THERE’S NO REPLICATING SUELLEN — SuEllen Fried got more love for her work with Kansas prisoners from the national media, this time on CBS. She was featured on CBS evening news on Friday, Nov. 1, and again on CBS Sunday Morning on Nov. 3. You can read the complete story at http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57610508/kan-prisoners-get-the-granny-treatment/.
PRIME MINISTERS SHOWING — “The Prime Minsters: The Pioneers,” based on the best-selling book by Ambassador Yehuda Avner will be shown at the Screenland Crown Center from Nov. 9-14. It takes audiences inside the office of Israel’s prime ministers through the eyes of an insider, Avner, who served as a chief aide, English language note-taker and speech writer to Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin and Shimon Peres. For times, call 816-545-8034, and learn more at www.theprimeministers-thefilm.com.
NOT NEW, BUT NOTEWORTHY NEWS — A loyal reader recently reported that she read “Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project” written by Dr. Jack Mayer. Although our community has long been aware of this project since these students first brought it to local synagogues, she believes this book published in 2011 reveals a new side to the story that all members of the Jewish community should know. The emphasis is on students in Uniontown, Kan., a small isolated town with no “people of color,” Jews or other minorities. The purpose of the 1999 project was directed by their classroom motto: “He who changes one person, changes the world entirely.” Due to the efforts of these students, along with mentors from our small middle-America Jewish Community, Sendler’s heroism was exposed and she became an internationally known and respected figure. Named in the book for their generous financial backing that enabled these young people to pursue the project are Howard and Ro Jacobson, John Shuchart and the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education. Because of their combined efforts international attention was given to an unrecognized hero and she became a Nobel Prize nominee in 2007. Without all of their combined efforts, Irena Sendler may well have gone into history unnoticed. The book is available from the Johnson County Library, and very popular, as well as through Amazon.
