S O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of E ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek- Americans N c v A wEEKly GREEK-AmERICAN PUBlICATION www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 16, ISSUE 815 May 25-31, 2013 $1.50 Regeneron’s Success Has Archbishop Ieronymos Welcomed in the U.S. Been Led by the Team of Athens Prelate Went To NYC Cathedral Vangelos & Yancopoulos During Historic Visit

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. - The news medical degree. He has made do - that a new asthma drug being de - nations amounting to tens of mil - By Constantine S. Sirigos veloped by Sanofi and Regeneron lions of dollars to those schools. TNH Staff Writer Pharmaceuticals which may help In 1986 he became head of patients whose condition is not Merck & Co. which he led to new NEW YORK – It was a more well controlled by existing medi - heights, and where he gained a emotional Sunday Divine Liturgy cines was also the story of the reputation for being an outstand - than usual at the Archdiocesan partnership of two of the most ing leader. He resigned in 1994 – Cathedral of the Holy Trinity this prominent Greek-American mem - Merck has age limits – and was week, and the yearlong celebra - bers of the pharmaceutical indus - lured to Regeneron by Schleifer tion of the 100th anniversary of try. on the advice of Yancopoulos who the Cathedral of Sts. Constantine Pindar Roy Vagelos, who for - doubted whether his compatriot and Helen in Brooklyn gained its merly headed the giant drug com - would join them. highlight when Archbishop pany Merck and was a legend in Yancopoulos was born in Ieronymos of Athens and all the business, and research Woodside, Queens, right next to Greece, invited by Archbishop chief Dr. George Yancopoulos Astoria, the great Greek enclave. Demetrios of America, breathed teamed with Regeneron’s Chief His father was Damis George Yan - the presence of the people of Executive Leonard Schleifer to copoulos, an insurance man well- Greece, with all their struggles turn what had been a relatively known in the community as a and hopes, into the Greek-Amer - unknown biotechnology com - champion on the Macedonian is - ican community. pany based in sleepy Tarrytown, sue, and who was also active with After the liturgies on May 19 New York, into a player in the Kastorian organizations. in Manhattan and on May 21 – field. Yancopoulos finished first in the latter marked the Brooklyn The Vagelos-Yancopoulos pair - his class at the prestigious Bronx parish’s feast day – Ieronymos ing is that of children of Greek High School of Science, and then expressed thanks to the commu - immigrants. earned his doctor’s degree at Co - nity for all its support through Vagelos, whose family has its lumbia. They are from families of the years, and his appreciation roots in Asia Minor, was born in modest means, but rich in char - EUROKINISSI for its solidarity during the cur - Westfield, New Jersey. His father acter and Hellenic values. Samaras: Ireland Shows Greece Path Away from Austerity rent crisis. ran a coffee shop and the young In a 2010 feature by the news It was a moving coincidence Pindar helped out. He was a bril - agency Reuters, which outlined Greek P.M. Antonis Samaras and his Irish counterpart, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, walk through the that the first official visit of a pri - liant student at the University of the company’s ambitious plans, Acropolis Museum with its director, Dimitris Patermalis. Kenny said they discussed a banking mate of the Church of Greece to Pennsylvania and at Columbia the relationship between the union and youth unemployment in meetings during his visit to Athens. the United States in more than University, where he received his Greek-Americans, and their team - 50 years occurred during the ing with Schleifer showed the Paschal season, when choirs, promise to come . chanters, clergy and congrega - In March 2003, when the tion continually chanted Christos company’s Axokine obesity treat - Rangos, Hopkins United against Cancer Anesti. ment stumbled in clinical trials, There were numerous refer - Regeneron shares lost more than ences by clergy and congregation half their value. By Evan C. Lambrou the ultimate corruption of the So far, the main strategy to alike to the expected resurrection Undaunted, and knowing that Special to The National Herald flesh, ravaging thousands upon treat cancer has relied heavily of Greece and a hoped-for Hel - most biotech companies were tak - thousands of people week after on early detection of malignant lenic renaissance in Greece and ing their futures on only one or NEW YORK – Cancer is ar - week. American Cancer Society tumors to prevent the disease the Diaspora. two drugs – with many going bust guably the world’s most dreaded statistics report that, in 2012, from spreading beyond local - After the Divine Liturgy at in the process – Regeneron disease. It takes on many forms. more than 1.6 million people ized tumors. If a tumor is found Holy Trinity, in which the hier - planned to have as many as 40 It starts in one place – the orig - died of cancer in the United before it starts to metastasize archs, priests, and deacons from drugs in trials by 2017 under its inal location of the tumor typi - States alone. (i.e., hatch), there’s a good Greece that accompanied Ierony - lucrative deal with Sanofi to test cally identifies the type of can - Yet hope remains. As medical chance the disease can be neu - mos participated, both archbish - Regeneron antibodies against a cer – and can then spread and scientific research has con - tralized. ops addressed the congregation. wide range of diseases. throughout the human body. tinued to advance in recent But while early detection re - Demetrios presented his Brother In the 12-week study of the Unregulated cell growth is decades, some forms of cancer mains key to preventing cancer in Christ with a check for new asthma drug Dupilumab, the hallmark of the disease. have become eminently curable from taking hold, early detec - $100,000 for programs to benefit which has propelled the com - Cancer cells divide and grow (e.g., prostate cancer). Cures for tion is not always easily accom - the children of Greece. After pany’s fortunes, the number of uncontrollably. Unchecked, they other forms remain vexingly plished. All too often, catching gratefully receiving the donation Roy Vagelos, renowned scien - can then invade other parts of elusive, however (e.g., pancre - tist and industrialist. Continued on page 9 the body, so in many ways, it is atic or ovarian cancer). Continued on page 4 Continued on page 6 Greece: Oft- Erika Spyropoulos Honored as Friend of Paideia Greece Now

Overlooked By Eleni Kalogeras Prepared for TNH Staff Writer

Victim of the NEW YORK – There was some - Slow-moving thing of an academic air, of the loving spirit that pervades the Holocaust lives of the chosen people of Recovery Lady Luck and blessed by God, By Aileen Jacobson the philanthropic fragrance of a The New York Times couple well-known for their By Andy Dabilis good and charitable works. It TNH Staff Writer The photographs of proud was a celebration of the educa - Greek Jewish families in the tor, artist, and philanthropist ATHENS – Returning from early 1900s and the richly dec - named Erika Wilhelmine Knick - China with promises of invest - orated artifacts from centuries mann Spyropoulos, the wife of ment to help Greece’s struggling past on display at the Holocaust the Chicago-based businessman economy get out from under a Memorial and Tolerance Center and Coordinator of SAE (USA) staggering $390 billion debt, of Nassau County reflect a vi - Theodore Spyropoulos that was Prime Minister Antonis Samaras brant community. But images held on May 19 at the Greek- has moved toward utilizing the from the 1940s, of sobbing peo - owned Grand Prospect Hall in energy industry to help boost a ple on their way to Nazi death Brooklyn. And how could these recovery he said will come camps and of postwar commem - life enhancing elements not slowly. orations of the murdered, doc - have dominated the day, since He also got good news when ument a darker era. all these and even more are ex - the head of the Eurozone said “Portraits of Our Past: The pressions of the essence of Spy - that the country will get more Sephardic Communities of ropoulos and her husband! time to meet fiscal targets as Greece and the Holocaust,” on The 2013 “Pallas Athena” part of a second bailout of $173 view through Aug. 15, is an ex - Award Luncheon was co-orga - billion that came with more at - hibition about a little-known nized by the Federation of Hel - tached austerity measures. sector of the Holocaust that lenic American Educators, The The government also ap - Beth Lilach, senior director of Greek Teachers Association TNH/COSTAS BEJ peared satisfied that European education and community af - Stella Kokolis, President of the Federation of Hellenic American Teachers (L) presents Erika Union leaders appeared to back fairs, said she had long wanted Continued on page 5 Spyropoulos with a gift and a plaque acknowledging her devotion to education. Greece’s plans for gas and oil to bring to the center. exploration in the Aegean. “When most people think of “The Commission intends to the Holocaust, they think about assess a more systematic re - Germany, Poland, Auschwitz, course to on-shore and off-shore the camps,” she said. In Greece, U.S. Blames Catsimatidis is Not Lacking in Ideas indigenous sources of energy however, 87 percent of the Jew - with a view to their safe, sus - ish population perished, she tainable and cost-effective ex - said. That represented about Golden Dawn Βy Andrew Grossman tidis, whose Red Apple Group ploitation while respecting 67,000 people, a relatively small Wall Street Journal owns the Gristedes supermarket member states’ choices of en - share of the six million Jews chain, oil and gas businesses ergy mix,” the EU leaders said. killed throughout Europe during For Hatred NEW YORK – The contenders and convenience stores. "I don't Greece believes that this the Holocaust. for New York City Mayor can be sit there and plan. You know, gives it the backing it needs to The exhibition, Ms. Lilach a predictable, cautious lot, stick - I've been a CEO, I've been a move forward with plans to de - said, emphasizes not only the TNH Staff ing to familiar scripts at candi - boss, for 44 years." clare an exclusive economic Nazi horrors but also the long date forums that take place That spontaneity makes Mr. zone in the Aegean and to history of Jews in Greece and The election last year of 18 night after night. Catsimatidis a unique character search for oil and gas reserves. the large number of Greek members of the far right Golden Then there is billionaire busi - in a field made up almost en - “For the first time there is a Christians who risked their lives Dawn party to the Greek Parlia - nessman John Catsimatidis, a tirely of people who have spent clear reference to the exploita - to save some of them. Many de - ment has caused an increase in Republican who has developed large parts of their careers in tion of internal energy reserves, scendants of Greek Jews settled anti-Semitism in the country, the a habit of suggesting new, often government and are practiced which is an issue that interests in Queens and Long Island, she U.S. State Department said in a off-beat policy proposals in re - at the art of talking a lot without Greece and Cyprus because added. report on international religious sponse to questions. Some are suggesting new policies. When there are strong indications that The central section of the ex - freedom. made up on the spot. Some - they do roll out new ideas, it is there are notable reserves in the The party's popularity is con - times they leave the audience usually in planned speeches to Greek continental shelf, just as Continued on page 10 tinuing the soar the more it is puzzled, booing or laughing. a friendly audience, delivered reserves have been discovered criticized for its stance, which is Others get a better reception. after much vetting to avoid trou - in the Cypriot continental shelf,” also anti-immigrant, anti-gay, Mr. Catsimatidis has sug - ble. Samaras said. nationalist and ultra-religious, gested that police ride tricycles It also can cause problems The newspaper Kathimerini For subscription: although it had pagan leanings. to improve their mobility (his John Catsimatidis ads pop to for Mr. Catsimatidis and could reported that during the meet - 718.784.5255 It has risen as high as 13-14 per - campaign later clarified to say a dull field of candidates. be contributing to a perception ing Samaras made special ref - [email protected] cent in some recent polls and he meant three-wheeled vehi - in the city's political classes that erence to the Greek islands now is the third biggest party in cles). He wants the city to con - imals. He would like a police of - he isn't a serious candidate. He when leaders reaffirmed their the country, surpassing the once sider allowing casinos in hotels ficer in each of the city's public has trailed former Rudy Giuliani commitment to complete the in - dominant PASOK Socialists who and would like to launch a pro - housing projects. aide Joe Lhota in recent polls of ternal energy market by 2014 gram to give free pet food to "I'm a spontaneous guy Continued on page 10 people who adopt homeless an - sometimes," said Mr. Catsima - Continued on page 4 Continued on page 11 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 25-31, 2013

