there was an orthodox prayer gathering that met on the lower level of the synagogue every week. it was a much smaller community, and they would speak out for people to join them, to create the 10 people that you need to have a prayer service, they would recruit from upstairs. one time i joined them and was brought down there, and they would not call me up is the son of two women, and they insisted on calling me up is the son of abraham, which you do generically when you do not know who someone's parents are, or when they are adopted and you don't know who their parents are. i knew at that moment i was not comfortable with it and they were not accepting me my family for who we really were, and i felt something i had never felt before and i never went back downstairs.>>> based on this experience, where are the places we feel we need to be better to explore in getting better in our juice community?>> is a mother of twin daughters who went to a jewish day school, we were the first two mommy family to go to the jewish day school in marin, and i will never forget when the kids were in

and since we are in the synagogue, genes of spirituality? >> these are interested and complicated questions. 10-15 years ago someone would say those are crazy questions. but 10-15 years later they are not so crazy. are there genes for temperament, personality, etc? almost always these things are very high order principles. they lie in intersections between genes and environment. but do i feel that some of these evanescent qualities have some components of genes? how do we know the answer is yes? very, very detailed studies on identical twins separated at birth, a famous study i talk about a lot and interviewed one of the authors of that study for this book, he said twins separated at birth, brought up in different circumstances, share surprising kinds of behavior. they share personality traits that you would not have imagine happen by random chances, they share preferences and anxiety. there must be thinks in the

tomorrow, we'll be holding the same program at the synagogue and mount cisco new york. so please encourage your westchester friends and family to join us there tomorrow evening at 7:45 p.m. tonight's program is a part of a conversation that the u.s. holocaust memorial museum is holding nationwide, examining the role each of us has a when confronted with difficult and complex challenges. only in recent history has international law evolved to define and punish a mass violence against civilians. out of the devastating crimes of the holocaust the allied powers were forced to bring state actors to justice for unspeakable crimes, never before tried in a court of law. a small percentage of nazi officials and collaborators were brought to trial in the immediate postwar period. as years passed, the global community largely lost interest in pursuing the remaining perpetrators. however, a few remarkable individuals continue to work to bring nazi criminals to justice. these later trials continue to influence national law. law grows through standing of presidents. in other words, ho

it is documented the targets were in muslim loss, a jewish synagogue, highway patrol posts, and many other places. as i said, 15 terrorist attacks were planned. reporter: initially, french authorities were skeptical saying the detained men was not known to law enforcement or intelligence. but later, french police said a raid on the suspect's home in france uncovered ingredients for homemade explosives. french are deploying security forces amid fears the soccer championships could be targeted by islamist groups. france has extended its state of emergency introduced after last november's terroririst attacks until the end of july. anchor: we have team coverage tonight. crank is standing by in ukraine where this terrorism suspect was arrested. lisa is in paris ahead of the soccer kick off later this week. tell us more about this arrest in ukraine. who was the? does he have potential accomplices? >> there is obviously a terrorist threat concerning the europe cup in france. this monday after the chief of the security service has revealed this capture of this 25-year-old french man who was g

freundel was a long-time rabbi at the georgetown synagogue pleaded guilty to using this clock camera to spy on 52 nude or partially nude women. they were taking part in a sacred ceremony called the mikvah. people were outraged. >> his career is over. he had the confidence of his congregation. now that is gone. >> before the judges today his attorney jeffrey harris argued the sentence of 45 days of each of the women spied on adding up to more than six years was excessive. he said the council law made the act criminal, not the number of people spied on. >> so what is the difference people and pointing a camera at six people? >> the government attorney kept reminding the judges freundel was not found guilty but pleaded guilty. >> you admitted to 52 violations of that. you don't preserve a right to come in later. >> they ask the government tough questions and they asked me tough questions. where they come out we will find out when they where it. >> member of the panel will issue the opinion or the opinions in the coming weeks or months. the tone and the tenor of the questions or the comme

