LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. P.2 By Judith Goldenberg. We publish letters and e-mails "AS IS". Meaning unedited and "un-retouched". agency@worldjewishnewsagency.org

DePaul University is currently under investigation by Federal Authorities.

Dear Editor:

Dear Editor: Today is the first day of Spring Quarter classes 2005 at DePaul University. I am registering today. I am closely scrutinized by school administrators for I am not scared to stand up for myself. Please be aware that DePaul University is currently under investigation by Federal Authorities as a result of complaints filled by myself to the FBI and political leaders like Congressmen Danny K. Davis, Alderman Joe More, and State Rep Harry Osterman. What prompted this investigations was unsolicited sexual advances from a courtier or circle of gay and homosexual faculty and school administrators who are working behind the aegis (or front) of gay/lesbian student organizations at the school.

Also, the gay/lesbian student organization are surreptitiously controlled by similar minded faculty and administrators (if your are straight you can’t get employment at the school), who I have described in previous e-mail communiqués to your station and organization are in actuality fronts for FAR POLITICAL RIGHT AND RACE HATE GROUPS running under the banner of homosexual and alternative life styles organizations. These organization members as a regular practice correspond via email to each other; I was in formed by one of its members, specific students who they target for either recruitment. Or race/sex harassment if they voice displeasure in the manner that I do against their sexual advances and overtures.

I was also typed off by a financial school administrator that I might be expelled this week for submitting a late copy of my computer class grades (3.75 GPA out of 4.00) from Herald Washington, because the DePaul’s CTI computer school is trying to find a technical loop hole to get rid of me.

I was alerted to this when I attempted, just like any one else to get additional financial aid to pay for my classes and living expenses. I’m most likely going to be evicted from my apartment and I really need the money to find a new place to live so that I can complete my studies toward my bachelors degree that has always alluded me as well as had always been out of my grasp to acquired for intense racial discrimination in the work place. A poor man can’t pay his way through school if he is unemployed. This has always been my biggest hurdle in life.

I told the Director of Advising who was working with me when I first started the school and referred me to my first computer class professor. Dr. Rosemary Bannan has a penchent for pretty young coed girls in class --FBI/POLICE DEPARTMENT (wire tape this business, not to mention home number, like you do me every day) (RBANNAN@DEAPUL.EDU, (773) 325-4431, Sociology 101, 900 W Fullertoin, Liberal Arts building) who is gay –makes advances to students -- , John Glatzt (CTI computer school top Advisor Downtown campus) that all my grades were not in from Herald Washington..

This conspiracy to kick me out of the school is the work of Advising, the Deans and Financial Director (when I get the name I’ll pass it on, -- all the administrator in financial aid are either gay or lesbian in the downtown and Lincoln Park. campuses. I don’t like the ideal of being hit on my some guy when I’m just trying to get my finances straightened out when I talk to them. This is crazy, yet it has come to my attention that John Glatz has told financial administrators that I was crazy because I complain of overt sexual harassment from security working with enrolled gay students at the school.

I was told my chief of security name Rodney Shire, “I know three guys who like you and want to get to know you”, than I was hit on by a salt and pepper couple moments latter when I entered the computer lab directly across from the security desk. I have had security offices at the school to tell me that “this problem is coming form the school administrators at student service and there is nothing that you can do about it so you might as well go along with every one else, we should can start having sex..” This bullshit came from a black male guard. IS THERE ANY THING THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP ME PLEASE. THEY ARE OUT TO GET ME. I DON’T WANT THAT MESS. I AM A HONEST PERSON. I’M NOT PERFECT; HOWEVER I AM A VERY MORAL PERSON.

As a result, today I am consummating federal charges through the department of Human Rights in the state building today. I am registering to day for only two classes. I will find another school to attend in the fall like University of Chicago (I ‘m taking class at DePaul only with the intention of enroll in U of C) or Northwestern University. LauWanzer Quince, lauwanzerquince@hotmail.com

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RABBI HECHT'S ARTICLES

Thanks for a beautiful and educational site. I haven't seen so much useful information packed into one site. I love reading Rabbi Hecht's articles! I haven't seen a new one in a while, though. When will a new one be posted??? Thank you. Yands, New York, USA.

Editor's reply: We just published 8 new articles by Rabbi Hecht.