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n MAY 29 with English subtitles). $15 sug - WASHINGTON, DC – The Kyre - gested donation to support the nia Opera invites you to cele - philanthropic work of the Philop - brate the European Month of tochos Society. Refreshments Culture at a concert at The will be served. Film starts at 7PM Kennedy Center Millenium Stage in Demas Hall, Annunciation featuring Rebecca Davis, So - Greek Orthodox Church, 302 prano, Constantinos Yiannoudes, West 91st Street & West End Ave. Baritone, and David Holkeboer, in Manhattan. 212-724-2070. Piano. They will perform fa - vorites by Rossini, Puccini, Verdi, n JUNE 2 Tosti, Theodorakis, Hatzidakis, ASTORIA – The Athens Square and Markopoulos, among others. Committee Presents: AN AN - THOLOGY OF GREEK SONG, a n MAY 30 unique sing along concert with MANHATTAN – The Officers and the best selections of Greek mu - Directors of The Hellenic Ameri - sic and songs that have endured can Bankers Association Invite the test of time from the Asia Mi - you to save the date for our 2013 nor tunes to the musical cre - Executive of the Year Award Din - ations of our contemporary com - The lectures about the Pontian Genocide at the Greek Press about U.S. inaction - and the young dancers presaged a bright ner In honor of Mr. Brent Call - posers. Featuring Grigoris Office illuminated the past – new information was revealed future for people of Pontian descent in America. inicos Vice President, Treasurer Maninakis and the Mikrokosmos & Chief Accountant, Google Inc. Ensemble and young guests Thursday, May 30. 6PM Recep - artist from the community. Sun - tion, 7PM Dinner at the Union day, Jun. 2, 5:30 PM at the Pontian Genocide via Music, Theater, Lectures League Club of New York at 38 Stathakion Center. All proceed East 37th Street in Manhattan. will go towards the funding of Admission is by prepaid reserva - the statue of Sophocles, the By Constantine S. Sirigos take her to her homeland, she tion only. For additional infor - newest addition to Athens TNH Staff Writer had the powerful realization mation, please contact Square. The day will be an op - that it was also her own jour - [email protected]. portunity to support our history NEW YORK – The Pontian ney. and Hellenic cultural heritage. Genocide is one of the most Halo read a harrowing pas - n MAY 30 For more information call George painful moments in Hellenic his - sage from her book, describing HEMPSTEAD, NY – St. Paul's Kitsios at 646-263-0773. tory, yet for most of the past 100 Sana’s experience of the death Greek Orthodox Cathedral in years knowledge of the catastro - of her sister Anastasia where she Hempstead, Long Island invites n JUNE 4 phe has been locked up in the was “torn between the love for you to our Famous Greek Festi - MANHATTAN – Hellenic Profes - hearts of its victims and in dark her, and the terror of holding val, from Thursday, May 30 - sional Women Inc. (HPW) will archives, sealed away both by death in her arms.” Sunday, Jun. 2. This remarkable host an evening with Lori Ioan - governments motivated by ex - Halo stressed, however that festival includes a wide variety nou on Jun. 4 6:30-9:30PM at pediency and parents wishing despite the cruelty and suffer - of incredible Greek food and pas - Meli Restaurant, 1 East 35 St. in to spare their children. ing, her mother never taught tries, both Live and D J music, Manhattan. The event is themed Events like the commemora - them to hate the Turks, and she dancing, Greek Dance Perform - “Promoting the Professional Self tion held under the auspices of believes the power of memoir ers, rides, games, vendors, flea through Social Media”. Ms. Ioan - the Consulate General of Greece will prove healing not only for market, and tours of our gor - nou, is the former Executive Ed - and organized by numerous the families of the victims, but geous Byzantine Cathedral. itor of Custom Content at Time Pontian organizations in Man - for the perpetrators and their Inc.’s News and Sports Group. hattan on May 17 have a dual descendants as well. She noted n MAY 31 – JUNE 22 Admission is $35 for members, purpose: to draw away the veil that a favorable review of the TARPON SPRINGS, FL – The City $45 for non-members. Hors of ignorance and to honor the book has been published in a of Tarpon Springs/Center for D’oeuvres, Dessert and Coffee memory of its victims. major Turkish newspaper. Gulf Coast Folklife is proud to are included with admission. A Dimitris Molohides, greeted The event’s keynote speaker host Journey Stories. This Mu - Cash Bar. To register, email the guests who filled the audi - was Dr. Robert Shenk, professor seum on Main Street (MoMS) mfrantzis@hellenicprofessional - torium of the Greek Press Office of English at New Orleans Uni - exhibition was created by the women.org, call (516) 216- and introduced the evening’s versity, who spoke on “The Smithsonian Institution Travel - 5414 or visit www.HellenicPro - Emcee, Gus Tsilfides. The pro - Thea Halo, author of “Not Even My Name,” a moving, eloquent United States Navy and Pontus ing Exhibition Service (SITES). fessionalWomen.Org. gram included lectures and cul - testament to her mother’s courage, has inspired Pontians and 1919-1923.” The Smithsonian Institution has tural presentations by the Pon - other Greeks to learn about their suppressed history. He revealed the results of his made the exhibition available to n JUNE 6 tian Youth Choir, musicians, and research, which examined U.S. a limited number of communities MANHATTAN – Aktina Produc - the dance troupes of several or - scendants of the Ottomans, with lead singer Alexis Navy archives and drew on the statewide. Journey Stories will tions, celebrating 20 years of ex - ganizations consisting of chil - Young Turks and Kemalists. Parharidis, Thea Halo, the official and personal logs of be featured at the City of Tarpon cellence, presents Greek Music dren in impressive traditional Nikos Michailidis, a PhD can - renowned author of “Not Even naval officers who were posted Springs’ Cultural Center from Journey 2013, a benefit concert costumes. didate in the Department of An - My Name,” which told the story on more than 40 vessels that Apr. 11 through Jul. 5. Hours for Aktina FM featuring Melina The Consul General of thropology at Princeton Univer - of the suffering, survival and tri - were present in the Eastern are Monday through Friday, 9 Aslanidou and bouzouki soloist Greece, George Iliopoulos began sity, provided a historical umph of her mother, 103-year Mediterranean and the Black AM to 4 PM. Admission to the Andreas Karantinis at the Kaye the tribute to the 350,000 vic - overview titled “The Hellenes in old Sana Halo, presented “The Sea between 1915 and 1925. exhibit is free. Friday, May 31. Playhouse at Hunter College tims of successive Turkish gov - Pontos: From historical presence role of memoir in the healing Shenk showed that high Ameri - Xenitia: Journey Songs of the (68th Street between Park and ernments between 1916 and to oblivion.” Beginning with the process.” can officials were aware of the Greek Diaspora. Songs about Lexington Avenues) on Thurs - 1923. He said it is “our duty” to story of first Greek colonists Her mother was a Pontian genocidal actions of the Turks immigration, its difficulties, and day, Jun. 6 at 8 PM. For infor - honor their memories and make around 3000 BC and continuing Greek, her father an Assyrian but ordered the officers to ig - the havoc it creates in the lives mation contact Aktina: 718-545- the truth widely known so that with the achievements of a great Christian, the nations who along nore them, already anxious to of those who leave and those left 1151 or nexus at 718-606-9225. such a tragedy happens never people, he concluded with the with the Armenians comprised be on good terms with the Turks behind, are a staple of the Greek Charge your tickets by calling: again. He thanked the Pan-Pon - tale of their extermination and the targets of the Asia Minor to insure access Middle East oil. musical repertoire. Local and 718-545-1151. Tickets will be tian Federation of USA & ethnic cleansing. holocaust that consumed more A theatrical performance national musicians and vocalists sold exclusively by AKTINA and Canada – Molohides is its presi - He presented numerous pho - than 2.5 million lives. based on “Mauthausen” by will take part. Saturday, Jun. 22 will not be available at the The - dent, and local Pontian societies tographs, one of the most dev - Thea was left in the dark by Mikis Theodorakis, made the –Journey Films. Many documen - ater. Doors open 7:30 PM, Per - “Komninoi” of New York, Pontos astating of which showed the her mother to protect her from point that if the world had ac - tary and fictional films have ef - formance: 8 PM. Tickets: $75, of Norwalk, Connecticut, and refugee tents set up besides the the painful memories, but the knowledged the Asia Minor fectively examined the immi - $60, $50, $25 & $40 for handi - the Holy Institution of Panagia Temple of Hephaestos in the tragedy gnawed at her never - genocides, the Holocaust may grant or migrant journey. We capped. Soumela for their help with the Thision district of Athens. theless. Studies have docu - have been prevented. will present, interpret, and dis - event. After the Hellenes were re - mented that the effects of geno - The commemoration fin - cuss films that deal with locally n JUNE 8 Koula Sophianou also spoke moved, more was needed to fin - cides last for generations. ished with closing remarks by significant groups. What’s your FLUSHING – The Pancyprian As - movingly of a chapter in Hel - ish the job of the eradification She explained that she and Molohides, who expressed journey story? For further infor - sociation of New York Presents lenic history that foreshadowed of a peoples. The Turkification her sister filled the vacuum by thanks to Iliopoulos, Greek Con - mation, please call Helene Mac - The Pancyprian Choir: Music of the suffering of the people of of 10,000 place names contin - inventing an ancient Egyptian sul Evangelos Kyriakopoulos for Neil at 727-942-5605 or Tina Bu - Hellenes. Saturday, Jun. 8 at Cyprus that began in 1974 and ued through the 1980s. heritage, but eventually she the invitation, and to Papacon - cuvalas at 727-937-1130. 7:30 PM. Terrace on the Park, continues to this day with 37 After the Pontian Youth Choir learned the truth, and when she stantinou and his staff for their Flushing Meadows, New York. percent of her country occupied touched the hearts of all by fulfilled a lighthearted child - hospitality and help with logis - n JUNE 1 For tickets and information call by the political and physical de - singing “I Romania Eparthen” hood promise to her mother to tics. ASTORIA – The Ionian Cultural 917-821-0281. Federation, in cooperation with the Federation of Hellenic Soci - n JUNE 13 eties of Greater New York, pre - LAKE SUCCESS, NY - The St. sents an evening of Greek music: Nicholas Greek Orthodox Shrine “Mia Angalia Tragoudia – A Mu - Church of Flushing invite you to sical Hug,” on Jun. 1 at 8 PM at the 9th annual gold outing at the This summer, no matter where you go, the Stathakion Center, 21-52 North Shore Towers Country 29th Street in Astoria. The per - Club on Thursday, Jun. 13 at take The National Herald with you ! formers include: Tassos Pa - 11AM. All proceeds will benefit paioannou, Eleni Andreou, the St. Nicholas Church. The golf Makaria Psiliteli, Ilias Makrinos, package include green fees, cart, Costas Psarros, Glafkos Konte - breakfast, lunch, and beverages meniotis, and Giorgos at the turn, and buffet dinner. Maniatis.Tickets: $25. For infor - Proper golf attire required. For mation call 347-678-3267. information contact: Bill Kak - oullis 917-880-5471 TARPON SPRINGS, FL – The City [email protected]; Harris of Tarpon Springs presents Night Stathopulos 917-273-6494; in the Islands – a free event on Andy Tsiolas 516-286-2395. the Sponge Docks. Enjoy Greek music, dancing, and dining! An n JUNE 15 hour of free Greek dance lessons FLORAL PARK – The Pancyprian will be offered by the Levendia Association, Inc. Dance Division Dance Troupe from 6-7 PM ON – New York, cordially invites you Jun. 1. It will also be offered Sat - to a Cypriot Night” on Saturday, urdays, July 13, Aug. 3, Sept. 7, Jun. 15 at Towers on the Green, Oct. 5, and Nov. 2. 272-48 Grand Central Parkway in Floral Park. There will be Live MANHATTAN – ‘Movie Night at Music and Traditional Folk Danc - the Annunciation’ presents the ing from our Dance Groups. classic conspiracy thriller “Z” by director Costa-Gavras. The Os - n JUNE 15 (DEADLINE) car-winning foreign film stars NEW YORK - Kyrenia Opera is Yves Montand, Irene Papas and proud to announce the first an - Jean-Louis Trintignant, and is nual Cyprus Vocal Scholarship based on the true story of the as - Competition. The organization sassination of a Greek politician offers a one-time no-fee applica - and the investigation into the tion until Jun. 15. Visit the web - government cover-up (in French site at www.kyreniaopera.org.

