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Dinner Chairpersons
Ron & Annette Plotkin
Dinner Co-Chairs
Dr. Robert & Leslie Hamilton s Steve & Rita Emerson s Jay & Dulce Hoffman
Honorary Dinner Committee
Elie and Sima Alyeshmerni
Dr. Benjamin and Dr. Miriam Landau
Kam and Lilly Babaoff
Sam and Cathy Lebovitz
Newton Becker
Fred and Dina Leeds
Rabbi Moises and Yaffa Benzaquen Ed and Marie Lewis
Arun and Marina Bhumitra
Dr. Dan and Edith Lieber
Dr. Roy and Laurie Blumenstrauch Barak and Stacy Lurie
Charles and Kharlene Boxenbaum Adam and Gila Milstein
Eliot and Robin Broidy
Heidi A. Nietert
Dean Cain
Ron and Annette Plotkin
Aubrey and Joyce Chernick
Roger Richman
Abba and Pamela Claman
Naty and Debbie Saidoff
Joe and Lea Purwin d’Agostino
Sunny and Debbie Sassoon
Robert and Miri Esensten
Dr. Arnold and Dr. Roberta Seid
Sam and Ardyth Freshman
Joe and Nickie Shapira
Jerry and Jean Friedman
Gary Sinese
Josh and Beth Friedman
Shawn and Michelle Steele
Georgette Gelbard
Alan and Lisa Stern
Gary and Roseanna Grabel
Dr. Jerome and Mary Joelle Unatin
Al and Robin Han
Jon Voigt
Larry J. Hochberg
Jeff Weiner and Cathy Ferraro
Stan and Margot Itzkowitch
Michael and Adrienne Wienir
Rabbi Isaac and Arianna Jeret
Paul Wright
Mitch and Jolene Julis
Kirin Zaidi
Dr. David Katzin
Richard and Dafna Ziman
Dinner Committee
Jennifer Kutner, Allyson Taylor, Libby Lieber, Cathy Lebovitz,
Leslie Hamilton, Adrienne Wienir
American Freedom Alliance
American Freedom Alliance unites individuals and
communities throughout the United States who
share an abiding reverence for the values that make
the United States of America a symbol of freedom of
thought, speech and self-expression. The Alliance’s
programs, publications, conferences and websites
develop tools and strategies to counter the growing
influence of ideologies and movements that deny the
sanctity of the personal conscience.
The Heroes of Conscience
At our second annual dinner, we pay tribute again
to heroes of conscience - men and women who
stand at the forefront of the battle to preserve our freedom.
We are grateful for their courage and tenacity in
confronting those who would imprison our thoughts,
stifle our imagination and rob us of our liberty. In
defense of our freedoms they have dared to venture
beyond the comforts of family, career and personal
commitments, taking great risks on a daily basis in
order to elevate the truth.
American Freedom Alliance
11500 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: 310-444-3085 Fax: 310-444-3086
isdev@ix.netcom.com www.americanfreedomalliance.org
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
Simi Valley
“In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed;
it must be achieved.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Heroes of Conscience Dinner
Ronald Reagan Presidential
Library & Museum
40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, California
In Tribute
Philippe Karsenty
Stephen Coughlin
Honoring
Howard and Sonya Waldow
Ed Ames
and
Remembering
Tashbih Sayyed
Master of Ceremonies
Hugh Hewitt
Sunday, May 18, 2008
4:30 pm: Presidential Museum Tour
5:45 pm: Cocktail Reception
7:00 pm: Dinner
Couvert: $300 per person
Dress: Business attire
Kosher and vegetarian meals available upon request.
In Tribute
Philippe Karsenty is a French journalist and media critic. After a
brief foray into French politics in 2002, he founded Media-Ratings,
the first ever French agency to rate the media. Media-Ratings focuses
on fraud, inconsistencies and inaccuracies in the French media. Mr.
Karsenty has been fighting to expose the greatest media hoax of this
century - the so- called “Mohammed al-dura murder” in which a
twelve-year-old boy was supposedly targeted and killed by Israeli troops
during a resurgence of the Arab/Muslim violence in September, 2000. The staged incident,
broadcast first on French public television, intensified Arab/Muslim hatred against the
West and has been employed as a pretext for violence and mayhem around the world.
Karsenty was recently elected Deputy Mayor of Neuilly, one of the most influential political
districts in France.
Stephen Coughlin is an attorney with a background in international
law and international business. He is also a former consultant to the
Intelligence Directorate of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In January, 2008,
Mr. Coughlin, who has an expertise in the sources of Islamic terror and
uses of Islamic law, was not renewed to his position at the Department of
Defense. While no one in his chain of command disputed the veracity,
accuracy or balance of his lectures and briefings, it is widely believed
that Mr. Coughlin was compelled to leave his position because his views were considered
politica lly unacceptable. Mr. Coughlin currently serves as a United States Army Reserve
Major specializing in military intelligence.
Honorees
Howard Waldow was born in Los Angeles, attended high
school in Beverly Hills and received a BA in psychology
in 1970 from CSUN. In 1972 he started Michael Howard
Furniture with only $1000 - an enterprise that eventually
grew into one of California’s largest residential furniture
companies. At the end of 1999, Howard retired and became
an investor, primarily in real estate. Sonya Tuchman-Waldow was born in Munich,
Germany to Polish Holocaust survivors. A teenage modeling contest led to a successful
modeling and acting career in Europe which brought her to the United States in the late
80s. Sonya holds a Masters Degree in Psychology, speaks four languages fluently and
currently works as a journalist and TV producer for German television. Howard and
Sonya are the proud parents of 16-year old Daniel and 4-month old Ariana.
Ed Ames is a singer, actor and community activist who has
appeared in Broadway plays, major motion pictures and has
been a recording star in his own right. His greatest success as a
stage actor came when he played Chief Bromden in the Broadway
production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest opposite Kirk
Douglas. Talent scouts at 20th Century Fox saw Ed in the
production and invited him to play the Native American Mingo
on the television show Daniel Boone, a role he played from 1964-70. Ed has made
many recordings as a solo artist. He released his first single called “Try to
Remember” in 1965 and had even a bigger success in 1967 with “My Cup Runneth
Over”. Succeeding hits were “When the Snow Is On the Roses”, “Time Time” and
“Timeless Love”. Ed has been involved in innumerable Jewish and environmental
charities over the past 40 years and is currently the president of the Los Angeles
branch of the Zionist Organization of America.
Remembering
Born in Pakistan, but a proud American, Tashbih Sayyed
(1942-2007) was a historian, television producer and editor.
He placed himself on the frontline in the struggle with radical
Islam. He earned the enmity of Muslim extremists for his
friendship towards Israel, his sympathy and admiration for
Western civilized values and for his fearless critiques of his own
culture and religion. Tashbih Sayyed passed away in May, 2007.
We cherish his memory and pay tribute to his legacy.
Master of Ceremonies
P rofessor
Hugh Hewitt is a law professor and broadcast
journalist whose nationally syndicated radio show is heard
in more than 120 cities across the United States every weekday
afternoon. Professor Hewitt is a graduate of Harvard College
and the University of Michigan La School, and has been teaching
Constitutional Law at Chapman University Law School since it
opened in 1995. Professor Hewitt is a frequent guest on CNN, Fox News Network,
and MSNBC, and has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,
and the Los Angeles Times. He has received three Emmys for his work as co-host
of the ground-breaking Life & Times program, a nightly news and public affairs
program that aired on the Los Angeles PBS affiliate, KCET, from 1992 until 2007.
The Heroes of Conscience