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IS: Only from Jews, and it's been severe
antisemitism from secular Jews, never
from Christians. The National
Association of Religious Broadcasters,
which is a Christian organization, gave
me their highest award this year. I
should live so long to get a Jewish
award. Secular Jews attack me like I am
the enemy. I am perceived as the enemy.
It's dangerous to be a religious Jew.
JN: To what do you attribute that
negativity?
IS: [These people] are ultra liberal.
And, as it's been explained to me by a
number of rabbis, it's guilt. It was
shocking at first. The first major attack
I got was from the federation in
Dallas. I made a statement in public
that as a religious Jew, I support oppo-
site sex marriages and opposite sex par-
enting as in the best interest of the
children, and it's God's law. It's writ-
ten. But the secular, more liberal rabbis
attacked me in writing and the Anti-
Defamation League condemned me in
a letter just for upholding Judaism.
JN: What will your TV show be all
about? Will it be like your radio show?
IS: It will be very different. It's not
interpersonal one on one. It will be
dealing with very important issues in
our society. It will be more of a call to
action: Here are the things happening
in your schools, community — such as
schools are giving out contraceptives
without your permission, and what
can you do to stop it? Whatever it is,
we will present the issue, have a discus-
sion and at the end it will be encapsu-
lated from my point of view. I want
people to be informed and active.
JN: About your book Parenthood by
Proxy, what do you hope readers will
walk away with after reading it?
IS: I hope they will walk away with a
number of things: one, the will to do
what it takes to raise their children
right; two, the ammunition to defend
themselves against a country, even
their own families, their own commu-
nity, much less the media, which tries
to undermine doing what is right;
three, a wake-up call. Everybody keeps
looking at what's wrong; this is what's
wrong — we are selfish as adults. We
are not taking care of our kids. Period.
JN: You are in the limelight a lot.
What don't people know about you
that you would like them to know?
LS: What they need to know about
me I am open about on the air.
Anything else is personal, and that's
not spelled p-u-b-l-i-c!
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1Yext Year in Paris: Jewish A rt Dealers and Modern Culture
a FREE lecture presented by
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Wednesday, May 17, 7:30 p.m.
The Detroit Institute of Arts Auditorium
(Enter from the Theater off of John R.)
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By the early 20th century, Jews figured prominently
in the ranks of artists, dealers, collectors, critics
and historians of Western culture.
Dr. Charles Dellheim,
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roles of Jewish art dealers based in
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