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Please vote at: www.thenationalherald.com THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 25-31, 2013 COMMUNITY 3 World Poker Tour Player Pete The Plumber Skyllas Loses all to Gambling

TNH Staff messages secretly captured by suggesting she lie about the rea - “Your dad is eating people up.” the Federal Bureau of Investiga - son, saying, “You just be like, He added later: “Pops won a big NEW YORK – In a scene right tion, exposing the shadowy and Oh yeah, I bought a, you know, pot this past half, don’t forget out of the TV mob show The So - illegal world of high-stakes gam - Picasso drawing or something.” to remind him to tip the dealers, pranos, one of the victims of a bling in New York City, the Brafman said, “It is a mistake ha-ha!” large-scale gambling operation Times said. to draw any negative inference When Eugene Trincher broken by the FBI in New York Skyllas, 51, was among 34 or conclusion about a case or a picked up approximately City was a Greek-American who people who were arrested last particular defendant based on $500,000 in cash from someone had to turn over his plumbing month with charges of involve - isolated taped conversations associated with an online gam - business because he couldn’t ment in illegal gambling and taken out of context.” bling Web site, he brought it cover $2 million in losses, the betting circuits. Investigators Among page after page of back to the family’s apartment investigation allegedly showed. said among the suspects were mundane conversations about in Trump Tower and his brother, Peter Skyllas, from the involved in an offshore sports gambling and recordings of speaking of the cash, later told Bronx, said to be the owner of betting operation, were a Russ - Nahmad taking bets over his their father: “Dad, give it to Titan Plumbing, lost it all when ian organized crime operation cellphone were glimpses of a Mom for a couple of days so caught up in a massive multi- that included illegal, high-stakes strange world of greed, gam - she’ll give it to somebody else.” million dollar betting ring. One poker games for the rich and fa - blers and two classes of bettors: The affidavits, which are of the alleged leaders, Illya mous and threats of violence to those who kept wagering and used by prosecutors to persuade Trincher reportedly joked to an - make sure customers paid their who, it seemed, never ran out judges to sign orders authoriz - other member of the group that debts. of money; and those who kept ing wiretaps and searches, con - they had just gotten “some free The newspaper said that all- wagering, though it seemed tain details of the investigation plumbing work.” night games were held in rar - they had none. and excerpts from conversations Skyllas was no amateur. He efied settings like a suite at the Because several of the men recorded pursuant to earlier is a player on the World Poker Plaza Hotel. One pink chip was accused of operating the gam - eavesdropping orders. Tour under the name "Pete The worth $25,000. Masseuses were bling rings are related — a fa - When the New York Giants Plumber," but met his match on hand to help relieve the ten - ther, Vadim Trincher, and his won the Super Bowl in 2012, a with the mob. Authorities said sion, while the players were fu - two sons, Illya and Eugene — bettor identified in the affidavits some of the people who helped eled by food and drink. And the some of the wiretapped conver - only as “Tabor” won $600,000 organize the operation, which stakes climbed into the stratos - sations have an oddly home - from the Nahmad-Trincher or - included poker games, were tak - phere, with as much as $2 mil - spun feel to them, even as oth - ganization. That set off a long ing in breathtaking wagers on lion on the table to be lost or ers revealed the thuggery and series of seemingly fumbling ex - college and professional sports, won. threats of violence some ring changes about how to move the New York Times reported. One of the gambling opera - ROBERT STOlARIK fOR THE NEw yORK TImES members used to pressure those such a large sum of money with - One man bet $300,000 on last tions, which prosecutors say was Hillel Nahmad, right, leaving court last month, is accused of who would not pay. out tipping off the authorities. year’s Super Bowl – and lost. led in part by the scion of a New being part of a huge high stakes gambling ring. “Have the guy call my dad The Times said that the affi - Another placed a $1 million wa - York family that has wielded tmrw at 10 a.m. he will connect davits also revealed what ap - ger on another sporting event. enormous power in the art mar - The Times said that the scion lawyers, Benjamin Brafman and him to the guy in Moscow,” Eu - pears to be a grim cynicism The recordings, according to ket, with one of the largest col - of the New York family is Hillel Paul Shechtman, say their client gene Trincher tells another man among the defendants, espe - court papers, were made over lections of Impressionist and Nahmad, 34, known as Helly, has done nothing wrong. Braf - in a text message. Another time, cially when some unfortunate the last two years during an in - Modernist works in the world, who was indicted in the case, man declined to discuss his a defendant in the case sends bettor’s life was collapsing un - vestigation into what federal was based in New York and Los along with 33 other people, on client’s secretly-recorded con - Eugene a text about a money der the weight of his gambling prosecutors in Manhattan have Angeles, and served hedge fund April 16; he is charged with versations, which included one pickup in Las Vegas: “Ur dad debts. characterized as two related titans, real estate magnates, racketeering, gambling, and in which he speaks of using the still need me to pick up cash in The affidavits also revealed multimillion-dollar money-laun - celebrities, and athletes. money laundering. He was re - family’s art business as a cover lv?” what appears to be a grim cyni - dering and gambling rings. The other, which prosecutors leased on bail. to move around illicit money. Another man wrote to Illya cism among the defendants, es - The description of the poker said was led by a Russian orga - The course of the investiga - In it, Nahmad advises a to tell him that his father was pecially when some unfortunate games and the wagers were nized crime figure, catered to tion is detailed in hundreds of woman to wire $150,000 to the cleaning up at a poker game at bettor’s life was collapsing un - among the details found in hun - wealthy Russians living in Rus - pages of wiretap and search- bank account of his father, the Plaza in the early hours of der the weight of his gambling dreds of conversations and text sia, Ukraine and elsewhere. warrant affidavits. Nahmad’s David (who was not charged), one January morning, saying debts. With an Upgrade of Turkey, the USCIRF Outrages Human Rights Experts

