to China in 2008. The airline began regularly scheduled, direct cross-strait operations in December 2008, following the restoration of direct travel links.

China Airlines now serves 98 destinations in 29 countries and territories (including cargo) on four continents, with a well-developed Asian network.

Codeshare agreements

China Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines: (* denotes as Skyteam members and or affiliates)

Alitalia *

China Eastern Airlines *

China Southern Airlines *

Czech Airlines *

Delta Air Lines *

Garuda Indonesia (future SkyTeam member)

Japan Airlines (Oneworld)

KLM *

Korean Air *

Shanghai Airlines *

Thai Airways International (Star Alliance)

Vietnam Airlines *

Virgin America *

Xiamen Airlines (future SkyTeam affiliate member)

In addition, China Airlines has a codeshare agreement with Deutsche Bahn.

Interline agreements

China Airlines has interline agreements with the following airlines:

Virgin America

WestJet

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