Resisting Islam

G-D BLESS ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE. I SENT YOU THIS ARTICLE BECAUSE I LOVE ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE

I. Truths
Barely two days ago, they murdered again. This time, like in Madrid earlier, they hit the transportation system, killing people going to work. It is moments like these that concentrate the mind; it is moments like these that compel me to tell the truth, come what may. Here are the truths we must face:
1. Islam is incompatible with liberty: We need to understand this, if we wish to preserve liberty. In the West the political left claims, over and over, that terrorism is caused by poverty and the actions of the Western democracies; that defending from terrorism causes terrorism, that is.

In America , the dominant voices of the right believe lack of political freedom causes terrorism: both the left and the right confuse cause and effect. Islamic countries are backward, poor and violent because Islam prevents wealth creation and internal peace. Similarly, it is not political oppression that creates Islam, but Islam that creates political oppression.

That is why the so-called neo-conservative program will fail; individuals must be free from the shackles of Islam before they are able to live in liberty. Consider; in every country where Muslims are either a majority or a considerable minority, political hatred and violence follows. (See Sudan , Nigeria , the Philippines , Iran , Iraq ....) Examples from history support this view as well. 2. Many of our Institutions have been damaged or Corrupted: Some Christian Churches support divestment from Israel . The Catholic Church keeps promoting ‘Peace’, and forgetting Justice.

The intelligentsia clamors for a Palestinian State . Our schools indoctrinate our semi-literate children. Environmental organization promote ‘zero population growth’, (in free societies, never in Islamic ones.) Marriage is little more than a joke. It is no wonder Western Civilization is on decline; the institutions that ought to sustain it undermine it instead.

3. Muslims’ Reproductive rate is enough to defeat us: in every society where Muslims become a majority, they have sought to impose a version of sharia, and so far, they have succeeded. They have been able to do so in Nigeria , Sudan , Malaysia , where they are a bare majority. Vast-majority countries such as Pakistan , impose sharia in practice, if not in letter. Once Muslims are numerous enough in Europe , the same template will be followed.
4. It is up to us to change this state of affairs: This is perhaps the most important truth: nobody is coming to the rescue, no magic solution is at hand. It will be, as Donald Rumsfeld would say, “a hard, long slog”, and victory is not guaranteed.
5. The more we wait, the more serious the problem becomes: Every year that goes by, they are more Muslims and fewer Europeans. Every new year, our institutions deteriorate further, and widely held ideas get nuttier. Waiting for action is not a viable option.

II. Ways and Means
This state of affairs cannot be solved by inaction; we must:
1. Dedicate our lives to this struggle: First, a note of caution: we should not become mindless fanatics. The greatness of the West comes from respecting the autonomy of the individual. But individuals must choose to live as if they want their society to live: to be productive citizens, to learn about the world, to have a family and children. And we must be ready to sacrifice time and money to fight Islam.
2. Form an organization to spread the anti-Islamic resistance: It is necessary to create a multi-level organization to spread the resistance at the local, national, and international level. The organization ought to be permanent and be armed with a long-term view.
3. Strengthen and influence existing organizations: It will be crucial to strengthen the weakened organizations in our societies: the family, education, churches, etc. No society will survive without a proper base, and we'll need the strength of those institutions working together against Islam. III. Objectives
Several objectives must be pursued simultaneously for success to be significant and permanent. Some may be achieve in a relative short time, while others might extend past our lifetimes. They also differ in importance. We must struggle to: 1. Protect societies under Islamic threat: Societies suffering from Islamic aggression should be helped to win the struggle. From Europe to the Philippines , defensive victories will help roll back the tide of Islam. 2. Protect minorities within Islamic societies: Islamic aggression against their minorities should be punished whenever possible. We should not, however, allow Muslims to use those minorities as hostages to obtain concessions from the West.