those spanish jews named the synagogues of the cities they were forced to leave, sevilla, aragorn, zaragozaledo. but as time passed, they made thessaloniki their new home, one that proudly and rightly was called the jerusalem of the balkans, the mother of all israel. cities are nurtured in tolerance -- the ghetto was invented in venice. modern anti-semitism was invented in vienna. and the holocaust was conceived in berlin. european jews symbolized urban decadence and were persecuted and eventually exterminated for this. today almost every european city from paris to krakow is a city of ghosts. haunted by the absence of its most exemplary citizens. with their death as part of our own -- has died as well. the holocaust stole our cities' futures. our jews sought out hometowns wherever they moved they changed their memory. bialystok was as much a presence in new york as it was back in russia. the jews of thessaloniki sblishd associations in paris, new york, and tel aviv. and they drew courage swinging songs about thessalonika, our fatherland. the memory lived in exile as the past was systematic

those spanish jews named the synagogues of the cities they were forced to leave, sevilla, aragorn, zaragoza, toledo. but as time passed, they made thessaloniki their new home, one that proudly and rightly was called the jerusalem of the balkans, the mother of all israel. cities are nurtured in tolerance -- the ghetto was invented in venice. modern anti-semitism was invented in vienna. and the holocaust was conceived in berlin. european jews symbolized urban decadence and were persecuted and eventually exterminated for this. today almost every european city from paris to krakow is a city of ghosts. haunted by the absence of its most exemplary citizens. with their death as part of our own -- has died as well. the holocaust stole our cities' futures. our jews sought out hometowns wherever they moved they changed their memory. bialystok was as much a presence in new york as it was back in russia. the jews of thessaloniki sblishd associations in paris, new york, and tel aviv. and they drew courage swinging songs about thessalonika, our fatherland. the memory lived in exile as the past was system

the service seized details of 15 possible targets including a synagogue, a mosque, and a french tax office. when he tries to cross the border from ukraine into poland and into the european union, ukrainian officers are waiting. he is arrested with an arsenal of weapons in the van. five machine guns, 6,000 bullets and these small blocks of explosives, 125 kilograms of them. the man who was arrested is reported to be a 25-year-old farm worker. officials in ukraine described him as a far right extremest who was apparently unhappy about high levels of immigration in france. >> in december 2015, we learned that a french citizen arrived in ukraine claiming to be providing volunteer aide. he started establishing contacts with members of the armed forces promising to deliver equipment. during this process, he indicated his interest in purchasing weapons, explosives, and other means of destruction. there are questions tonight about how easy it is to buy machine guns and explosives here in ukraine. the country's security service is claiming a massive coup saying it prevented mass murder just days be

the architecture. people remember st. patrick's cathedral, central synagogue. but if you walk around the city, you will find religious conceivable every type, corner, cranny, people stuck them in wherever they could because they had no choice if they wanted to fit them in. i thought, there is something to say here and that is what i want to say. inant to tell a story, not encyclopedic history, not 700-pages long, but a series of religions unfolded 1960's.0 into the the story is not the collapse of religion or secularization. it is how religious groups coped with their situation, which was density, diversity. new york city is the only city where catholics and jews outnumbered protestants. made catholics and jews anxious because they were used to not living with so many other groups and that is not taking into account all of the other groups in the city will stop like the hotel in the 1920's, what he called dromedary, which taught natural religions. what is that religion? jon butler: they are disappearing. we have -- to my knowledge, i have not found a majority. t

the synagogue in virginia inviting syrian refugees to dinner. here in canada, the world has been inspired as canadians across the country have opened up their hearts and homes. we have watched citizens knitting tuks to keep refugees warm in the winter. we have seen the prime minister welcome the arrival and extend the hand of friendship and say you are safe at home now. feele the refugees who that they have a special duty to get back and see the opportunity of a new life. a girlfriend afghanistan by donkey and camel and who remember thing greeted in this country by helping hands and the robinof robin singing -- singing. and today she serves in the chamber and his cabinet. -- this cabinet. [applause] a country is not something you billed as the pharaohs built the pyramid. a country is something that is built every day. out of certain basic share dollars. sharede that is -- values. how to that is. how blessed we are. blessed to have had people before us, day by day, brick by brick, build these externa countries of hours. how fortunate, how privileg

