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Jennifer, a manager at a local Tru Value store, had the task of hiring someone to fill a job opening, SUBMITTED BY ERROL RAPPAPORT

Austin Tang — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:29:48 +0000

Jennifer, a manager at a local Tru Value store, had the task of hiring someone to fill a job opening. After sorting through a stack of resumes she found four people who were equally qualified. Jennifer decided to call the four in and ask them only one question. Their answer would determine which of them would get the job.*

The day came and as the four sat around the conference room table, Jennifer asked, ‘What is the fastest thing you know of?’

The first man replied, ‘A THOUGHT.’ It just pops into your head. There’s no warning.

‘That’s very good!’ replied Jennifer. ‘And, now you sir?’, she asked the second man.

‘Hmmm…let me see ‘A blink! It comes and goes and you don’t know that it ever happened. A BLINK is the fastest thing I know of.’

‘Excellent!’ said Jennifer. ‘The blink of an eye, that’s a very popular cliché for speed.’

She then turned to the third man, who was contemplating his reply.

‘Well, out at my dad’s property, you step out of the house and on the wall there’s a light switch. When you flip that switch, way out across the pasture the light on the barn comes on in less than an instant. ‘Yep, TURNING ON A LIGHT is the fastest thing I can think of’.

Jennifer was very impressed with the third answer and thought she had found her man. ‘It ‘s hard to beat the speed of light,’ she said.

Turning to Wally, the fourth and final man, Jennifer posed the same question.

Old Wally replied, ‘After hearing the previous three answers, it’s obvious to me that the fastest thing known is DIARRHOEA.’

‘WHAT !?’ said Jennifer, stunned by the response.

‘Oh sure’, said Wally. ‘You see, the other day I wasn’t feeling so good, and I ran for the bathroom, but before I could THINK, BLINK, or TURN ON THE LIGHT, I had already shit myself..’

Wally is now working at a Tru Value near you!

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GoodNewsLetter: My Favorite Place – with Friends & Family, New & Old, P.E.A (People, Environment, Achievement) Awards, 27th Anniversary of Good News, est. July 4, 1998, on YouTube

Austin Tang — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:57:47 +0000

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We are so lucky to be able to have a favorite place to be with people that we love, and the opportunity to meet new people to love. WE ARE BLESSED… as we look back on our lives, we realize that it is the small things that matter. It is our deepest, kindest experiences that bring happiness to our hearts.

We want to pay tribute and honor to a dear friend and Peace and Earth Day Good Will Ambassador, Errol Rappaport. Errol was and will always be that kind, encouraging friend. We bless him and May Errol Rest in Peace….

Jewish Humor

Dedicated to

Errol Rappaport

WE also want to share two other friends who mean a great deal to us. Michelle Narciso and Jarvis Smith. They represent OMMM, our Earth and Peace Day Partners, who, without them, would have a very hard time creating the professional concert that we have grown to produce these past years. For the past 15 years, Jarvis, created the P.E.A. (People, Environment, Achievement) Awards. Here is an interview with both of them.

P.E.A. (People. Environment. Achievement.) Awards is the UK’s leading sustainability and climate awards

For our 27^th Anniversary of Good News, we have many special gifts for our community which not only will make you happy but make us as well so we can create the most important www.pausetheworldforpeace.org concert weekend ever, starting on September 19^th with a Press Conference at NYC City Hall, Times Square Concert on September 20 and September 21 12 noon, venue TBD the International Day of Peace Moment of Silence….Cease Fire, Acts of Peace, Human Peace Signs, Make Love not War Everywhere… Go to this site to see the benefits:

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Founder, Good News Corporation 501 C 3 212 647 1212 paul.sladkus1@gmail.com and our Good News and Peace Worldwide Team who make our Peace Day 9/21 happen.

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Jewish Humor Dedicated to Errol Rappaport

Austin Tang — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:00:26 +0000

JEWISH WISDOM

On Passover we
Opened the door for Elijah
Now our dog is gone.

Jewish Buddhism:
If there is no self,
Whose arthritis is this?

Beyond Valium,
Peace is knowing one’s child
Is an internist.

After the warm rain
The sweet smell of camellias.
Did you wipe your feet?

Her lips near my ear,
Aunt Sadie whispers the name
Of her friend’s disease.

Today I am a man
Tomorrow I will return
To the seventh grade

Testing the warm milk
On her wrist, she sighs softly
But her son is forty.

The sparkling blue sea
Reminds me to wait an hour
After my sandwich.

Jews on safari —
Map, compass, elephant gun,
Hard sucking candies.

The same kimono
The top geishas are wearing:
I got it at Loehmann’s.

Mom, please!
There is no Need
to put that dinner roll In your pocketbook.

Sorry I’m not home To take your call.
At the tone
Please state your bad news.

Is one Nobel Prize
So much to ask from a child
After all I’ve done?

Today, mild shvitzing.
Tomorrow, so hot you’ll plotz
Five day forecast

Quietly murmured
At Saturday Synagogue services,
Phillies 5, Red Sox 3.

Be here now.
Be someplace else later.
Is that so complicated?