3. Remove territory from Islamic control: Whenever practical, we should work to remove territory from Islamic control. Southern Sudan and southern Nigeria are obvious places to start. 4. Reverse negative demographic trends in societies at risk: This falls under the next objective “strengthen free societies”, but it is so important it gets its own number. Simply, we cannot allow our societies to become majority Muslim, or even allow a strong Muslim minority to live within us. If this violates some of our most cherished values, then perhaps we should not cherish those values anymore. 5. Strengthen free societies: Besides reversing demographic trends, we should work to make our countries strong. This includes the economic, social, and military spheres. 6. Weaken Islamic Societies: Similarly, we must work hard to weaken Islamic societies; for one thing, poor people are too busy surviving to kill anybody. 7. Destroy Islam: Finally, if we weaken Islam, we must go on with the job and destroy it. It is such a dangerous ideology, it should not be allowed to survive: it might resurface, and with it the barbarism we face today.
Future generations ought not be burdened by this abomination. Sorge L Diaz, A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN FRIEND

Max!!! I LOVE YOUR COLUMN

JUDY LEDERMAN

I love your column about how to treat a Jewish American Princess. I recently started dating and WOW I was amazed at how guys refuse to buy you more than a cup of coffee on a first date lest they be "wasting" their money on a date that doesn't turn out to be more than a first date. Even a second date can be horrible. One guy bought me a drink and then ordered himself a bunch of bar snacks--nachos and chicken wings (even though he knew I couldn't/wouldn't eat junk food on my diet) and proceeded to scarf them down in front of me! (needless to say there won't be a third date with HIM even though he asked!) And often, I will pay because to me it is astounding at how adamant these guys are about NOT paying. It's easier for me to just grab the check--that way I don't have to worry about them freaking out if I order something that I want that costs a little more. And yes, there are the ones who regale me with stories about ex-wives who "stole" from them and are complete and utter JAPS. (btw, my jdate profile reads "The UNJap"--it's not like I will only date guys who spend big bucks on me, but if they squawk about money on a first date, it certainly does not make a great impression). Hope the summer is treating you well. Kol Hakavod for the article! Judy Lederman, New York, USA.

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WORLD JEWISH NEWS AGENCY IS AN EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENT

Dear Maximillien: Please don’t be offended when I say that I’m proud of you. Your World Jewish News Agency is an extraordinary accomplishment; Put together with with the sensibilities of a connoisseur, the eye of an artist, the knowledge of a of a Renaissance man, and the expertise of a mastermind. I shall attempt to curb my enthusiasm in the future, but it’s a new venture after all, and deserves the highest of praise. In answer to your question, fire away. I would say "send forth," but it’s Bastille Day. As always, Paulette Attie, New York, USA.
Editor's reply: Coming from the great and legendary Paulette Attie, It is a Great honor! Thank you, Ms. Attie. You made our day.

AMERICA AND ENGLAND WERE TOLD ABOUT THE ATTACKS

BUT DIDN'T DO A THING TO PREVENT THE BOMBINGS!

Dear Sir: I will repeat what your editor-in-chief, Dr. Maximillien de Lafayette wrote and please allow me afterward to comment. Here is what Dr. de Lafayette wrote "

WARNINGS...WARNINGS...BUT THE CIA AND THE SCOTLAND YARD DID NOT TAKE US SERIOUSLY, BY MAXIMILLIEN de LAFAYETTE

Photo: Al-Qaeda suspects are among the captured Taliban

Years ago, and on so many occasions, I wrote numerous articles on the inevitable attacks on London and wrote to the intelligence communities in the United States about elements and individuals who are in the process of preparing terrorist attacks on London. Helas! nobody took my articles and warning seriously. Ironically enough, during the same week I wrote about that alarming possibility, top officials and high ranking commissioners at the London Police admitted that London is NOT PREPARED to handle emergencies, should major blasts by Fundamentalists rock the British capital. On Sunday, December 16, 2001, at 16:08 GMT, the International Herald Daily News http://www.internationalheralddailynews.org, the news agency I previously served as Editor-in-Chief, as well as, The BBC and the London Monthly Herald published articles with similar headlines: "AL QAEDA NOTE SUGGESTS ATTACKS ON LONDON." Several newspapers have reported the discovery of what could be al-Qaeda plans to carry out a "terrorist attack" on London.

A notebook was reportedly found in a house in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar from which followers of Osama Bin Laden "are believed to have fled in a hurry". The notebook is said to have contained plans to detonate a 480kg remote control device "to be left in a van parked preferably in Moorgate, in the City of London". The planned attack is reported in both The Observer newspaper in London and the Expresso newspaper, based in Lisbon in Portugal.