the city. people do remember st. patrick's cathedral, central synagogue. if you walk around the city, you will find religious buildings of every conceivable corner, -- in every conceivable corner, cranny, people stuck them in wherever they could because they had no choice. i thought, well, there is something to say here and that is what i want to say. i want to tell a story, not an encyclopedic history, because it is not going to be 700-pages long, but a series of essays about how religions unfolded from 1880 into the 1960's. the story is not the collapse of religion. it is not secularization. it is how religious groups coped ready --how monday it is howity -- religious groups coped with their situation, which was anonymity, density, diversity. new york city is the only american city where catholics and jews outnumbered protestants. it did not make protestants very happy. it also made catholics and jews anxious, because they were used to not living with so many other groups. and that is not taking into account all of the other groups in the city. there was

a decade ago, when al qaeda carrieied out a deadly attack on the british consulate in istanbul and two synagogues took them only weeks to roll up the whole organization that carried out the attack, so they do have expertise in cracking down on the groups. anchor: a lot of analysts quoted today. some say, if islamic state is indeed behind the attack, this would be a declaration of war. erdogan being the strong man he wants us to think he is, there's no way he can let this go without some kind of retaliation, rigight? >> well, i it's intntesting. you heard a very tough speech, just after the attackk from the turkish president,, saying thahat a place inin hells already prepared for them. he said, islamic state is now the priority of t turkey's security forces. that appears to be a major change. up until n now, turkey claimemed that some rebelsls and conspirators were trtrying to overerthrow them, which h has gn a lolot of criticism from the oppositionon. theyey said the govovernment hat taken islamic c state seriously. now, this lala deadly attack, the government says they are devoting all t the res

katie's forecast on our sister station kyw news radio 106o local members of the jewish community are concerned about a synagogueear graterford prison. >>> plus a preview of the next month's political fest at dnc. review of the new film swiss army man. check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial. >>> with the fourth of july holiday weekend coming up a local union is threatening a strike begins atlantic city casinos. local 54 of the unite here union threat tones strike begins bally's, harrah's, caesars, tropicana a and trump taj man man hall unless a new contract is reached. investigators talk until late last night. union wants return of concessions it gave casinos when finances were more shaky. >>> 4:50. time for a check of business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the insuring stock exchange. jill, i hear there is good news for banks. >> thirty-one of 33 big u.s. banks cleared final round of the stress test. this is looking at what their banks could withstand another financial crisis. u.s. banking units, and santander, morgan stanley needs to resubmit capita

rabbi barry freundel was arrested in 2014 after a recording device was found at the kesher israel synagogue. he admitted taping about 50 women, but has attorney argues year on a single voyeurism charge. it appears unlikely that the sentence will be reduced. >>> a piece of maintenance equipment derailed on metro. that caused minor damage to the tracks and this is near national airport overnight on the blue and yellow lines. we are told a number of something called cover boards for the high voltage third rail and some trance insulators were knocked over. this did not, however, impact service. >> you know, i think this is our favorite story of the day. >> it is. >> the district's largest and most controversial homeless shelter is hardly a breeding ground for optimism until today. >> this is the story of a homeless child who is now graduating from high school at the top of her class and she is only 16. news 4's mark segraves tells us what's next for a remarkable teenager appropriately named destiny. >> reporter: in many ways destiny tyree is lke her age. she likes to laugh, and she even gets in

tradition, from the holy scriptures, from a very wide berth, for the religious liberty and the work of churches and synagogues. they said, here is the individual, and here is government. and in the middle we need a lot of civil society, a lot of nurturing of the virtue that will sustain and create and extend freedom over time and through all the years. and they were as rig then as those principles are today. why do i begin remarks the road to majority and faith and freedom in this context? i go back to that remarkable dissent written almost one year ago today by the late, great justice scalia. and before i continue my remarks, i would like to have us give a standing ovation to the remarkable life and legacy of justice antonin scalia. [ applause ] god rest the soul of that great man. he wrote if his dissent to the obgerfeld decision, where five supreme court justices arrogated to themselves a new creation of marriage, a new definition of family and marriage and therefore parenting. he wrote in that dissent overwhelmingly not about marriage. and he wrote overwhelmingly in that dissent not about human sexuality.

