JOIN US AT TRADE SECRETS World ROUNDUP r-D Roundup from page 16 Featuring Honorary Chair psychologist Sigmund Freud's Vienna office. The words "Sigmund Freud, Vienna" is written on the back of the painting, according to the Telegraph. The starting price for the paint- ing, which will be auctioned by Mullock's Specialist Auctioneers, is about $15,600, the London newspaper reported. The painting was brought to Italy after World War II and taken by an American soldier who was told the painting hung in Freud's office. Hitler and Freud lived in Vienna at the same time. Thursday, March 18, 2010 j 6 p.m. Townsend Hotel, Birmingham Join JVS for an amazing night out to support the JVS Women to Work Program. The evening will feature Linda Solomon's trade secrets, a gourmet dinner, exceptional conversation and exciting raffle prizes. 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Klein Terry Lynn Land - Michigan Secretory of State Gail Lansky Lisa Lapides Mayor Brenda Lawrence - City of Southfield Mindy Levine Rachel Levine Lisa Lis Denise Lutz Sherry Margolis Florine Mark Karen McDonald Lisa Keramedjian Meer Marcia Nodel Kim Novak Linda Orlans Marcie Orley Tommie Pardue Vivian Pickard Jill Rappaport Dr. Martha Seger Ruth Spencer Adrienne Bass Karen Couf-Cohen Sharon Eisenshtadt Diane Farber Jill Gershenson Cohen Beth Gotthelf Judy Greenwald Jackie Layne Dana Loewenstein Nancy Mahlin Cheryl Margolis Patti Nemer Lisa Rosenbaum Susie Schechter Lois Shaevsky Abbe Sherbin Dorie Shwedel Shayna Silverman Michelle Taigman Andrea Teitel Linda Tucker-Roberts Phyllis Yates *2009 Trade Secrets Honorary Chair 1568480 18 February 25 » 2010 Anguish Over Execution Washington/JTA — Agudath Israel of America expressed "deep anguish" after the execution in Florida of a murderer whose case drew Orthodox pleas for clemency. Martin Grossman, 45, died at 6:17 p.m. Eastern time in Starke, Fla., on Feb. 16 by lethal injection, the Tampa Tribune reported. His last words were an expression of "heartfelt remorse" to the family of his victim, Peggy Park, an acceptance of responsibility for the crime and the Shema prayer. "The tragic news out of Florida leaves us feeling deep anguish and sorrow:' Rabbi David Zwiebel, Agudath Israel of America's executive vice president, said in a statement. "Mr. Grossman's execution has hit our community very hard. He was a fellow Jew, and so we saw him as a brother." An array of Orthodox Jewish orga- nizations had pleaded to no avail with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who is in a tough primary fight for the Republican nomination in this year's U.S. Senate election. The Vatican also pleaded on Grossman's behalf after a request from Orthodox Jews. Grossman killed Park, a state wild- life officer, on Dec. 13, 1984. Grossman was 19 when Park tried to arrest him for shooting a stolen gun in an unde- veloped area. He and a companion beat Park before shooting her with her own gun. At the time Grossman was on probation for grand theft and breaking and entering. Grossman's intercessors argued that the crime was not premeditated, that he had expressed remorse and that he had diminished mental capacity. The U.S. Supreme Court turned away their final appeal on Feb. 16. Present at the execution were Park's brother, sister and mother. Grossman spent his final day with his rabbi, an aunt and two friends. P.A. Settles Over Terror Washington/JTA — The Palestinian Authority settled a lawsuit for an undisclosed amount with the widow of an American killed in Israel in 2002. Papers were filed last month requesting the suit be dropped since the conditions of the settlement written last October had been met, Politico reported this week. The suit was brought by Leslye Knox, whose husband, Aharon Ellis, was gunned down at a bat mitzvah party in Hadera. The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, linked to the Palestinian Authority's ruling Fatah Party, claimed responsibility for the act, allegedly carried out by a P.A. secu- rity officer. The payment is a reversal of the Palestinian Authority's previous years of refusal to address lawsuits filed by victims' families. During the Bush administration, the P.A. sought intervention from the exec- utive branch, claiming that suits such as the Knox case eventually would bankrupt the moderate leadership as it tries to exert itself over Hamas. Former U.S. State Department legal adviser John Bellinger told Politico that P.A. Prime Minister Salam Fayyad "has wanted to settle these cases for a long time because plaintiffs' efforts to attach Palestinian assets to satisfy the judgments threaten the financial stability of the Palestinian government" Both sides took steps to keep the settlement amount secret, though court papers mention "installment payments!' Stephen Flatow, whose daughter Alisa's murder led to the Flatow Amendment passed by Congress in 1996 that clarified the right to sue over acts of foreign terrorism, was displeased by the secrecy. "People thinking of mounting a terror attack don't know if they have a major payment to be concerned about:' Flatow told Politico. "It kind of cheapens the action!' Delay Pius Sainthood Vatican City/JTA — Catholic schol- ars from three countries have asked Pope Benedict XVI in a private letter to delay the proposed sainthood of World War II Pope Pius XII. The 18 scholars from the United States, Germany and Australia said that Catholic-Jewish relations could be irreparably harmed if Pius achieves sainthood before the histori- cal record of his actions on behalf Roundup on page 20