Expresso said neither the author of the notes nor the time they were written were known, nor was it known whether the document was "simply a hypothetical exercise". But The Observer says the author of the notebook may have been a British fundamentalist. It said it was not yet known whether the author stayed to fight and die with the al-Qaeda network or has already left for Britain.

Expresso said the only clue about a timetable for the operation was the phrase "primary strategy - 1-2 weeks". The alleged plans to attack London were written in English, with Arabic sentences interspersed, "practically without errors and with uniform handwriting, thus suggesting it was written by one person only", the paper said. "

MY COMMENTS:

The facts are there. He gave multiple warnings years ago. And the articles were written. Notebooks revealing the future attacks on England. So why in heavens, the Scotland Yard, FBI, CIA and Interpol did not prevent the London bombings?

There is no way to stop suicide bombers and prevent more terrorism, until western countries will decide to close their frontiers in the face of Muslims who travel to European Countries and to America.

It is clear, every time there is a terrorism attack, MUSLIMS ARE ALWAYS THE ENGINEERS AND EXECUTIONERS OF THE KILLINGS. Always Muslims coming from Arab and Muslim countries and Muslims living with us in our countries create terror and attack us. America and England let Muslims and Arabs enter their countries. Soon or later, even years later, some of them will do something to hurt us. And when it is too late we say: Lord, we did not know that this good boy or good man who lived with us, ate with us, could do such horrible things. We say that because we don't want to believe that Islam breeds terrorists. Mohammad the founder of Islam build his Islamic empire and converted infidels, atheists, Christians and Jews to Islam by the sword. If you are not MUSLIM, you are HALAL to be killed by a Muslim.

Our leaders and politicians are hypocrites. The biggest one is Bush. He is so afraid to condemn the political teaching and malicious intentions of Muslim leaders. Because he is a politicians. Tell this to the families of the dead and victims. Alain Haddad, Beyrouth, Lebanon

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THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART

Dear Maximillien, I saw the article about us and I thank you from the bottom of my hart, your web looks excellent and I suppose there is a big exposal, The last half year we did not receive any donation but we continue to subside like we promised, therefore we stand now bad financy situation, I bless you that G-d will give you all the goods, like you help us. For how long will stay the article in your web? Thank you a lots, Efrat , Ofra restaurant. Israel

Editor's reply: Efrat, you are helping the Israeli soldiers. You are offering them free meals. And my friend, this is very NOBLE. The world needs more people like you. I will keep the free ad and your message on our website till the end of times. Of course free of charge.

OFRA RESTAURANT

Dear Max, You make with me a big Mitzvah I hope G-d will pay back you. Thank you very much, and when you will know how people were enter to my advertisement, please tell me. A lots regards, Efrat, Israel

Editor's reply: 75,768 as of July 1, 2005.

METROCHAI SITE

Dear Editor: Thank you for telling us about Metrochai dating site. I visited them and looked at their events section. It is fabulous. Very comprehensive. One suggestion for the people there: Please do not limit your site to Jewish people only. Your good stuff appeals to all of us, Jews and non-Jews. Good site. Marisa Bertoni, New York

YOU HAVE THE BEST JEWISH SITE IN THE WORLD

Dear Editor: Your site is the best Jewish site in the world. Amazing what you have. Everything, everything a Jewish person needs to know. What a fabulous site. I will recommend it to all my friends? Who is financing all this? Man, this must cost a fortune? Is the Embassy of Israel in the United States helping you? Rima Efram, Jerusalem, Israel

Editor's reply: Who is financing it? The one who is going to be the next flat broke guy on the block! ME! No, Rima. No help from the Israeli embassy. Only my pocket! We are receiving zillions of congrats and letters of "moral" support, but no mullah! I don't know for how long, I will be able to take the "financial" heat?! If no donations or advertisements are coming our way, SOON, the World Jewish News Agency will cease to exist.

ARLENE PECK IS HOT HOT! GIVE HER MY REGARDS.

Dear Editor: Arlene Peck is my favorite. She is hot hot. I read all her columns in your agency site. She is versatile, funny and right on. Tell her I enjoyed reading her article on Arab women. Good stuff! Give her my regards. Ernest Saks, Las Vegas, USA

AARON LERNER IS GREAT. HE IS THE BEST.