Drink tea and nourish life; With the first sip, joy;
With the second sip, satisfaction;
With the third sip, peace;
With the fourth, a Danish.

Wherever you go,
there you are.
Your luggage is another story.

Accept misfortune as a blessing.
Do not wish for perfect health, or a life without problems.
What would you talk about?

The journey
of a thousand miles
Begins with a single Oy.
Zen is not easy.
It takes effort to attain nothingness.
And then what do you have?
Bupkis.

The Tao does not speak.
The Tao does not blame.
The Tao does not take sides.
The Tao has no expectations.
The Tao demands nothing of others
The Tao is not Jewish.

Breathe in, Breathe out.
Forget this and attaining Enlightenment
will Be the least of your problems.

Deep inside you are ten thousand flowers.
Each flower blossoms ten thousand times.
Each blossom has ten thousand petals.
You might want to see a specialist

Be aware of your body.
Be aware of your perceptions.
Keep in mind that not every physical
Sensation is a symptom of a terminal illness.

The Torah says, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Buddha says there is no self.
So, maybe we’re off the hoo

https://www.monterafuneralhome.com/obituaries/Errol-Daniel-Rappaport?obId=42922954

Errol Daniel Rappaport

March 28, 1944 – June 13, 2025

Errol Daniel Rappaport passed away on June 13, 2025, at Mount Sinai Morningside in New York City. He was 81.

Born in Brooklyn, NY on March 28, 1944, Errol lived a full, dynamic life. He worked in public relations in Los Angeles and Acapulco, later becoming a television and music producer in New York City. He also contributed regularly to Black Tie Magazine and Wonderama Television. A passionate philanthropist. Errol was widely known as the “Goodwill Ambassador” — a role he lived every day by connecting people from all walks of life. Gregarious, funny, with dashing movie star looks He made everyone feel connected. His motto was, “ My reality is most people’s fantasy.” Errol was the epitome of positive energy, life and love.

He served as a medic in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam and worked closely with legendary acting teacher Lee Strasberg as his assistant. His sense of style — including bright orange Iris Apfel glasses, slicked back hair, and a rotating collection of scarves — made him instantly recognizable wherever he went.

The son of fashion designers David and Frances Rappaport., Damon and Francesca of Damon were featured in major department stores and boutiques nationally. The couple lived for decades in their iconic penthouse at 200 Central Park South.

When their health began to decline, Errol returned from Los Angeles to New York to care for them. After his father’s passing, Errol continued to support his mother until she was placed under guardianship. Errol’s fight to protect her and others caught in similar situations is chronicled in Diane Dimond’s book, We’re Here to Help: When Guardianship Goes Wrong.

Errol co-founded QuinntEssential Productions with his partner and best friend, Quinn Lemley. The two created the talk show Secrets of the Stage on Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Black Tie Magazine, and Spotify, and produced the big band album Remembering Rita, which will be released this Fall.

He is survived by his brothers, Michael and Richard Rappaport, and his godson, Jorel Roth.

Donations in Errol’s memory may be made to the National Meningitis Association., which has now merged with, and is https://www.immunize.org/donate/ based in Florida.

A Celebration of Life service will be announced

Errol Rappaport will be remembered for his zest for life, positivity, and unwavering love for his friends.

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The Day Canada Burned and America Felt It…. You won’t believe these picture Submitted by Errol Rappaport

Austin Tang — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 19:04:36 +0000

Friends,

The last few days we have looked into the sky and had an eerie feeling of an apocalypse raining down on us. Then yesterday, we experienced something that we all hope won’t come back anytime soon when the sun in the middle of the day turned a dull orange with a pinkish aurora around it. That’s when we all knew something really wasn’t right.

So we woke up this morning with the news that Canada has been ablaze for the past month coming from British Columbia across Canada setting off what seemed by a fire-cracker string of new forest fires that couldn’t be contained by human efforts alone. And that’s what we, especially here in the northeast, saw over the past two day with more days to come but hopefully not too many before it exits over the Atlantic Ocean headed for Europe.

I’ve put together the attached pdf of what this looked like over the past 2-3 days along with meteorological naps to show the path. The images, as you will see, are quite literally surreal. Hopefully by the tine it reachs Europe nuch of it will have dissipated.

As for us, if you are like us, fortunately we still have a supply of face-masks that we’ll be taking out – again (!) – to help us breathe.

Keep smiling, even if it is hidden by a mask (again!).

Patric

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The Three Amigos

Austin Tang — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 17:57:10 +0000

Listen to “The Three Amigos…” on Spreaker.