the european union from ukraine. authorities say they planned blow up synagogue and mosque. the month-long championship starts next week in france. today marks 72 years since the allied forces stormed beaches of normandy in world war ii. leon: friends of the national world war ii memorial observedded d-day with a commemoration and wreath presentation at the national mall today. the largest amphibious operation in human history that involved more than 150,000 u.s., british and canadian forces. alison: let's switch gears now to talk about the weather. a beautiful day. a little breezy but pretty gorgeous day outside. what does the everything hold for us? our chief meteorologist doug hill has kek on the forecast -- chec doug: it's beautiful. very warm. but it is low humidity. 38% humidity. 85 now around the capital. if you are grilling out, a perfect night to be outside. winds will diminish closer to sun set. 83 at 6:00 p.m. 80 at 8:00 p.m. tonight. the high cloudiness is coming well ahead of the moisture associated with the tropical storm colin. another tropical storm. 50-mile-p

the ukraine. they arrested a 25-year-old frenchman identified as a far right person from ukraine, planning to attack mosques, synagoguesand government buildings. i spoke to david stern ngf. -- in kiev. >> we don't know what has been announced by the ukrainian services, the head of the services. this was greeted in some circles with skepticism. we heard accusations of this sort not of this sort but of accusations from security services. domestics are going into great detail. he was caught on the ukrainian polish border at the end of last month. they are only announcing now what exactly he had, which was around 125 kilograms of explosives of tnt, thousands of rounds of ammunition, antitank grenade launchers and detonators. he was planning on carrying out 15 different terrorist attacks in france on synagogues, a mosque. , or was an antigovernment conservatives say he spoke out in opposition to the french , described as open immigration. we do not know much more than that. we are waiting to find more details, although they have released a video of this catch -- cache. anchor: we are talking about a frenchman that was plann

speech advocates that push the line to free speech as we saw with "charlie hebdo", be it the attacks on synagogueson the gay community, this doesn't come out of nowhere. violent homophobia comes from non-violent homophobia. and the president and our homeland security need to wake up. and i'll remind you, bill, our president went to a mosque in february that we warned them had had sermons that were homophobic but yet we were ignored. the homophobia that comes from saudi arabia that penetrates so many of the three accurates in hur community -- in our community needs to be exposed. it's all part of the same picture. bill: yeah. islamic state apparently taking credit. it was a radio broadcast for some sort of message earlier today. and they called him one of the soldiers of the caliphate in america. now, what are we to understand about the state of that caliphate here today? how many followers are they? how radicalized have they become? where are we in this current struggle against them, doctor? >> well, certainly the islamists of isis are more of a threat than anything we've seen before because they

synagogue every week. our house had a mizuza on the door frame and i attended many a seder with friends reading from the maxwell house hagadas. as we told the story of a people liberated from bondage. at a time when bought bot mitvas were rare, i've been inspired by the deep morality of the jewish faith, by the urgency of the command in deuteronomy, sedek, sedek tudorf, justice, justice, you shall pursue. for 110 years now ajc has answered that call. you've been america's conscience, fighting for civil rights, reaching out to other faith communities, comforting the stranger new to our shores. more and more as we recognize tonight, you've become the world's conscience as well from battlie ining apartheid in stan native south america to aiding refugees in europe. i've been truly fortunate, as i've said, to work closely with you at the u.n. and now as the president's national security adviser. i echo the assessment of my dear friend madeleine albright who says, and i quote, ajc remains indispensable. no one understands more clearly the need for vigilance and the danger of silence. so, on behalf of president ob a o

in the spirit of love, whether it's the way he engaged small children, whether it is the money he donated to synagogues it is the way that he spread islam around the world as a religion of peace. all of these things are evidence that muhammad ali was an extraordinary person who believed that we could love our way through this world. but let's be very clear. muhammad ali also understood that the world could only heal when injustice was eliminated. he wasn't just a champion of love, he was a champion of justice. in 1967 muhammad ali became an enemy of the state. muhammad ali was someone when he refused to go to vietnam was someone who stood up for what he believed. he was saying that i can't support imperialism. i can't support this war. and that same spirit of love, like dr. king, carried him throughout decades. when i think about muhammad ali's legacy, i think of someone who says with be look, we have to make the world right. we have to make the world equal. we have to make the world fair. not for one race, not for one race, not for one religion, or gender. for everybody. >> first he moved to the natio