Dear Editor: The column of Dr. Aaron Lerner mirrors the tragic reality of the turbulent world of the Middle east. He is the best analytical mind on the circuit. I learned a great deal about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from reading your site. I congratulate you on this monumental effort and wish you a great success. Mazel Tov. David Grossman, New York, USA

DEAR "UNDEAR" STUPID JEW EDITOR

You are fake like all the other jews. They are fake and the articles you publish are fake and scream hatred. Your bulls....site is a zionist propaganda. You live in New York or in Paris and you have money and all the stuff stupid expensive things in life. But you know what professor jew journalist, you know nothing about life because you are not one of the poor Palestinians who are suffering every day in Palestine because of the killers jews. They attack us with tanks, we attack them with stones and honor. I wish for you to loose everything and your newspaper on line because nothing comes from a jew is good. every word you wrote is fake. You articles bite like a snake. Go to hell. Salim Tabbah, Damascus, Syria

VERY INTERESTING

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This would make navigation much easier. Also your resolution is too high. My computer is set for 1024x768 and I still couldn't have the whole width of your page on my screen. I was very frustrated by the whole thing. Most computers in the world are still using 800x600, which is still the ideal resolution for a site that you want the most people in the world to see comfortably (you can see what I mean by visiting my site at HYPERLINK "http://www.megavolt.co.il"http:

//www.megavolt.co.il, which I did in 800x60 0 resolution. Being that you left your link in my guestbook, obviously you have visited my site. It's an English language electrical website which answers most questions about electrical issues in Israel. A must for all who live in, or are planning to live in, Israel. The URL is: HYPERLINK "http://www.megavolt.co.il"http:

//www.megavolt.co.il This site includes tips, FAQs, general information, interesting articles, a glossary of terms, and much more. The (Electrical) Aliyah FAQ should be of special interest to all answering questions having to do with 110V vs 220V, plus more. Additional sections and articles are added on an on going basis. I hope that you find this site helpful and interesting enough to link to your own site. Thank you. Yoni Kremer

CONGRATS ON YOUR SITE. WATCH NOW FOR THE JEALOUS

Dear Sirs: I just love your site. It has everything from articles on health to political essays, news and media watch. And now you added a whole fantastic section FANCY LIVING! WOW! awesome. Watch now for the jealous people. Also, expect to be criticized from those who are on the other side of the fence including politicians and members of the diplomatic corp. I know them well. I worked with them for years in Israel, Washington and New York. If you can continue to maintain this high quality of journalism, you will be on your way to become one of the civilized world's most powerful sources of news and information. Don't suck up to influential politicians. Just kick them in the ass and stay about doubts. So far, you are the best Jewish news wire service. Mazel Tov. Yacob Tovia, Jerusalem, Israel

YOU HAVE RALLIED RADICAL FANATIC CONSERVATIVES!

Although it is very impressive what you are doing, it remains a question mark for me as why you have rallied the most fanatic and arrogantly conservative journalists and Jewish hardliners like Plaut, Pipes, Lerner and Peck. Avoid yellow journalism. You have a good product. Open up to all viewpoints. David Bloomberg, New York

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ARLENE PECK IS MUCH TOO GRACIOUS

Hi Maximillien, I have lately had the absolutely wonderful opportunity to be in frequent correspondence with Arlene Peck. Now mind you, she could just blown me off when I e-mail her (kinda-like high minded Christians and Jews). But not Arlene, she is much too gracious. In fact, today she adopted me! Arlene's love for Israel and the USA is abundantly clear to all who read her articles. I am a very well-read individual, and I tell you this, Arlene's articles are the most crystal clear and correct I have seen. Arlene holds no punches and speaks truth. She has no hidden agenda, she only desires Israel and the USA to be what they should be, the greatest countries in the world. Arlene sees the madness that is occurring in our countries right now, and speaks the truth. In closure, Arlene is a classy, wonderful, and truthful individual, and you sir are very fortunate to know her. Take Care Maximillien. Rick Spiller, Canyon Lake, California , USA

YOU DID NOT TELL ME IF LAFAYETTE IS THE SAME PERSON WHO WRITES FOR YOU!