The Three Amigos’s Lorraine Silvetz, Errol Rappaport and Judy Christy Gilbert’s wish was to have as many of their close friends join them to celebrate their March Birthdays.
They got their wish when many of their friends and family rolled into one of New York’s famous restaurants to celebrate with them!
The 3 Amigos don’t just share March birthdays but are advocates for many foundations including Lorraine’s Global Stress Initiative (GSI) under the auspices of the International Committee Against Mental Illness (ICAMI).
ICAMI is the longest standing mental health foundation in the world. GSI focuses on research and treatment for post-traumatic stress disorders in veterans and domestic violence survivors.
Dear friend and GSI spokesperson, 3 Time Emmy Award Winning Anchor and 2 Time NY Times Best Seller, Rita Cosby has served as GSI’s spokesperson since it was founded in 2010.
The Three Amigos and their friends support and serve as Board members for many foundations including Lou Gehrig ALS NYC, Ronald McDonald House, St Francis Food Pantry and Shelter, Career Bridges, Daisy Jopling Music Mentoring Foundation, Mommy’s Heart Foundation, The Veteran’s Association of New York, National Meningitis Association, Operation Warrior Shield, David Lynch Foundation among others.
The Three Amigos’ family and friends “roasted and toasted” them over a buffet dinner and drinks at the famous Dorrian’s Red Hand.
Guests included top scientists, professors, authors, lawyers, actresses, publicists, models, artists, opera singers and well-known TV host Rita Cosby who was named “spokeswoman” lending her “voice” to ICAMI’s GSI while she toured the nation with her NY Times Best Seller,
Quiet Hero.
Amazing artist and friend, Tatyana Horoshko along with her husband, Sasha Gegera gifted her amazing portraits to the Three Amigos in her signature style! The art works WOWED the CROWD and everyone is lining up to be painted by the extraordinary portraitist. The portraitist has donated her art to many foundations including Southampton Animal Shelter, Career Bridges, The Farzana Foundation, Operation Warrior Shield, Mommy’s Heart, Doodles for Hunger Drive, among others.
Everyone was thrilled to be together again since most have rarely seen each other since the pandemic’s inception in 2020.
The Three Amigos’ birthday wish was to have as many of their beloved friends, old and new, celebrate together since it had been so long!! It seems they got their wish and then some!!

https://blacktiemagazine.com/society_2023_April/Three_Amigos.htm
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#timessquarechronicles #lorrainesilvetz #judychristygilbert

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What Does Peace Mean To Zuhirah Khaldun-Diarra?

Austin Tang — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:41:42 +0000

Listen to “What Does Peace Mean To Zuhirah Khaldun-Diarra?” on Spreaker.

#what #does #peace #mean #charles #armstrong #wonderama #zuhirah #khaldun-diarra #unicef #khaldun #diarra #errol #rappaport #good #will #ambassador

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What Does Peace Mean To Errol Rappaport?

Austin Tang — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:29:03 +0000

Listen to “What Does Peace Mean To Errol Rappaport?” on Spreaker.

#what #does #peace #mean #charles #armstrong #wonderama #zuhirah #khaldun-diarra #unicef #khaldun #diarra #errol #rappaport #good #will #ambassador

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What Does Peace Mean To Charles Armstrong?

Austin Tang — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:27:18 +0000

Listen to “What Does Peace Mean To Charles Armstrong?” on Spreaker.

#what #does #peace #mean #charles #armstrong #wonderama #zuhirah #khaldun-diarra #unicef #khaldun #diarra #errol #rappaport #good #will #ambassador

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Nick Springer – Nick was an Inspiration, a Leader, A Hero, A gold medalist, A Son, a Brother, an Uncle, A Friend, RIP our Angel. Update- Compiled by Errol Rappaport

Austin Tang — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:27:43 +0000

Good News had the honor to be involved with the National Meningitis Association for many years. We loved everyone involved. It was our honor. You fall in love with Nick the first moment you met him. Our prayers are with him and all involved. Here are links to some of the events that Good News covered in which Nick helped to make them such a success. As a result of their efforts over the years young people NOW TAKE a Meningitis Shot, which SAVES LIVES. I share a St. Francis Peace Poem with all as well.

Reverend Paul Sladkus and Good News and Peace Team 4/18/2021.

http://goodnewsplanet.com/51976-2/
http://goodnewsplanet.com/the-10th-annual-national-meningitis-association-gala-celebration/

From Errol- His legacy will live on… Every college student is required to have a Meningitis vaccination, before entering…
Every parent knowingly, can feel secure and relieved that their children are safe, and protected from this devastating disease…
RIP

https://t2conline.com/new-york-rangers-honor-nick-springer/

Suzanna Bowling

https://t2conline.com/two-time-paralympic-medalist-nick-springer-has-gone-to-play-with-the-angels/

Nick Springer – http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-paralympian-nick-springer-sports-saved-my-life/⁷

Errol Rappaport, Co-Chair
Past Recipient of the “Nancy Ford Springer Award”
NMA Gala June 11, 2018
310-780-1170 – errolink@gmail.com
www.nmaus.org

Nick Springer – http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-paralympian-nick-springer-sports-saved-my-life/

When I think of the Soul
of a Child that has Died
I Picture a Butterfly
so Beautiful and Brave
I ask Myself
Is this a Child I could have Saved?

Music and Lyrics written for NMA by Paul Hampton

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Some of these are the best pictures I’ve ever seen — ENJOY! Submitted by Errol Rappaport

Austin Tang — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 22:05:22 +0000

Beautiful pictures help us balance against wrong things going on in our world! Smile and enjoy.

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