activists who because this congress has failed to act, these american heroes pound the avement, go to churches, synagogues and mosques and go to chambers of commerce to pressure this body, the house of representatives, the people's house, to take action to defend the people. what we do is not that hard, not compared to what mark barton does every day and not compared to the heartache in chicago where you have dozens dying on a giving weekend. folks, it's not that hard. we can take the vote. we should take the heat. and we should act to save lives. thank you. >> i thank the the gentlewoman from for her comments and she is correct. mr. thompson: can you imagine that? we have all kids, can you magine your child being lost and get the call that your son or daughter has been murdered at school. that's hard, that's difficult, what we are doing is not hard and shouldn't be hard for the republican leadership to allow us to have a vote on gun violence prevention legislation that would help prevent these things from happening. they just happen too often. every day, 31 people are murdered. shot ay, 151 people are in

the congregation. so she took me to synagogues, she took us to a hindu temple. so i read the koran when i was 17. and after reading several different scriptures, and the koran was the one that really resonated with me because one of the things i really liked about the koran was i got all the prophets that i grew up with and, you know, i definitely -- i think the atonement story, i never fully got. you know. but i have incredible respect for christian tradition. i have spent a lot of time in catholic theology. i'm an arm chair catholic theologian i would say. i've read a lot of aquinas, augustine. i mean, i always think that catholics are so bad at marketing. because they really do have an incredible tradition. and in terms of ethics, they are the most advanced religious ethical tradition i think on the planet right now. i really believe that. they're just so ahead of all the other religions in really deeply dealing from a philosophical perspective a lot of the things we're confronted with. people are -- there's a lot of shallow thinking out there about what's going on. and we're looking at transh

they go to synagogue with other folks. so theat we're going to somehow take them all out and remove them and that that is not going to upset the balance of this country is foolish and scary. here's what we do know: in 2012 when the president announced deferred action for dreamers, there were over 700,000 young people that came forward and got work authorization, pay tax, get better jobs. that's a program that makes sense, not just for those families but for the country. that's the direction i would suggest we go in. >> woodruff: final word. >> until we end illegal immigration and there's an actual commitment from our policy-makers to enforce immigration law, any type of asylum will enforce more illegal immigration. >> woodruff: jon feere, angela kelley and marcia >> sreenivasan: should they stay or should they go? that's the question facing british voters today as they decide their place in europe. special correspondent malcolm brabant has the story from london. >> reporter: the signs went up and doors to polling stations across

, a mom or dad or in-law, going ahead and thinking about our own retirement in the future, the church synagogue or mosque that we tie to, the charitable contributions we make to organizations we believe are incredibly important because of the work that they do, those of expressions of our values as individuals. and the nation's budget is an expression of our collective values as a country. what will we provide for the national defense? how will we secure our homeland against acts of terrorism? what will we spend to educate our children both elementary, secondarily and how are we going to help students not graduate under a mountain of debt but have that human capital that we need to drive america's competitiveness. how are we going to defend our country across the globe, for example, from isis? how much money are we going to spend in research and development so that the alzheimer's that took my mother's life can be cured, that we can find the cause and then develop a cure or cancer or so many other dreaded diseases. all of these things and many more that we decide collectively as a congress and

the congregation. to do us to a synagogue, a hindu temple. when i was 17.n after reading several different reallyres, the quran resonated with me because one of the things i like about the quran was i got all the profits and i definitely -- i think the atonement story, i never fully got. but i have incredible respect for christian tradition. i have spent a lot of time in catholic the elegy. -- theology. i'm kind of an armchair cap are -- catholic theologian. i always think the catholics are just so bad at marketing. [laughter] they really do have incredible tradition. in terms of ethics, they are the most advanced religious ethical tradition i think on the planet right now. i really believe that. they are just so ahead of all the other religions in deeply dealing from a philosophical perspective. there is a lot of shallow thinking out there about what is going on. we are looking at trans-humanism, which is profoundly troubling. cs lewis, a closet catholic, wrote a very prescient piece called "the evolution of man," a very troubling book. and i

