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Humanitarian Relief
Our continuing series “Underreported” looks at the forces jeopardizing humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan. This July, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) pulled out of Afghanistan after 24 years of service there. MSF Director of Operations, Kenny Gluck, explains why MSF decided to pull out, and Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs at the UN, discusses the prospects for humanitarian aid worldwide in the face of terrorism.
Then Gilbert King examines the international human trafficking industry—a modern day slave trade—in (Woman, Child—for Sale). Journalist Sue Fishkoff offers an inside view the Brooklyn-based, internationally-recognized Hasidic movement, Chabad-Lubavitch, in her new book: The Rebbe’s Army. And pro-Republican comedians Chris Warren and Julia Gorin are in town for the Republican National Convention. They’re performing as part of the comedy revue “The Right Stuff,” a comedy troupe bent on offering an alternative to what they see as a left-leaning bias to comedy.
Jan Egeland and Kenny Gluck
Jan Egeland from the UN Office of Humanitarian Affairs, and Kenny Gluck, MSF Director of Operations, discuss the challenges facing humanitarian aid workers caught in the crossfire of the war on terror.
» More on the UN Office of Humanitarian Affairs
» More on Médecins Sans Frontières (aka Doctors Without Borders)
» More on our “Underreported” series
Music:
Edit of “Coffee Talk” / Wild Dreams” by DJ Krush
“Meta, Beta, Terabeta” by Pangeia Instrumentos
“Tomorrow” by Amp
Gilbert King
Gilbert King on the global human trafficking trade: Woman, Child--for Sale.
Music:Soundtrack to The General’s Daughter, music by Carter Burwell: “Kent’s Story” / “West Point” / “The Conspiracy”
Sue Fishkoff
Sue Fishkoff offers insight on the ever-expanding Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement in The Rebbe's Army.
Sue Fishkoff will be speaking at:
Chabad of Southampton
Friday, 8/27 and Saturday, 8/28
214 Hill St., Southampton, NY
(631) 287-2249
» More about the book
» Read an excerpt of The Rebbe's Army: Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitch in the Reading Room
Music: Wandering Jew, Yale Strom & Klazzj: “70 West 77th” / “Tribes – A Romanian Suite”
Julia Gorin and Chris Warren
Julia Gorin and Chris Warren from the pro-Republican comedy troupe “The Right Stuff.”
» More on The Right Stuff comics
Music: Jazz: 6 ½ Syncopated Movements: “Jubilo (The Scent of Democracy)
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