[inaudible conversations] good evening. I am gabriel sanders, director of Public Programs at the museum and i welcome you to this evenings discussion on on women in israel a story of religious radicalism and the women fighting for freedom with Nancy Kaufman and Elana Maryles Sztokman. I would like to ask you to silence your cellphones. Cspan is here to film tonight ended your phone should rink it will be recorded for all of america to see. Is my pleasure to say that the museums Public Programs are made possible through a generous gift for mrs. Lillie saffron. Programs come about for all sorts of reasons. Some commemorate anniversaries. Others holidays. The impetus behind tonights program was something more pedestrian and more profound an airplane seat. Elana maryles sztokman was on a plane when an orphaned orthodox passenger delayed takeoff because he would not sit next to her. The experience was especially jarring as she had just done a toward discussing the place of when and in Israe
I am going to introduce our guest . About equal to the number of schools that exist in boston, washington, philadelphia and baltimore. [applause] it says a lot about the bloomberg the years. They were on our role. A lot they have done. And unscreened high school quadrupled the Graduation Rate and replaced in love bronx and held on to work with joel klein as chancellor and the portfolio of new School Development and a Senior Adviser to the chancellor and Mayors Office on strategy. Last year the Family Foundation as director of k12 education where he endeavors to collect High Quality School options. Please join me in welcoming joel klein. [applause] thank you. I want to thank you and larry. The deputy chancellor and now in my capacity as Academic Foundation and one thing i learned early from joel klein, you know who your friends are when they stick with you through thick and thin and the Manhattan Institute has always been an advocate for the agenda despite thank you for bringing us toge
A republic no more Big Government and the rise of american political corruption by jay cost. My name is john samples. Icann would like to welcome you to our event today for this very important book. If you read the book florins before today come the day will proceed in many ways save his fellow other bookworms have. You would hear from some participated in the there will be a questionandanswer session about 1 00 and also one other thing like our other events, please turn off our cell phones now so we can have the event in peace and quiet. Some of the things will be different today. We are trying different to us. A different format. Into this particular case, are out there jay cost with a few general sense of the lay of the land. Mycobacteria and Chris Edwards and they will for a few minutes give you some impressions of the book and then work how much a increase will have a conversation about the spread of a little corruption in america a republic no more. I look at the administrative s