By Constantine S. Sirigos violations of international reli - four years, on the life of Ecumeni - penalties for Turkey in keeping apply to Turkey. Regarding the Ibrahim, and the Greek Orthodox TNH Staff Writer gious freedom. With no measur - cal Patriarch Bartholomew. Halki closed. wider region, Prodromou said: Archbishop of Aleppo, Boulos able improvement, the reasons Regarding the Turkish govern - IS ANYONE PAYING “the facts on the ground speak Yazigi, by armed assailants be - NEW YORK – The news about for the changed designation are ment’s decision to convert the ATTENTION? volumes,” about the plight of lieved to be part of the opposition Christians in the Middle East in purely political. Church of the Aghia Sophia in With the human rights spot - Christians in the Middle East. fighting Syria’s Assad regime. the aftermath of the so-called Indeed, the American media Trapezounta-Trabzon into a light elsewhere, it was hardly no - “They are being cleansed out of Interestingly, a very belated Arab spring has been horrific, but reported last year that the com - mosque, accompanied by popular ticed that on May 3 Erdoan and Syria just as they have been USCIRF statement was issued the longstanding struggle for re - mission “came under serious demands that Aghia Sophia in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo cleansed out of Iraq and Turkey.” only days ago, weeks after the ligious freedom for Greek Ortho - pressure from political ap - Constantinople be next, Prodro - Abe signed a $22 billion deal for She criticized the fact that the kidnappings and, also interest - dox Christians in Turkey should pointees in the State Department mou believes “everything is on Turkey’s second nuclear power USCIRF “hadn’t seen fit to make ingly, after USCIRF’s silence had also be a major concern of the to reconsider the CPC designa - the table when it comes to the plant. To put that into perspec - a single statement condemning been pointed out in the media Christians in America. tion,” but the USCIRF stuck to Turkish government and its con - tive, Prodromou suggests that the recent kidnapping of two and in a recent Congressional The plight of Ecumenical Pa - the CPC designation in 2012. tinued targeted abuse and perse - President Obama’s warnings Christian leaders, the Syriac briefing in which Prodromou had triarch Bartholomew and his Prodromou believes this year’s cution of the Ecumenical Patriar - about a nuclear Iran should also Archbishop of Aleppo, Yohanna participated. flock is not a separate concern, change is “following through chate and Greek Orthodox according to experts. How the from last year’s pressure… from Christians.” world and especially the United a State Department that has been She stressed the “Turkish po - States respond to the situation invested in Turkey being moved litical system increasingly func - there sends a powerful signal to off both the CPC and the Watch tions as if Prime Minister Recep Arab regimes in the Middle East. List. She noted that “the commis - Tayyip Erdoan is the Sultan. “All Recent actions, including another sion was meant to be an inde - the advances made in democratic failure to pass the Armenian pendent United States govern - discourse and even in individual genocide resolution and espe - ment agency and it was one-off efforts to increase reli - cially, the annual report of the established that way in order to gious freedom are being eroded HE WILL MAKE US ALL PROUD U.S. Commission on Interna - ensure its effective operation as by Erdogan’s moves to capture tional Religious Freedom (US - a watchdog for religious free - the judiciary and other institu - CIRF), are reasons for the com - dom, free from any pressures by tions that could exert a brake on munity to be concerned. the State Department, which has a move like turning Aghia Sophia Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou was its own Office of Religious Free - into a mosque. Erdogan is play - a USCIRF commissioner from dom.” ing to his conservative political 2004 to 2012, and its former Vice She also believes the USIRF’s base when it comes to threats to Chair. The USCIRF had put upgrade of Turkey is extremely activate Aghia Sophia as a Turkey on a watch list for several short sighted because “if the Mosque,” she said. years during that period and United States is committed to Regarding the Greek Ortho - then, in 2012, Turkey’s egregious some form of participatory poli - dox theological school Halki, Pro - policies finally prompted the US - tics in the Middle East, giving dromou believes “the Turks have CIRF to list it as a “Country of Turkey a free pass with its found - absolutely no intention of re - Particular Concern [CPC].” This ing history of genocide and its opening it under the conditions year, Turkey and her friends pre - continued use of legalistic for - of the Treaty of Lausanne.” vailed: Ankara received an up - malisms to eradicate its minori - They have demonstrated for grade with an unprecedented ties,” will only embolden other 42 years since the School was leap of two categories. human rights violators in neigh - closed that “they operate from “The facts on the ground are boring countries in the region. the opposite of good will,” she what the commission is supposed IS CONSTANTINOPLE’S said. Reopening Halki would be to base its designation on, along AGHIA SOPHIA A TARGET? a win-win for the Turks. “They with a designated country’s Rather than religious freedom would demonstrate to the inter - progress in implementing the rec - conditions improving in Turkey, national community that they ommendations from the Com - Prodromou says things have ar - abide by human rights, without mission’s previous year’s annual guably gotten worse. giving away anything in terms of report. On both counts there is “The disgracefulness of the secularism and security, the is - no empirical evidence to justify improvement of Turkey’s ranking sues that Ankara always raises the USCIRF’s two-tier upgrade despite the absence of empirical regarding Halki.” But she be - for Turkey, Prodromou told TNH. evidence was driven home last lieves Erdogan has no real inter - She said the action amounts week” when the media revealed est in doing that, because she per - to a pass for Turkey regarding its still another plot, the second in ceives that there have been no Holding Court: HLA Has Judiciary Night Gala

TNH Staff founders, and the acknowl - and having a good time,” she edged the attendance of Judges said. NEW YORK – One of the quali - Betsy Seidman, Nicholas Garau - Valiotis said to TNH that she ties of successful Greek- and fis, Leo Gordon, Peter Kelly, An - likes the event because “you Cypriot-Americans that stands drew Peck, Maria Ressos, Pam have a chance to speak to judges out is that they don’t forget Jackman, and Paraskevas- and understand their perspec - where they come from, whether Thadani’s former boss and men - tives and to mingle with other A NEW YORKER FOR ALL NEW YORKERS it is John Catsimitidis, who is tor Hyman Rios, whom she attorneys.” running for mayor of New York, thanked for sponsoring two of Karabelas told TNH it was or George Tenet, who ran the his interns and bringing them very important to gather all the CIA. Another standout quality is to the event. Greek and non-Greek judges, that they know which side their She then thanked the event’s and he is very proud of the HLA. bread is buttered on. sponsors, including Alma Bank, “What this organization has JOHN CATSIMATIDIS The Hellenic Lawyers Asso - which was represented by Kirk grown to become is excep - ciation (HLA) held its annual Karavelas, the bank’s Chairman, tional,” he said, and noted that Judiciary Night cocktail recep - and Sophia Valiotis, a member they grant scholarships to For Mayor of New York, 2013 tion at The Bar at the Dream of the board of Alma realty, both young students and provide Hotel hotel in Manhattan on HLA members. continuing legal education pro - May 16. Every year they honor The Consul General of grams in addition to facilitating the judges who are at the center Cyprus, Koula Sophianou at - networking among Greek attor - A proud member of the Omogeneia of their professional lives, tended, as did Greek Consul neys. He said “I applaud Elena Greeks and non-Greeks alike. Evangelos Kyriakopoulos, who and all the members of the and the FIRST Greek-American to ever run for The HLA’s ebullient presi - earned his law degree at the board of directors for everything New York City’s mayoral seat. dent, Elena Paraskevas-Thadani, University of Athens. they do for the profession.” said “we are always in awe of Antigone Curis, whose Judge Ressos, whose roots Together, we can make it happen! you when we appear before you mother is from Megara and fa - are near Komotini in southern on the bench, and it’s always a ther from Sparta, is studying at Thrace, was attending Judiciary pleasure to be able to drink Qunnipiac law school in Con - Night for the first time but she booze with you.” necticut and plans on becoming has attended HLA’s annual gala. She began by recognizing a criminal defense attorney. She “It’s a great group of people. Not beloved federal judge Nicholas is already a member of HLA and only can you network, but you Tsoucalas of the Court of Inter - came to see what it was all feel that you are with your ex - www.cats2013.com national Trade, one of the HLA’s about. “I’m busy networking tended family.” 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 25-31, 2013 John Rangos, Johns Hopkins Medicine Unite to Combat Metastatic Cancer