Dear Editor: I read an article by Theodore Marlins to the effect that "the great late Maximillien de Lafayette" will be missed by millions. In his genre and colorful life, he was unique and unparallel." I visited a site dedicated to his wonderful art at http://www.maximilliendelafayette.com and read an article by a French critic who mentioned that de Lafayette passed away. I was in tears, because I adored this great human being. Now all of a sudden, his name appears on your site. I am totally confused. Is he the same person? You did not tell me if Lafayette is the same person who writes for you? And if yes, how can I reach him, please! Myra Stevenson, Los Angeles, California, USA

Editor's reply: The "great Late Maximillien..." is still alive and well. Strong as ever. But he lives in complete isolation. By the way, he is more than the" same person who writes for us". He is the one who created the World Jewish News Agency. We will forward your letter and request to him. Sorry, we cannot give you his address, for the time being.

MAXIMILLIEN de LAFAYETTE, ALIVE OR A GHOST?

Shalom Max:: OK .. now you really caught my curiosity .. and I am definitely LOST! I love this long name of yours .. tellement aristocratique ...mais .. .who are you? Maximillien de Lacroix de Lafayette, as per the web site, tragically passed away ......please clear my mind before I think that I am writing to a ghost! ciaoooo.. A bientot. VSG, New York, USA

Editor's reply: Many believe that Maximillien passed away. You are not the only one. He vanished from the world some 5 years ago, just after he closed down his establishment "Le Marquis de Rochambeau" in Washington, DC, USA. But he is well and quite alive. He does not socialize anymore. He lives alone far away from his glitzy past. He created the World Jewish News Agency and corresponds with few ...

TEL AVIV BOOK IS VERY BEAUTIFUL

Dear Sirs: I am Natalia Belova from Odessa, the Ukraine, former Soviet Union. Ivan Terechencko told me about your website. It is beautiful. It is well done. So much information and news for everybody. I learned English language 6 years ago in Textile Academy in Moscow. So I can understand almost everything in English. I read a beautiful story written by Mrs. Ilil Arbel on Tel Aviv. It is on your website. Is this a book in continuation? Are you going to continue to print it every week? I love it very much. One more question, can I buy the book? How do you accept money? The story is very beautiful. So nice for Americans in New York to write about souvenirs and stories from our part of the world. Thank you very much for this. Natalia Belova, Odessa, Ukraine

Editor's reply: Of course, dear. We will continue to publish the series of "TEL AVIV BOOK" as presented to us by Dr. Ilil Arbel. Maybe one day, the book will be published in English. We will keep you posted. We agree with you, the book is well-written and full of human warmth and literary beauty. Stay in touch.

ARE YOU ISRAEL GOVERNMENT AGENTS, PROPAGANDA OR WHAT?

Hallo: Please excuse my frankness. But I am curious. How come you know too much stuff? For example, you give news that did not happen yet. The next day, the news happen. You publish names of terrorists for the first time and give details about them. Why other newspapers don't do that? Where you find your amazing information. In your article on London criminal acts, you were the first to tell that 4 Jewish people are dead. Today and of course, too late, 2 news agencies and one online Israeli paper mentioned this.

Two days after you found out. I think you are away ahead of them. Are you a government agency? Do you get secret and privileged information from secret sources in the governments? Are you Israel government agents, propaganda people? It does not matter really. I think you are fantastic. You give tons of news every day. But can you reduce the size of your pages. It is too much to look at. I like what you are doing. Good luck. Ernest Montez, Cordoba, Spain

Editor's reply: We are a bunch of journalists, independent, international and without ties to any government.

CLARIFY MY MIND

Question: is Maximillien de Lafayette dead or alive? Too much controversy on this name ....Please clarify my mind. Sabrina Fadlun

Editor's reply: Too young and too handsome to die. He is alive. And this is the last time we answer e-mails of the sort. Who started all this?

WOULD YOU PUBLISH AN ARTICLE AGAINST ISRAEL?

Dear Editor: If I show you evidence that the State of Israel is preparing a surprise attack on Iran, will you publish my article. I am not an Arab. I am not a Jew. But I know that America is preparing Israel to attack Iran by surprise. If you don't believe and I do not blame you a bit, at least publish my email, just for the record. Ivan Poppovich. Moscow, Russia

Editor's reply: Go ahead, send your article. And we will see.

