shalom, how have you wronged me. >> hey, stephen, this is ira glass. >> ira glass, host of public radio this american life. i recognized your voice because hi the sudden urge to pledge $50 for a dr. who fannie pack. so ira what is your apology. >> stephen, i apologize for never having you on this american life. >> yes. >> so tonight my apology to stephen colbert, act 1, the apology, act 2, you forgive me. >> stephen: well, of course i forgive you ira. >> thank you, stephen, really, i really have come to realize if anybody should be a guest on this american life it's you because you are america. i read will-- learned that from watching your show. >> stephen: thank you, i watch your show too. >> my show is on the radio. (laughter) >> stephen: of course it is,. i turn the sound down and i watch my radio. >> stephen, if i could i would also like everyone to check out a movie i produced and cowrote called sleep walk with me out in theatres now. >> stephen: sure, sure. wait a second, ira did you just call to plug your movie? >> no i called to wish you a happy new year. >> stephen: well, thank

services and which are saying and what you're promoting with a social justice oriented and head of that shalom center coming out with me. so, after the service we're going to be picketing all local bank the wells fargo bank is representative of the ways that the banks have been insensitive toward the needs of the poor and scoring a lot of people had in the mortgage policies and we're very social justice oriented. and we also deeply spiritual oriented with the traditional service in that respect but amigo de into what it really means and the text itself a sense as a key ikea that the human transformation of the world and it says that our task is to overcome the condemns of arrogance on the planet and so this is not something that imposed from a berkeley consciousness the score to the jewish tradition and that is why were inviting as many people want different kind of holiday and see many bay area jews not turned off to their dubious some some very different kind of genius >>> out here read your same period and into center to the same thing something has to get to give. and now what i'd get to g

hello mr buck out of welcome to the show so long thank you shalom it says very nice to have you here well first of all let's talk about about this film the innocence of muslims which has caused fury all of the middle east these days. but what is surprising for me it's practically cause no trouble in israel itself so why do you think this is happening in one why are the israeli muslims more tolerant. to this movie. well in jerusalem and in israel as a whole we promote mutual life coexistence jerusalem lately in the last few years is one of the most quiet cities in the world we are upgrading the quality of life for residents it's a democracy so demonstrations are allowed but no violence is allowed so while we have demonstrations like in any other modern country and modern city we will not allow demonstrations to become violent and so people are welcome to this freedom of choice there's freedom of religion freedom of expression and freedom to demonstrate as long as you do it legally and these go very very well together you see that all residents in jerusalem and we have any conflict you

[applause] >> shalom, good evening, everybody. it is my pleasure to be here with you, especially when you have such great weather in washington. almost like jerusalem at this time of the year. i am very happy to see so many people coming and showing an interest in my book, and i would like in the next 20 minutes to share with you not what you're going to read in the book, but what's behind the ideas. but first i want to think we all can agree that's what's happening in israel is important to the people who live in the united states of america. why? because we share the same values, the same principles, the same heritage and the same enemies. and because we are in the middle east today being attacked, so you have to ask yourself why those people are against the jewish nation in the middle east. the arab against israel not because of the land that we so-called occupied. we are being attacked because of the values that we are walking upon them in israel. and the values are democracy. we are following very carefully the elections here