Continued from page 1 uates and undergraduates spend your spare time on some - alike), so that those minds can thing outside of your work, it the disease in its nascent stages find innovative new ways to had better be worth it because is fortuitous. People need to be treat cancer when the disease is a lot of people die of cancer tested, but many don’t visit their in metastasis. The five cash every single day. And when doctors regularly enough to take prizes are offered as incentive you’re laser-focused on what the necessary tests, and some to enter the competition, during you’re doing – trying to come tests are more reliable than oth - which five finalists, selected up with new and better ways to ers, so doctors and patients of - from a pool of dozens, are af - combat this illness – it’s going ten find themselves combating forded an opportunity to pre - to take a little extra motivation the disease after metastasis, sent original proposals to a to bring you out of the box and rather than before. And here panel of judges who, in turn, think about something else. The again, a few forms of metastatic are accomplished physicians Rangos Awards program pro - cancer can be successfully re - and researchers. vides that incentive, and it could versed, but most remain highly The now-annual competition easily be a model for philan - aggressive and resistant to ther - is meant to provide prospective thropy across the country,” apy. young researchers with an av - Howard added. The trick then becomes how enue to test their own ideas and After the competition, a pri - to cure cancer in metastasis. But freely offer their own proposals vate reception was held in Ran - treating metastatic cancer has about how to best combat vari - gos’ honor at the Four Seasons not been a primary oncologic fo - ous forms of metastatic cancer. by Baltimore’s harbor. Some 100 cus – until last year, that is, It thus offers a way to avoid (at people attended, to include U.S. when Greek American industri - least temporarily) the custom - Ambassador John D. Negro - alist and philanthropist John G. ary constraints of establishment ponte, the country’s first direc - Rangos encouraged physicians procedures, which can frustrate tor of national intelligence, and and researchers at Johns Hop - young scientists who normally Major-General Thomas L. Wilk - kins University School of Medi - need to go through the “proper erson. cine, the country’s premier med - channels” before their ideas get During the reception, Venet - ical institution. any sort of green light. ian Maestro Gianni Torso, Rangos has gotten directly It’s an eminently sensible ap - BOB STOCKfIElD/COURTESy Of JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITy whose family has been steeped involved with efforts to find proach, and people are now (L-R) Nick Rangos, Dr. Ted DeWeese, John G. Rangos Sr., and Ambassador John Negroponte in the Murano glass blowing tra - cures for metastatic cancer at scratching their heads wonder - during a reception at Baltimore’s Four Seasons after the second annual Rangos Awards compe - dition for seven centuries, was Johns Hopkins Medicine thru an ing why it took so long. But tition at Johns Hopkins Medicine. commissioned by JHM’s Depart - annual competition that bears sometimes, a sensible approach ment of Medicine to present his name: the John G. Rangos requires vision, drive and re - this year. This event is only go - value to this institution, and to If Jason D. Howard, a post - Rangos with an extraordinary Sr. Awards for Creativity in Can - sources in order to begin. ing to continue to grow as time medicine,” he said. “Cancer is doctoral fellow with the Head chess set commemorating two cer Discovery, known more com - That’s where Rangos comes marches on, and I can’t tell you the world’s most problematic & Neck Cancer Therapeutics ancient cultures, Greek and monly among the Johns Hop - in. He brainstormed with sev - how moving it is for me person - health issue. People forget that Program in JHM’s Department Jewish. “I want to thank this kins community as the Rangos eral well-known physicians at ally that such tremendous inter - by the year 2020 – less than ten of Oncology and winner of this fine gentleman for the opportu - Awards. Johns Hopkins in the fall of est has flourished among stu - years from now – cancer will be year’s Rangos Awards, is any in - nity to make this piece. It came dents and researchers at the number-one killer in the en - dication, the Rangos Awards to my mind, which two schools Hopkins,” Rangos told TNH. tire world. So we’d better come Competition is already bearing of thought gave to most to hu - “What you become, you al - up with some new ideas, and considerable fruit. mankind, and those were the ready are. These young people that’s why the Rangos Awards Dr. Howard was one of last school of Athens and the school are not simply tomorrow’s sci - are so important,” he said. year’s applicants for the Rangos of Jerusalem. God bless you, entists. They’re today’s scien - “The likelihood of someone Awards, but he didn’t make it John Rangos,” Toso said. tists, and they deserve an op - finding a cure because of pro - to the final round. Undaunted, Visibly moved, Rangos said portunity to put their minds to posals made during this compe - he decided to go for it again this he felt very touched and hum - work outside of their extremely tition is honestly just as good as year. One of his main points was bled by the gesture: “I’m speech - busy routines. They deserve a that of senior investigators at that mortality increases dramat - less. I really don’t know what to forum to present their ideas. It’s Johns Hopkins. But it takes fresh ically in people after age 45, and say, except thank you. This is those ideas that will eventually ideas to look at what’s known that the immune system plays a one of the most beautiful things lead to great new discoveries, versus what’s not own, and then clear role in individual people’s I’ve ever seen,” he said. which will eventually help doc - find a way to exploit those two respective abilities to cope with Myron Weisfeldt, chairman tors and scientists at Johns Hop - things. This year, we heard five cancer. of JHM’s Department of Medi - kins find and develop the nec - different ways to attack this “My proposal this year was cine, further elaborated on the essary cures for metastatic problem, several of which were kind of jumping off last year’s significance not only of Rangos’ cancer,” he said. absolutely novel. The credibility model. There’s been a lot of commitment to Johns Hopkins, “All I’m doing is providing of their ideas is extremely high, progress with juvenile cancers, but also to his patriotism and some incentive and structure to and that was validated by a so the question is, what can we contributions to this country, help them do that,” he added. panel of very accomplished pan - learn from these cancers that we highlighting his Greek heritage. But that’s not all Rangos elists, representing several dis - can apply to the ones we’re not “I want to personally thank does, according to Dr. Theodore ciplines, who gave them very doing a very good job with? I John Rangos for what he has DeWeese, professor and chair - high scores for their creativity,” reworked my proposal from last done not only for Johns Hop - man of Radiation Oncology and he said. year with new data, and the kins, but also for what he has Molecular Radiation Services at “And Rangos deserves so judges were more impressed done for America. Somebody Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel much credit for getting this pro - this time,” he told TNH, adding stimulated Mr. Rangos a few Comprehensive Cancer Center gram off the ground. He’s a very that support for programs like years ago about what we do BOB STOCKfIElD/COURTESy Of JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITy and chief faculty sponsor of the forward-thinking person with an the Rangos Awards is critical to here. He has stepped into the John G. Rangos Sr., left, thanks Venetian Master Glass Artist Rangos Awards, who got even innovative mind. That’s why he future discoveries leading to batter’s box time after time with Gianni Toso, right, for the chess set depicting the Greek and more squarely behind the Ran - achieved so much in the busi - more effective treatments and his creative vision. He has com - Jewish cultures while Dr. Myron Weisfeldt, chairman of Johns gos Awards competition this ness sector, and that’s the kind actual cures. bined industry with biomedical Hopkins Department of Medicine, looks on. year. of innovation he’s helping to en - “As government funding is research, and tremendous pro - “The most important thing hance here at Hopkins. It was a shrinking, private funding is grams have been generated as Rangos’ relationship with 2011 – Donald Coffey, Horst we can do is foster new ideas. natural fit for him to help us shifting from desired to essen - a result of the Rangos Building. Johns Hopkins Medicine is long - Schirmer and Theodore De - And where do those new ideas launch a program like this, tial. The government’s lack of His rich Greek tradition has also standing. He has given millions Weese – and suggested such a come from? The best ideas often which has so much potential for support is killing creativity. The generated tremendous respect to the institution, endowing competition as a way to provide come from people who haven’t good,” said DeWeese, adding military has its high-risk/high- for all that Greece, its people JHM’s Rangos Professorship of the brightest young minds at already been molded a certain that part of the aim is to expand reward program – DARPA (De - and culture have meant to this Adult Medicine for Intestinal Johns Hopkins with a forum to way. And who are they? They’re the program by including stu - fense Advanced Research Pro - country, and all those of us who Cancer and funding construc - present their own ideas. usually our youngest people,” dents and faculty from other in - jects Agency) – but we don’t come from minority groups tion of its Rangos Life Sciences Last year’s event was so suc - DeWeese told TNH. stitutions. have anything like that, where should be inspired by his exam - Building, a 278,000-square-foot cessful, it drew more than 250 “During last year’s competi - “We’re very excited about fu - someone comes along and says, ple,” he said. facility which now provides people to JHM’s historic Hurd tion, we saw more intriguing ture inter-institutional collabo - ‘Here’s some incentive for you. “John, you help make Johns state-of-the art space for ad - Hall, as 44 students submitted ideas about how to approach ration. We could gradually roll Go and think of something no Hopkins the special place that vanced research companies. applications to enter the com - metastatic cancer, in ways I had this out to students from other one has ever thought of before.’ it is, and now we know that the He sponsored the competi - petition, which was held before never contemplated before – institutions, and we would in - Given enough time, something next generation of Rangoses will tion for the first time in January a panel of 12 judges, to include and I’ve been at this for 20 years clude leading researchers from really good can come out of also be part of the Hopkins fam - 2012. Considerable planning Christopher Logothetis, a highly – so I thought, what better thing other institutions – like we did that, and a place like Hopkins ily,” Dr. Weisfeldt added. went into staging the event, and respected oncologist at M.D. An - to do than get involved with a with Dr. Logothetis last year – offers the right kind of environ - Indeed, Rangos’ sons, John when it was held, it became al - derson Cancer Center in Hous - program that fosters young although the Rangos Competi - ment for good things to hap - and Alex, and his grandson Nick most an instant success. Rangos ton. Vassilis Kaskarelis, then am - minds, and help give them the tion and Award ceremony pen,” he said. were also on-hand, standing has since pledged to continue bassador of Greece to the United impetus they need to maximize would still be held at Johns “We don’t have a lot of spare proudly with their family patri - sponsoring it thru the Rangos States, also attended. their potential; to reaffirm their Hopkins,” he said. time here, so if you’re going to arch the whole time. Family Foundation each year. This year’s event was held at The second annual competition JHM’s newer, but less central - was held recently in Baltimore. ized, Armstrong Education Finalists received $50,000 in to - Building on April 3. More than tal cash prizes, with $25,000 for 150 people attended – to in - Catsimatidis Not Lacking in Ideas for New York first place. clude Ben Carson, who emceed The main idea behind the this year’s event – and was cov - Rangos Awards is to attract the ered extensively by the local me - Continued from page 1 sity of Virginia, said wealthy best and brightest young minds dia in Baltimore, as 55 applica - candidates are accustomed to across the entire Johns Hopkins tions were submitted. the Republican primary. Mr. Cat - having their ideas taken seri - spectrum (graduates, postgrad - “We had more applications simatidis rejected the notion ously by underlings. But voters that his ideas would hurt him. don't behave the same way. "Everybody has counted me "They certainly spice up a race," out for the last 40 years in every he said. "A lot of very wealthy category. And guess who the people have crashed and winner is?" he said in an inter - burned. They tend to crash and view. "I know what I'm saying, burn in primaries." and I know what I'm doing, and Mr. Catsimatidis has based I have the courage to say it." his campaign in part on dreamy The potential perils of Mr. ideas, kicking it off with a Catsimatidis's approach were on promise to bring the World's Fair display earlier this month when to New York for a third time in he brought up his ideas for 2014. Mr. Catsimatidis said he tweaking, but not abolishing, has a group of 100 leaders in the Central Park carriage-horse various fields with whom he industry in front of a crowd of meets with regularly to talk animal-rights activists at a fo - about policy. He declined to rum sponsored by the group name them. leading the charge to eliminate At the forums, he said he it. sometimes comes up with ideas "When those horses are as he sits onstage. One was a ready to retire, you know what proposal he floated earlier this I'd like to do? Build a small sta - month to give 90 days of free ble and have them as part of the pet food to people who adopt zoo," he said, before being animals that would otherwise drowned out by loud jeers. One be in shelters or euthanized. audience member yelled, "Oh, John Catsimatidis’ “only in America” story resonates widely in "I just think of, 'OK, how do I my God!" a city of immigrants and inspires community youth. sell more cats," he said. "You Mr. Catsimatidis seemed know how you sell more cats? taken aback. "It's only a sugges - cycle." Comptroller John Liu Ester Fuchs, a public affairs You buy this cat right here in tion," he said. "That's the way I shouted a suggestion: "ATV!" professor at Columbia Univer - front of you, you get 90 days feel personally. Because I love Later, Mr. Catsimatidis said sity who has advised Mayor free food. And you put a sign animals and I think they should he wasn't referring to tricycles Michael Bloomberg on policy, up. Guess what's going to hap - be well treated." with pedals, but the three- said Mr. Catsimatidis at least de - pen? Somebody's going to say, In an interview later, he said wheeled scooters the police al - serves credit for suggesting 'That's a great cat.'" he "didn't really mean the zoo" ready use. "You know my prob - ideas, something the rest of the Mr. Catsimatidis pointed to and instead wanted to keep the lem?" he said in the interview. field has shied away from. an example from his experience retired horses in barns that he "I joke around a little bit and "He is much more interesting running Gristedes. When roast- would build in the park. some people want to, you know, and creative than most people chicken restaurant Boston Mar - In March, audience members shoot me for it." realize," she said. "You would ket started expanding its Boston at a forum on public safety in Mr. Catsimatidis has since re - not necessarily want to imple - Chicken shops in the city, he had Queens laughed at Mr. Catsima - peated the idea, coupling it with ment everything he says, but Gristedes start advertising tidis after he said that "a cop a proposal to link the emergency has anyone else made proposals Philadelphia Chicken and selling walking around that can't cover response system to global-posi - in those forums that are original it at a lower price. "I've been a enough ground doesn't do us tioning-system trackers that po - or memorable?" salesman all my life," he said. "I any good. You've got to put lice would carry to improve re - Larry Sabato, a professor of know how to market New York them either on a bicycle or tri - sponse times. political science at the Univer - City." THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 25-31, 2013 COMMUNITY 5 Erika Spyropoulos Lauded as Paideia Advocate

