Each week american artifacts takes americans through history. Its bar, off the record, is decoraorated with political ca n cartoo cartoons. Even the coasters are updated with opportunity political characatures. The hotel was built in 1928 on the sight of the residence itself. And after relinquished their rights to the sight, a warden who is the Development Built this hotel along with the hotel which today is the st. Regis. It has been in existence since 1928. With my arrival in 1999, this bar was already known as off the record, a place to be seen but not heard. It was not in this color and format, but it was pretty similar, and it is like the speak easy place and it is becoming public over the years. The decorations displayed from various artists dating back to a collecti collection. From what iz know the previous ownership in the 80s and the 90s decided to bring in some art work after having a few beers in the bar. And that is how it really established, but we built up on this now. W
Talking about the murder of disabled jewish new yorker leon klinghofer by Palestinian Militants in 1985. Thank you very much for coming. The usual reminders to silence your cell phones, restrain from flash photography and plan to join us afterwords for the book signing. Welcome, my name is andy kahan, director of author events. Tonight we look back more than 30 years to the brutal murder of a disabled jewish new yorker at the hands of the palestinian terrorists, an incident that shocked the world and continues to reverberate through the culture at large and the lives of families affected. The initial murder, an innocent bystander, the killing of leon klinghofer, in an innocent bystander the killing of leon klinghofer Julie Salamon offers a view of the neverending cycle of the murder of innocents. Initially a long time banking reporter and film critic for the wall street journal, then a tv critic and our reporters at the New York Times, Julie Salamon has written notable nonfiction books
A disabled jewish new yorker at the hands of the palestinian terrorists an incident that shocked the world and continues to reverberate through the culture at large and to the lives of the families affected by the initial murder and the senseless reprisal. It in an innocent bystander the killing of Leon Klinghoffer Julie Salamon offers a train and 60degree view of the ruinous neverending cycle of the murder of innocents. Initially a longtime banking reporter and film critic for the wall street journal and a tv critic and our reporter at the New York Times ms. Solomon has written notable nonfiction books about show business philanthropy the holocaust the insanity defense and modern medical care. For 10 previous works include several bestsellers into novels for children. Its a pleasure to have her return. Please welcome Julie Salamon to the free library of philadelphia. [applause] im a good evening. Thank you for coming out on this hot summer night. You are not on vacation but i will try
Surrounding it. Where there may be an opportunity to use mohammed, just the fact of having that in the cartoon would overshadow the point i was trying to make and take away from the effectiveness of the cartoon. So it is not that i am not opposed to using mohammed but i am more for ensuring the mess age that i am trying to communicate to the audience. Brian this is a personal question. We will talk about your book. Are you really the brother to two sisters that are medical doctors and two brothers as well . Michael i am. And their spouses are as well. We have like nine people that are closely related better all doctors. The only way i can get them to show up at family reunions is i say i deal with politicians and congress, so i am sort like a proctologist. Them a sort of let me into the family reunion. Brian go back to this, two sisters and two brothers are medical doctors. And how many of their spouses are . Michael my older brother is a fertility specialist. His wife is not a doctor.
I think where there may be an opportunity to use mohammed, just the fact of having that in the cartoon would overshadow the point i was trying to make and take away from the effectiveness of the cartoon. So it is not that i am not opposed to using mohammed but i am more for ensuring the message that i am trying to communicate to the audience. Gets to the audience. Brian this is a personal question. We will talk about your book. Are you really the brother to two sisters that are medical doctors and two brothers as well . Michael i am. And their spouses are as well. We have like nine people that are closely related better all that are all doctors. The only way i can get them to show up at family reunions is i say i deal with politicians and congress, so i am sort like a proctologist. Them a sort of let me into the family reunion. Brian go back to this, two sisters and two brothers are medical doctors. And how many of their spouses are . Michael my older brother is a fertility specialist.