and my father said, "you know, mark, the rabbi said the same portion is coming up this week in synagogueah portion again?" and like a moron i said, "yeah!" "sure, dad, i'd love to." >> stephen: did you have to, like, re-memorize it? >> yes, i did! and i was riding my bike around manhattan with a walkman-- this is how long ago that was-- and i was listening to the song to learn it. and i remember, i had just come out of a bad audition and i'm listening to this song and i grabbed the walkman and threw it against the wall, because i was like, "why am i doing this!?" >> stephen: to please your parents. >> to please my parents. >> stephen: exactly. >> because i'm a-- >> stephen: now, when are you getting re-circumcised? because that's a little harder. ( laughter ) because that's a little tougher. >> right now, baby! >> stephen: all right! >> right now! let's do this! >> stephen: thank you very much. the final season of "royal pains" premieres on usa may 18. mark feuerstein, everybody. we'll be right back with "friday night fights." ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) poor mouth breather.

the church. >> reporter: if opposites do in fact attract, is this a marriage made in hockey heaven? >> i notice there's a synagogue a block away as well. i think they are trying to get everyone together to pray for the pens. and i don't think it is need ped. but we will take anything we can get. >> i've seen black and gold at the church entrance. >> reporter: can you blame them? why not try to get every advantage possible. >> i have not heard the priest as one of the petitions during mass ask for a prayer to the penguins. but as what's going on in the heart of everybody worshipping, god only knows. >> reporter: there inlies the beauty. chaos here goes hand in hand with the serenity here. >> god can grant all things. pray for pen's victory at the same time. in pittsburgh, colin rush, nbc bay area. >> before we leave, another look at what we have been following throughout the newscast. active search for gunman who shot and injured two fremont police officers earlier this afternoon. it is unfolding in the area of fremont's irvington district. gunman may still be somewhere in that neighborhood. we have multiple agenci

french citizen with a mass of arsenal weapons at the polish border accused of planning 15 terror strikes in france. among alleged targets, a mosque, synagoguethis upcoming friday. among the weapons seized here, grenade launchers, assault rifles and tnt. ukrainian authorities say the suspect was upset about foreigners in france and the spread of islam. >>> breaking news from the middle east. at least five people are dea jo intelligence officers in a attack on a securityffic refuge. the attack happening on the mo of ramadan. of responsibility. authorities a looking reportedly for a single assailant who was armed with an automatic weapon. >>> the taliban claims responsibility for an ambush in afghanistan that killed an american journalist working for national public radio and his afghan translator. photographer david gilkey embedded with afghan special forces traveling in helman sunday. the theirs to be killed in the network's 46-year history. >>> the big political story surrounding donald trump is that he's not backing down from his attack on federal judge gonzalo curiel saying his mexican heritage presents a "absolute conflict in overseeing

the major themes of his life. out important to point a cultural jew but did not attend synagogue. at 18 years of age and important event happen. his father took him to hear william jennings bryan's beat and apparently it was a life-changing moment. education a rigorous but soon after entering college he ran into major family problems. his father died and five months left, his mother died, and him in charge of the family business and going to school at the same time. despite the circumstances, he stayed on track. he graduated from columbia university in 1910 and went to columbia law, admitted to the bar in 1912. married in 1914 to stella bar. they had two girls. one daughter had cerebral policy and the other survived him. he claims he became a zionist and jewish nationalist in favor of jewish statehood and palestine and he made good on that commitment throughout his political career. , he world war i broke out was working on a draft appeal board in new york city when he caught the attention of democratic party officials in the city. they asked him to run for congress and he ran a d

the religious community in new york really well. i got to spend fridays in -- with an imam pasha and saturdays in a jewish synagogue and sundays in thech. that's what it's like being mayor of new york. there's no minister or rabbi in this city nor are there some imams that object to having police officers in their congregation. in fact, they want them there. they want them to learn the message. it's enlightening for them. so you've got -- if you've got nothing going on there but a beautiful religious service, why in his name would you not want to have a police officer there? >> all right. rudy, thank you very much for dropping by. very busy morning. >>> all right, more from brian down in orlando in a moment, but right now, heather has the headlines. >> i do. this is coming from overseas. a series story, breaking overnight, a sickening terror attack streamed live on facebook by the killer. a known islamist and extremist who was under surveillance by the french government stabbing and killing two french police officers, a husband and his wife. this all happening in their home and right in front of their 3-year-old son. s.w.a.t. teams r