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Prometheus, and the Hellenic American Women’s Council (HAWC) Tri-State Region, led respectively, by Stella Kokolis, Vassiliki Filiotis, and Alice Halkias. On a day dedicated to the community’s teachers, they gathered with their members and Spyropoulos’ friends and family who traveled from across the country to be with her on her special day. The students of the Plato School, directed by their princi - pal, Eleftheria Ikouta, mounted the stage of the Grand Prospect Hall, which was transformed into the decks of the ship "Alexander the Great." It was the set for the play "Oi Nifes – The Brides" a fictional tale about the Greek women of the early 20th century who traveled from A snapshot captures Ted and Erika Spyropoulos as they stroll Samothrace to their new lives through Grand Prospect Hall near downtown Brooklyn. in Chicago to get married. Litsa Diamataris, one of the speakers at the event, in her brief remarks called the Spyropoulos Chicago is also the place couple remarkable and an inspiration. Stella Kokolis and Dorie Klissas look on. where the couple flourished af - ter fleeing the ashes of World Text of Speech Delivered by War II, which Erica experienced in Stroebitz, near Berlin, and Theodore in Kalavryta. Honoree Erika Spyropoulos From their original homes they first passed through Stock - holm where the meeting com - Text of speech delivered by evening, being in the right place menced that has lasted "20,134 Erika Spyropoulos at the 2013 at the right time, as fate would days," and which began with “Pallas Athena” Award Luncheon have it, friends and I were at - Ted’s “single glance at Erica. It at the Grand Prospect Hall in tending our favored club. Eye was a vision which kindled his Brooklyn. meets eye across a crowded love and enthusiasm for life,” as dance floor and the rest is his - he writes in his letter that was Thank you very much for tory. printed in the event’s commem - that kind introduction. Ted, my gift of God, and I orative journal. When Ted fin - Ladies and gentlemen. Thank moved to Germany, tied the ished his studies in political sci - you all for joining us for this de - knot in a simple ceremony and ence at Stockholm they returned lightful extravaganza. off to Greece we ventured. Ted to Scaramanga in Greece in or - Dear ladies of the Federation entered the Navy in Scara - der for him to fulfill his military of Hellenic American Educators, manga. As for me, cultural service. The Greek Teachers Association shock set in. Ted’s kind family Spyropoulos, painter, fashion Prometheus, and ladies of the came to the rescue. Introducing designer, and teacher of the Ger - The ornate grand ballroom of the Grand Prospect hall was filled with friends and admirers of Hellenic American Women’s me to under the stars theaters, man language, was destined to Erika and Ted Spyropoulos, and with champions of Greek education in America. Council. Thank you for your taught me card games like Kun- fall in love with the land of her vote and for this exquisite kan and how to squeeze citrus husband’s birth, with its lemon ican Hellenic Institute Founda - podium. Kokolis, Filiotis, and oney, and New York State As - award. fruit for proper plumpness in and other fruit trees, the lan - tion for its fundraising auctions. Halkias, Eleni Karageorgiou of semblywomen Aravella Simotas I am deeply humbled and colorful neighborhood markets. guage of the people, their myths These are but a portion of Education Division of the Em - and Nicole Malliotakis. I started appreciating avgole - and history, and the art inspired her contributions to the world bassy of Greece, Litsa Dia - New York City’s Mayor mono- horis sachari parakalo by them. of art and Greek Paideia. Her mataris, wife of TNH Publisher Michael Bloomberg, Governor “We have grown into (without sugar thank you). There was one more stop on German origins notwithstand - Antonis Diamataris, Maria of Illinois Pat Quinn, Brooklyn a multimillion-dollar Again I found several teach - the journey whose ultimate des - ing, she is passionately devoted Macedon, representing the Borough Marty Markowitz, and company...[but we] ing positions. Part of the pro - tination was America, Germany, to Greek letters, for which, as Archdiocese of America, each Vincent G. Gentile, a member of ceeds supported Ted’s hobby, where Ted was able to experi - Kokolis declared, she was hon - took their turn and greeted the New York’s City Council also is - …tried living an ‘it’s smoking, which was considered ence his wife’s land and its cul - ored that day. honoree. sued messages. payback time’ life, masculine chic in those days. ture. Finally, they arrived as im - Seated at her table in the or - The journal included greet - MP Dora Bakoyannis sent the Returning to Germany and with migrants in hospitable Chicago, nate banquet hall, Spyropoulos ings from U.S. Senator Charles following greetings from supporting…causes the birth of our baby girl, we “where they built their nest." became crowded by the gifts Schumer, Jesse White, New York Greece: “Erika and Theodore close to our hearts.” decided to pack all our dreams In that nest, along with their that were bestowed upon her by State senators Michael Gianaris Spyropoulos: Common vision: a into one bag and accept an in - daughter Mariyana, who is a friends and dignitaries alike af - and Marty Golden, Rhode Island society more humane, more honored. I tried hiring Obama’s vitation to America. politician in Chicago today, ter each one paid tribute to her State Senator Leo Raptakis, just, and more harmonious with speech writer but he accepted From humble beginnings buoyed by the entrepreneurial and her husband from the Congresswoman Carolyn Mal - nature!" an offer from Hollywood. There when T.G.S. Epsilon consisted success of her husband, Spy - was a writer called Lamartine of two people: my husband and ropoulos became established as who said: ‘There is a woman at I. We have grown through hard a painter of works that grace the beginning of all great work and determination into a major collections from America things’. multi million dollar company to Australia and course, Greece. I agree that keeping a 53- with many employees. We al - Typical of her art is the mural year marriage alive and in ways tried living an “its payback of “The Spirit of 1776" which stitches, besides having raised a time,” life, supporting countless was awarded the prestigious Bi - smart and wonderful daughter charities, scholarships, and centennial Art Award by the are two of my greatest achieve - causes close to our hearts like town of Melrose Park. Chicago’s ments. We do not always see our “ fitepse tis rizes sou stin Mayor Richard Daley has pre - eye to eye, but I guess that Ellada – Plant your roots in sented her with an award for keeps relationships, sometimes Greece.” We try to love and help one of her landscape paintings, on edge but vibrant. others in the hope we will find and her painting “The Apoka - And here I am, in the autumn those who love and serve us in lypse” was used on the cover of of my years, that scared little return. the famous book about the girl during blackouts inter - We have come a long way, burning of Smyrna, The Blight rupted by bright bursts from ladies. From that little girl, that of Asia, by George Horton. American planes across the tree - used to huddle outside the The couple launched the tops in WWII, sharing the plight house during air raids, to a "Plant Your Roots in Greece" en - of millions my age across every happy, fulfilling life in America. deavor through their moral and war torn nation. Meals were of - I thank my mother who passed financial support. ten a point of great stress. Many on all her artistic talents to me. Her community activity, a moonlit night was spent in I would like to conclude with whether in Chicago, other parts fields with neighbors, filling any another one of my favorite of the Diaspora, or Greece, thing on wheels with potatoes quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt: traces back to the Turkish inva - and beets. Survival oriented and “Yesterday is history, tomorrow sion of Cyprus, when she battled clever, mother turned cast-off is a mystery, and today is a gift alongside her husband and to - scraps from GIs into functional that is why we call it the pre - gether become major donors to matching outfits for her two lit - sent.” So let us celebrate this the political campaigns of tle girls. Father and his friends, gift from a woman to a woman Greek-Americans and philhel - drafted into this senseless war, every day and don’t forget to lenes. never returned home. After smell the roses along the way Spyropoulos’ sensitivity re - graduating the Meisterschule through life. garding Greek language educa - fur Mode in Hamburg, Germany Thank you again. Stella, you tion in America has prompted wanderlust set in. I joined always have a special place in her to provide scholarships to friends in Stockholm Sweden our hearts. Efharisto. I love you students, to fund university pro - earning a living teaching Ger - all grams, and student exchanges man. Bless you and thank you, with Greece. She has also do - Great Food - Live Music Then, one enchanted America. nated her paintings to the Amer - Greek Foods & Delicacies Souvlaki Pit • Taverna Colossal Flea Market Loukoumades • Wine & Cheese Cypriot Grill • Greek Pastry Cafe New Rides, Games & Prizes The Hellenic Council YSEE of America Grecian Arts Gift Shop Invites you on Saturday June 8th 2013 at 6pm Giant Agora (Marketplace) at the Stathakion Center with a wide variety of Vendors federation of Hellenic Societies Greek Dance Performers 22-51 29th Street Astoria Ny 11105 Guided Church Tours for a lecture titled “Placing Plato above Aristotle: Free Admission & EXTRA PARKING! The Case of Plethon Gemistos” by Dr. Christos Evangeliou Professor of Philosophy at Towson University, mD 6 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 25-31, 2013