ARE YOU BOYCOTTING OTHER JEWISH WRITERS?

Greetings. I learned that the World Jewish News Agency refused to publish articles by Jews and Israeli writers who are on the side of the disengagement. Is it true? I think you are. Looking at your writers and columnists panel, it is easy to tell you have your own agenda. You are against the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Palestinian territories. Do you call this fair reporting and unbiased journalism? I don't. Not because you have power and you are read by a large audience (May be?) you have the rights to side with one clan of ideologists who are more fanatic than the most fanatic of Arabs. I also know that Steven Plaut is the one who is doing this. No need to reply, because I know the answer. Good day! Jeff Bloom, New York, USA

Editor's reply: So why did you ask, banana head?

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ARISTIDES de SOUSA MENDES

Dear Editor: Thank you for your article about Righteous Gentile Aristides de Sousa Mendes.

I regret that I must report that Aristides' oldest surviving child, Dr. Pedro Nuno de Sousa Mendes, who had helped his father rescue approximately 30,000 Jewish and other refugees in 1940, passed away in Portugal on June 30, 2005. I have enclosed a tribute to Dr. Pedro Nuno de Sousa Mendes. This article marks the passing of a last witness to the events of 1940. Pedro Nuno was a man who never trumpeted his own courage and sacrifice, but only wanted to bring honor to his father. I have also enclosed a photo; it is a group photo, but it could be cropped. It was taken by Marguerite Moncada de Sousa Mendes in 1987. Standing are Pedro Nuno and his wife Maria Adelaide. On the bottom row are Anne Treseder, holding Jan Moncada de Sousa Mendes (great-nephew of Pedro Nuno); Lea Moncada de Sousa Mendes (great-niece of Pedro Nuno); and Goncalo de Sousa Mendes (now-deceased son of Pedro Nuno and Maria Adelaide). Anne Treseder, Archivist , International Committee to Commemorate Aristides de Sousa Mendes

Dr. Pedro Nuno de Sousa Mendes, Son of Righteous Gentile Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Passes Away in Portugal, By Anne Treseder, Archivist, International Committee to Commemorate Aristides de Sousa MendesDr. Pedro Nuno de Sousa Mendes, who helped his father, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, save the lives of 30,000 refugees fleeing the Nazis at the start of World War II, passed away in Portugal on June 30, 2005, after a long illness. He was 85. His father, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, was the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux, France, in 1940, when Paris fell to the advancing German army, and Jewish and other refugees fled southwestward to escape into neutral Spain. But the Spanish authorities would not allow refugees to enter Spain without a Portuguese visa. Against the orders of Portuguese dictator Antonio Salazar, who had directed that no Jews or other “undesirables” be allowed visas, Sousa Mendes, with the support and assistance of his wife Angelina, and his sons Pedro Nuno and Jose Antonio, issued Portuguese visas “around the clock” in June 1940 to as many refugees as possible, without regard to nationality or religion.

Dr. Pedro Nuno de Sousa Mendes, who had been the oldest surviving child of Aristides and Angelina de Sousa Mendes, was born in Coimbra, Portugal, on April 29, 1920. He was a graduate of the law school in Toulouse, France. In 1939, when Nazi bombs began falling in France, Aristides and Angelina transported their younger children to the safety of neutral Portugal, and returned to their posting in Bordeaux. Sons Pedro Nuno and Jose Antonio remained in Bordeaux with their parents.

In May 1940, the Low Countries fell to the Nazis, and the Nazi army advanced on France as well. Frantic refugees converged on Bordeaux. Pedro Nuno left the consulate regularly to transmit his father’s telegrams to Lisbon, seeking permission to issue visas to these refugees.Week after week, there was no reply. In a 1987 interview, Pedro Nuno recalled that by June 1940, “Everything was at a standstill [in Bordeaux]: the heat, the impatience of the refugees, the thunderstorms,” the German planes overhead.

Aristides fell sick with exhaustion and despair. When Aristides emerged later from his sickroom, Pedro Nuno recalled in a 1986 letter, “He [Aristides] took over the reins and decided to give passage to Portugal to all the refugees without regard for race, religion, or social standing, and to no longer wait for Salazar’s answer to his telegrams. He was now acting according to his conscience.” Aristides, Pedro Nuno, other family members, and several refugees set up an “assembly line” in the consulate to issue as many visas as possible.