synagogue every week. ar house had a misuse of -- mezuzah on the doorway. i attended many a seder. the story of a people liberated from bondage. at a time when bat mitzvahs were still rare, i went to more than most girls at the national cathedral school. [laughter] life, i have been inspired by the deep morality of the jewish faith, by the centricity and the urgency of the command in deuteronomy, shallstice, justice, ye pursue." [applause] for 110 years now, ajc has answered that call. you have been america's conscience, fighting for civil rights, reaching out to other faith communities, comforting .he stranger new to our shores more and more, as we recognize tonight, you have become the world's conscience as well, from battling apartheid in stan's native south africa to aiding refugees in europe. i have been truly fortunate, as i have said, to work closely with you at the u.n. and now as the president's national security advisor. i echo the assessment of my dear friend, madeleine albright, who remainsd i quote, "ajc indispensable. no one understands more clearly the need for vigil

the major themes of his life. it is important to point out that celler was a cultural jew and active cultural jew was not religious and did not attend synagogue. at eight years of age he says in his autobiography an important event happened in his life. williamtook him to hear jennings bryan speak in that was a life-changing moment. education a rigorous at columbia college but soon after entering the college he ran into major family problems. his father died and five months later, his mother died and it left him in charge of the family business and going to school at the same time. despite the circumstances, he stayed on track. he graduated from columbia university in 1910, then went to columbia law graduated in 1912, ,arried in 1914 to stella barb had two girls and one daughter had several policy -- servo policy --ervo when world war i reg out, he was working i draft in new york city when he caught the attention of democratic party officials in the city. they asked him to run for congress. he ran a door-to-door campaign. he was elected to the united in as congress congressional district that changed many times throughout his career. not surp

i actually prayed with the congregation, so she took me to synagogues, she took us to a hindu temple, so i read the koran when i was 17 and after reading several different scriptures and the koran that really resonated with me because one of the things i really liked about the koran is i got all the prophets that i grew up with and -- and you know, i definitely -- i think the -- the atonement story, i never fully got, you know, and -- but i have incredible respect for christian tradition. i've spent a lot of time in catholic theology. i'm kind of an arbitrary cath rick theologian. i've read a lot and joseph peeper is one of my favorite writers. i always think the catholics are just so bad at marketing. because they -- they really do have an incredible tradition. and in terms of ethics they are the most advanced religious ethical tradition i think on the plant right now. i really believe that. they're just so ahead of all the other religions and really deeply dealing from a philosophical perspective a lot of the things we're confronted with. there's a lot of shallow thinking out there

book about ricky smarts the way i thought about is that you have a rookie advantage that being a rookie or now is a strength not a weakness people that are steeped in synagogueit always has been done and they're more likely to gloss over things and miss just key things and so if you take that fresh perspective you know new rise on things and i think about how your first read is your best read you'll be able to add value in nearly every situation the key dough keep to mindset not only in the first couple of months on a job like in our 3 or 5 and year 10. >> are is where you had any difficult experiences that really either pivotal and learn about your own stresses and things speaks for itself that helps you at the time you felt boy this is has been over for me is there instances you felt you made a mistake. >> i think for me building off what marty said i was at task rabbit and deciding to leave imimis a wonderful place i had other skills to develop i didn't know exactly is with what they were i knew other things to side i remember having this conversation with myself basically talking myself into quieting my job as imimand i remember in a this is not rocket s

the way. greek islanders pulling families to shore and germans handing out sweets to migrants at railway stations. a synagogue in virginia inviting syrian refugees to dinner. and here in canada, the world has been inspired, as canadians across this country have opened up their hearts and their homes. we've watched citizens knitting tuks to keep refugees warm in the winter. and we've seen your prime minister welcome new arrivals at the airport and extend a hand of friendship and say, you're safe at home now. and we see the refugees who feel that they have a special duty to give back and seize the opportunity of a new life. the girl who fled afghanistan by donkey and camel and jet plane and who remembers being greeted in this country by helping hands and the sound of robin singing and today, she serves in this chamber and in the cabinet, because canada is her home. [applause] president obama: a country is not something you build as the pharaohs built the pyramids. a country is something that is built every day, over certain basic shared values. how true that is. how blessed we are to have people before us day-b