PHOTOS: TNH/COSTAS BEJ Top left photo marking the visit of Archbishop Ieronymos to The auditorium is filled with students from the Cathedral’s St. Demetrios is sure to inspire the citizens of Greece with its schools, seen dancing below right. Above right: Archbishop testimony of the enduring power of Hellenism in the Diaspora. Ieronymos lights a candle in a quiet moment. Athens Archbishop Ieronymos is Welcomed to the U.S.

Continued from page 1 The latter wondered out loud to Cross, offered impressive the congregation, “Could the pi - speeches in flawless Greek before and offering thanks, Ieronymos oneers who established the a standing room only congrega - marked his first visit to the church imagine that 100 years tion. Cathedral by presenting a golden later they would be welcoming During her brief remarks at cross to the parish, which was the Archbishop of Greece?” the luncheon in the hall of St. gratefully received by Demetrios He acknowledged the work Constantine and Helen that fol - and given to the Dean, Fr. Anas - of his brother in Christ in over - lowed the Liturgy, Cyprus’ Con - tasios Gounaris. seeing the feeding of 15,000 peo - sul General Koula Sophianou ex - Ieronymos said he takes great ple per day in Greece, and parish pressed her love for the parish pride in the Greek and Cypriot- council President Elias Seremetis that was the first one she visited American community he met, es - informed the press that the when she arrived in New York. pecially its youth, “who give parish gave the Archbishop Greek Consul Evangelos Kyri - hope and optimism to us on our Ieronymos a check for $10,000 akopoulos also addressed the journey.” He praised the commu - in support of his charitable ef - gathering. nity’s efforts to preserve its faith forts. Demetrios explained to the and heritage, and urged them on Ieronymos again thanked Greek delegation that American saying “we recognize you as fam - Demetrios and the community parishes are distinguished by the ily, we are brothers and sisters.” for their support and declared sanctuaries above and their halls He sermonized on the day’s that “Greece has faced and has below, which served as social Gospel reading by placing it in overcome many crises in its his - centers and classrooms, “en - the context of the distress of the tory and it will overcome again,” abling the parish to be preservers people of Greece and noted the and added “we will convey the and incubators of both Ortho - importance of them not losing energy and enthusiasm we en - doxy and Hellenism.” faith, in God and in themselves. countered her when we return Fr. John Roams, the pastor of He compared their feelings to the home.” the parish of St. Nicholas at distress felt by Jesus’s disciples On the personal level, he said Ground Zero which has made after the crucifixion, when they it was “a joy to see our school - the Downtown Brooklyn church felt alone and abandoned much children speaking, reciting, its temporary home since 2001, as Greeks to day feel today about singing in Greek, and performing participated in the Liturgy. He the crisis and their leaders. traditional Greek dances. Two later led a pilgrimage to the site However, just as the disciples students, 8th grader Constantine of the old St. Nicholas, and the who came upon the empty tomb Athanitis of the parish’s A. Fantis future location of the new one, were cheered by the angel who Above: Archbishop Ieronymos, who was visibly moved by the Hellenic spirit he encountered in School, which is celebrating its which, along with the Freedom declared “But go, tell His disci - Astoria, signs the guest book at St. Demetrios Cathedral. Below left: THN Publisher-Editor An - own 50th anniversary, and a Tower, will represent the tri - ples and Peter that He is going tonis H. Diamataris(L), greets His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos (R). Below right: Archbishop younger student from the Dim - umph of good and light over the before you into Galilee; there Ieronymos presents Archbishop Demetrios with a gift of a pectoral cross and engolpion icon at itrios and Georgia Kaloidis Day forces of darkness that struck on you will see Him as He said to the famed Carlyle Hotel during a luncheon in honor of the Greek Prelate. school of the Church of the Holy 9/11.

you,” The archbishop said Greece is the new Galilee and the Lord is with His people. He bases his hope for a New Greece both on the diachronic strengths of the Greek character and his faith that they will over - come concomitant weaknesses and tendencies like egoism and disunity. “United, we will become an example for all mankind and es - pecially for all Greeks… there will be a resurrection, brought about by all through their talents and abilities.” Present at the Cathedral were Greece’s Ambassador to Greece, Christos P. Panagopoulos, Nicholas Emiliou, Cyprus’ am - bassador to the UN, the Consuls General of Greece and Cyprus respectively, George Iliopoulos and Koula Sophianou, among other members of the diplomatic corps. Demetrios also acknowledged the presence of Elias Tsekerides, President of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, and the leaders of sev - eral community organizations. At Sts. Constantine and He - len, Sandra Chapman, the deputy Borough President of Brooklyn, presented Ieronymos with a replica of the Brooklyn Bridge, which Demetrios said Left: Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece is about to enter the altar of the Cathedral symbolized ties that connect Hel - of St. Constantine and Helen. Right: Parishioners fill the Brooklyn Cathedral that is celebrating lenes in Greece and America. its 100th anniversary; its famed A. Fantis Parochial School is 50 years old. THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 25-31, 2013 COMMUNITY 7 Prelate of Greece Receives Honorary Doctorate from Holy Cross School

By Theodore Kalmoukos an engaged theologian in our longer be you who live but times? What does it entail and Christ who lives in you. You are BOSTON, MA – The Holy Cross what does it take to serve the invited to serve the Church in Greek Orthodox School of The - Church and Theology in modern the awareness that we, its mem - ology conferred on an honorary America? And even if you bers, exist and fare in the world degree of Doctor of Divinity, choose a way other than that of and in history but we are not of Honoris Causa, to His Beatitude priesthood or of ministration to this world. Even so, we have the Archbishop Ieronymos II of theology, what does that choice duty and the responsibility to Athens and All Greece on May mean? How is it binding on you receive this world and to trans - 18 during its 71st graduation and what does being a graduate form it; to overthrow it cre - ceremony. of this blessed and thriving The - atively and with our love so that Archbishop Demetrios of ology School entail? the world may be Church. America conferred the honorary These are crucial and essen - “In this struggle the danger title to the Primate of the Auto - tial questions, no longer mere has cut both ways through the cephalous Orthodox Church of ideas or theoretical problemat - centuries. At times, taking sides Greece following the citation by ics, and are indeed such that di - with an ideological or political the President of Hellenic College rectly concern your very lives. choice against another would Holy Cross, Rev. Fr. Nicholas Tri - They are challenges not con - lead to secularization. At other antafilou. fined to the limits of personal times, obsessing or getting en - In the citation, Triantafilou concerns but primarily pertain - gaged in individual truths at the portrayed Ieronymos as a Hier - ing to the shared responsibility expense of the whole would be arch, a Shepherd, and a Leader, and to the personal participa - the danger; in other terms, de - and in recognition of his excep - tion in the developments and viation from the agreement of tional intellectual, pastoral, and the shaping of tomorrow’s Ecu - the Fathers (consensus patrum), ecclesiastical achievements in Archbishop Demetrios grants an exclusive interview to TNH Religious Editor Theodore menical Orthodox Church and, a fact which would lead to general asked the recipient for Kalmoukos about the historic visit of Archbishop Ierotheos of Athens and all Greece. also, of the future of the Dias - schisms and heretical depar - “the singular privilege of hon - pora Hellenism. tures from the wholeness of the oring you and joining your National Philoptochos Presi - Ieronymos told TNH that he was Francisco, Bishop Demetrios of “We come from afar and may truth, which we are constantly name with that of our sacred in - dent Aphrodite Skeadas pre - impressed: “Where should I Xanthos, Paulette Poulos, Exec - not be the most competent to invited to revisit. We should not stitution.” sented checks to Triantafillou to - start? From the beautiful cam - utive Director of Leadership speak to you of the affairs of the forget that the truth we are Ieronymos delivered the taling 102,600 for scholarships. pus, the teachings, the chanting, 100, about 7 priests from New land where you live and work. I called to witness to and the way commencement address to the Greece was represented by the students who study here.” England, and approximately hope, nonetheless, that you will we ought to indicate to people graduates. He said that “this newly-appointed Consul Gen - Demetrios told TNH that “the 500 others. allow me to share with you is not some abstract religious or School is indeed a jewel of our eral in Boston, Iphigenia Ka - visit of His Beatitude Archbishop In the morning Demetrios of - some thoughts and preoccupa - ideological proposal but Christ Church; a lighthouse of Ortho - nara. Ieronymos was a historic one ficiated at the Divine Liturgy. On tions which transcend national himself, because He is “the way, doxy in the vast Western Chris - Sophia Kon was the valedic - and very productive one.” Friday evening, Archbishop or local frontiers. the truth, and the life.” tian and multicultural world.” torian from Hellenic College and The ceremony was attended Ieronymos officiated at the So what does it mean to be a The speech of Ieronymos is A total of 63 graduated, 20 Christina Andressen from Holy by the members of Ieronymos’ Great Vespers at Holy Cross priest or a theologian today? published in its entirety in other from Hellenic College and 43 Cross Theological School. entourage Metropolitan Chapel and bestowed the cross “At this point of transition in pages of this edition. from the Holy Cross School of Greetings were offered by Chrysostomos of Messinia, upon the members of the grad - your lives, where the calling to In concluding the ceremony, Theology: 6 with a Master of Triantafilou; Tomas Lelon, vice- Bishop Gabriel of Diavleia, Rev. uating classes. take up an active and responsi - Demetrios summarized Ierony - Theology degree, 8 with Master chairman Board of Trustees; Adamantios Avgoustidis, Rev. In his theological and eccle - ble part in the life of the Church mos’ key qualities, noting “his of Theological Studies, and 29 Demetrios Katos, Dean, Hellenic Stephanos Avramidis, Archdea - siocentric keynote speech, and of the world in which you uncompromising faith, his un - with a Master of Divinity, the College; and Rev. Thomas con Epiphanios Arvanitis, Met - Ieronymos said, among other live peals joyously and dynami - conditional dedication to the degree that leads to the Holy FitzGerald, Dean, Holy Cross. ropolitan Methodios of Boston, things: “What does it mean to cally, you are invited to respond Church and his high sensitivity Priesthood. Shortly after the ceremony, Metropolitan Gerasimos of San be an Orthodox clergyman or to God’s precept that it may no to people who suffer.” Excerpts from Archbishop Ieronymos' Speech at Holy Cross Graduation