Aristides de Sousa Mendes’ acts of moral courage and “disobedience” resulted in his dismissal from the Portuguese diplomatic corps, his public disgrace, and his own impoverishment.

Even as the family’s economic situation deteriorated, Pedro Nuno recalled, his father “reaffirmed that he had never regretted his action saving thousands of refugees, and that he would do it all over again, should it be necessary.” Aristides de Sousa Mendes died a pauper in 1954; his wife Angelina had predeceased him. Most of Aristides’ children could not find employment in Portugal, and were forced to emigrate to other countries.

Pedro Nuno worked as a lawyer in the Belgian foreign service. After a long career, he retired with his family to Sintra, Portugal. In 1967, through the efforts of Pedro Nuno’s sister Joana, Aristides de Sousa Mendes was recognized as a Righteous Gentile at Yad Vashem in Israel.

The long dictatorship in Portugal finally fell in 1974, after a nearly bloodless revolution. Throughout his life, Dr. Pedro Nuno de Sousa Mendes struggled, as did his siblings, to obtain “rehabilitation” for his father. He met with journalists and biographers who were interested in his father’s case; he once appeared on KPIX-TV (Channel 5) in San Francisco.

On March 18, 1988, in the presence of Sousa Mendes family members, Aristides de Sousa Mendes was finally rehabilitated and posthumously honored by Portugal’s Assembleia da Republica. On December 5, 1988, in ceremonies at the Presidential Palace in Belem, Portugal, U.S. Ambassador Edward Rowell presented Portuguese President Mario Soares and Dr. Pedro Nuno de Sousa Mendes with copies of a resolution passed by the United States Senate honoring the compassionate and courageous acts of Aristides de Sousa Mendes.

This writer, who has worked with others to honor the life of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, visited Dr. Pedro Nuno de Sousa Mendes and his family in Sintra several times. Pedro Nuno knew much tragedy in his life: the death of two siblings when he was a child, the suffering and death of his parents, the dispersal of his family, and the deaths of three of his children. Nonetheless, he exhibited enormous grace and dignity.

He and his wife Maria Adelaide made their guests feel welcomed and appreciated. They both cared lovingly for their ailing son, Goncalo, now deceased. Although fluent in Portuguese and French, Pedro Nuno spoke almost no English; with a kind smile on his face, he listened patiently as this writer expressed herself in halting Portuguese. In all aspects of his life, he was a gentle man.

Robert Jacobvitz, who organized the International Committee to Commemorate Aristides de Sousa Mendes and spearheaded efforts to “rehabilitate” Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Portugal, also visited Dr. Pedro Nuno de Sousa Mendes. On learning of Dr. Sousa Mendes’ death, Jacobvitz remembered fondly that “Pedro Nuno was the patriarch of the family.What struck me the most was the way he carried himself. He was a tall, elegant man. He had the most striking deep brown eyes I have ever seen. They communicated to me the many events that they had recorded in Pedro Nuno’s life. [When he first met me], he approached me with great vigor and said: ‘Ah, Jacobvitz, it is so good to see you!’ I almost cried.” Joel Neuberg, former executive director of the Holocaust Center of Northern California, was also profoundly moved by the courage of Aristides de Sousa Mendes and of his son, Pedro Nuno: “I was very sorry to hear of the death of Pedro Nuno de Sousa Mendes. When I visited him in Portugal in the summer of 1991, his father had been dead more than 36 years, but [Pedro Nuno] was focused on gaining recognition for his father's courageous acts and the restoration of his good name in the history of Europe. He deprecated his own role, although certainly the rescue could not have been accomplished without his willing assistance. It was an honour to speak with him (in French). He seemed not at all concerned that his frantic work those days in mid-June 1940 had cost him a position, career, and status [in Portugal]. “Just meeting Pedro Nuno was one of the high points of my life.” Dr. Pedro Nuno de Sousa Mendes is survived by his wife, Maria Adelaide de Sousa Mendes, his son, Nuno de Sousa Mendes, four siblings (Sebastian, Teresinha, John Paul, and Marie Rose), and many nieces and nephews. He is also remembered with love by the many other people whose lives he touched.