synagogues, churches and mosques are responsible not only to , worship but to serve. corporations are responsible to treat their workers fairly, and leave the air and waters clean. [applause] governor bush: and our nation's leaders are responsible to confront problems, not pass them on to others. and to lead this nation to a responsibility era, a president himself must be responsible. [applause] governor bush and so, when i put : my hand on the bible, i will swear to not only uphold the laws of our land, i will swear to uphold the honor and dignity of the office to which i have been elected, so help me god. [applause] governor bush: i believe the presidency -- the final point of decision in the american government -- was made for great purposes. it is the office of lincoln's conscience and teddy roosevelt's energy and harry truman's integrity and ronald reagan's optimism. [applause] governor bush: for me, gaining this office is not the ambition of a lifetime, but it is the opportunity of a lifetime. and i will make the most of it. i believe great decisions are made with care, made with conviction, not made with polls. [applause] governor bu

synagogues, churches, and mosques are responsible, not only to worship, but to serve. corporations are responsible to treat their workers fairly, and leave the air and waters clean. [applause] governor bush: and our nation's leaders are responsible to confront problems, not pass them on to others. [applause] governor bush: and to lead this nation to a responsibility era, a president himself must be responsible. [applause] governor bush: and so, when i put my hand on the bible, i will swear to not only uphold the laws of our land, i will swear to uphold the honor and dignity of the office to which i have been elected, so help me god. [applause] governor bush: i believe the presidency, the final point of decision in the american government, was made for great purposes. it is the office of lincoln's conscience, of teddy roosevelt's energy, of harry truman's integrity, and of ronald reagan's optimism. [applause] governor bush: for me, gaining this office is not the ambition of a lifetime, but it is the opportunity of a lifetime. and i will make the most of it. [applause] governor bush: i believe great decisions are made with care, made with conv

research shows that people who engage in hate crime start off first to facing a synagogue or a church and then as collating theiolence to breaking windows and firebombing homes. there is evidence of an escalation in hate crimes. if you can prevent people who are convicted of a hate crime early on, that would go a long way to help prevent these kind of things. this is a very complicated issue have so many guns in this country, more guns per person in any country in the guns per 100 people so is more than one gun per person including war zones. it's her easy for people to access firearms. also, we have assault weapons which i have introduced a and to get these weapons of war that are designed for the battlefield off our city and community streets. aere are number of hills like background check system and make the terror are on watch list that you cannot go into a gun store and buy a gun. i think we have had 10-15 times that issue has become before the house and has been rejected by my republican colleagues. if you are too dangerous to get on an airplane, the government has identified you as a suspect. then you a

told to shut up just because he or she is a jew, when a synagogue is then analyzed, this is an in sult to everyone's liberty. just a few days ago, the european commission signed an agreement with tech giants such twittere, facebook, and to make sure that all illegal hate speech is taken down quickly and effectively. these are criminal acts and must be treated simply as such. jewishcommunities -- communities and jewish culture are central to the social fabric of our continent, both in the united states and in europe. here in america, you have always focused on what people are doing, where people are going, not where they come from. and this makes your country such an incredible place. you.ve much to learn from i know this is not something you hear a lot from europeans. [laughter] ms. mogherini: but while we work on it and we continue to keep in our history,, where we come from, let me tell you that in europe are history is impossible to separate from the jewish history. in rome, the other eternal city together with jerusalem, when someone wants to free he or she truly is from rome, they say i am a seventh-generation roman. believe me

synagogue every week. our house had a mezuzah on the doorway. i attended many a seder.s we told the story of a people liberated from bondage. at a time when bat mitzvahs were still rare, i went to more than most girls at the national cathedral school. [laughter] susan: all my life, i have been inspired by the deep morality of the jewish faith, by the simplicity and the urgency of the command in deuteronomy, "justice, justice, ye shall pursue." [applause] susan: for 110 years now, ajc has answered that call. you have been america's conscience, fighting for civil rights, reaching out to other faith communities, comforting the stranger new to our shores. more and more, as we recognize tonight, you have become the world's conscience as well, from battling apartheid in stan's native south africa to aiding refugees in europe. i have been truly fortunate, as i have said, to work closely with you at the u.n. and now as the president's national security advisor. i echo the assessment of my dear friend, madeleine albright, who says, and i quote, "ajc remains indispensable. no one