My dear children in the Lord, 2 Cf. John 15,18-19: “If the We come from afar and may world hate you, ye know that it not be the most competent to hated me before it hated you. If speak to you of the affairs of the ye were of the world, the world land where you live and work. would love his own: but be - I hope, nonetheless, that you cause ye are not of the world, will allow me to share with you but I have chosen you out of some thoughts and preoccupa - the world, therefore the world tions which transcend national hateth you”. or local frontiers. 3 Cf. Ad Diognetum (Epistle to So what does it mean to be a Diognetus), in Sources Chréti - priest or a theologian today? ennes, vol. 33, H. I. Mar-rou At this point of transition in (ed.), Paris 1965, pp. 52-84: your lives, where the calling to “Christians are confined in the take up an active and responsi - world as in a prison, and yet ble part in the life of the Church they are the preservers of the and of the world in which you world”, p. 66. live peals joyously and dynami - 4 Cf. Gregory the Theologian, cally, you are invited to respond Oration XXX, PG 36, 125: “our to God’s precept that it may no best Theologian is he who has, longer be you who live but not indeed discovered the Christ who lives in you 1. You are whole, for our present chain invited to serve the Church in does not allow of our seeing the awareness that we, its mem - the whole, but conceived of bers, exist and fare in the world Him to a greater extent than and in history but we are not of another, and gathered in him - this world 2. Even so, we have self more of the Likeness or ad - the duty and the responsibility umbration of the Truth, or to receive this world and to whatever we may call it”. transform it; to overthrow it cre - 5 Cf. John 14,5-6: “Lord, we atively and with our love so that know not whither thou goest; the world may be Church 3. and how can we know the In this struggle the danger way? Jesus saith unto him, I has cut both ways through the am the way, the truth, and the centuries. At times, taking sides life: no man cometh unto the with an ideological or political Father, but by me”. choice against another would Archbishop Ieronymos, addressing the graduates of Hellenic his presentation with the compelling question ”So what does 6 Cf. Luke 22,44: “and being in lead to secularization. At other College/Holy Cross School of Theology in Brookline, MA, begins it mean to be a priest or a theologian today?” an agony he prayed more times, obsessing or getting en - earnestly: and his sweat was as gaged in individual truths at the love; which makes us turn to the pleroma of the Church. It is solely as a man per se but as succeed. Nonetheless, there is no it were great drops of blood expense of the whole would be our fellow human being and obvious that those who will not man’s sacrifice in the service of reason for us not to be opti - falling down to the ground”. the danger; in other tems, devi - generates charity. It is therefore become clergymen are also his brethren. It is such clergy - mistic. “Divine grace, which al - 7 John 17,11. ation from the agreement of the of vital importance that the life called to labor in the Lord’s vine - men, it is theologians of this kind ways heals what is infirm and 8 Catechetical Sermon of St. Fathers (consensus patrum), a of worship, our charitable and, yard as lay theologians. Nothing of ethos that the Church needs completes what is lacking” 9 will John Chrysostom. fact which would lead to more widely, cultural and social of what I mentioned earlier can urgently today, so that these may see to it. 9 “Order for the Ordination of schisms and heretical depar - works should exude an ecclesi - be put into practice by the be living models of life and holi - a Presbyter”, in P. Trebelas, tures from the wholeness of the astical ethos and Orthodox spir - bishop or the priests without the ness and authentic examples of Notes: Small Prayerbook, “The Sav - truth, which we are constantly ituality. Let me insist on this sacrificial presence of the lay ecclesiastic mentality. 1 Cf. Gal. 2,20: “I am crucified iour” Fraternity of Theologians, invited to revisit 4. We should not point, because some of you have staff of pastoral work, where All this may seem difficult with Christ: nevertheless I live; Athens 1988, p. 231 (=Archier - forget that the truth we are been born and grown up within theologians should have a lead - and it is only natural that we yet not I, but Christ li-veth in atikon, Apostolic Diakonia, called to witness to and the way environments of other religious ing part. Today, maybe more should wonder how we shall me”. Athens, s.d., p. 84). we ought to indicate to people traditions and must now, as Or - than ever before, activities such is not some abstract religious or thodox clergymen and theolo - as catechism, the study of theo - ideological proposal but Christ gians, constantly cultivate the logical literature, the staffing of himself, because He is “the way, awareness of the Orthodox pastoral activities and the pres - the truth, and the life” 5. identity and self-consciousness ence of the Church in every as - Our duty as clergy and laity and of the uniqueness of the Or - pect of social life, at school, in SPEAK GREEK in 2 MONTHS is to witness, in word and in thodox theological tradition. hospitals, in charitable works, deed, to the fact that the Church Modern reality is highly de - but also in arts and culture more CHILDREN & ADULTS - Tutoring one-on-one exists by uniting mankind, even manding and divisive, and ex - broadly, create high require - at the price of our own sweat treme phenomena of this kind ments and the adequately too becoming “like great drops are a superfluous luxury, to say trained representatives and la - Phonetic Method - Via Internet or Telephone of blood” 6, if need be; and to the least. In the spiritual desert borers of the Church are not the fact that Christ came to His of modern life it is a fundamen - only more than valuable but ab - Passion voluntarily so that all tal priority that there should be solutely indispensable. men “may be one” 7. It is this genuine, living Orthodox Certainly, the Orthodox peo - Children will learn unity that we are called to pro - parishes, so that the young, in ple respects and honors its clergy mote, not with grandiloquence particular, may enjoy a small oa - very highly. Not because the lat - to understand and SPEAK Greek or theorizing but with sacrifices sis; that young couples may find ter hold some kind of adminis - of an ethos worthy of the Cross, a refuge; that today’s afflicted trative power but because the based on experiences related to illuminated by the unsetting family may find a quiet corner; people recognizes them as hav - their daily life: home, church, school. light of Resurrection. that “all ye that labour and are ing accepted God’s and their The parish is the place, and heavy laden” may have a warm brethren’s calling to minister to parish life is the way where, nest; a hearth, where the fire of the Altar and to the people of Adults will learn through Holy Communion, wor - spiritual quest will be burning God in place and as a type of ship and partaking of the mys - ceaselessly; an altar whence all Christ. The bishop is in charge to communicate in Greek comfortably - tical Body of Christ, survival is will begin and where all will of a local Church not as a reli - via dialogues on true to life situations. transformed into life and death end. gious monarch or a secular gov - Emphasis is placed on vocabulary and is defeated. The greatest offer of the ernor but as president of the Eu - expressions - enough grammar to help Wherever each faithful lives, Church to the modern world is charistic Synaxis in place and as b the parish is his or her greater Its constant care so that there a type of Christ. By extension, develop correct sentence structure. family and the priest is the fa - may be living parishes and Presbyters preside over the Helen Dumas ther. And what parent who monasteries everywhere, where parochial Eucharistic Synaxis in a wishes a holy and virtuous life it may be manifest in every way place and as a type of their Both Courses will be easy, simple, for his or her child will ever re - that Christ has risen; that death bishop. In this manner, the Or - For further information: enjoyable, quick and affordable. main indifferent if he or she sees has been defeated. And this is thodox clergyman does not that child sick or starving or tak - why we can still bring our lives stand for a power as a represen - Phone: 310.941.0700 ing the wrong way? to the Eucharist and there to tative of God on Earth but serves New classes start every Similarly, in our ministration find joy, hope, consolation, the Church as a representative E-Mail: [email protected] too we should never lose the meaning, and lead our fallen of his flock to God. Website: www.speakgreeknow.com other Monday of each month. balance between the sanctifying everyday lives in the certainty The Orthodox clergyman is a work and charity. Personally, I that, beyond and above any leading figure and the first in the do not know of a single saint of pain and any grief, life will in consciousness of the faithful be - Helen Dumas internationally recognized our Church who was not chari - the end defeat death; because cause, as minister to the Church, table or who remained indiffer - “Christ is risen, and life reigns” 8. he is “last of all”. He is glorified as an authority in teaching Greek as a 2nd language - and ent to human suffering. May I emphasise that what I by ministering to and by mani - in the shortest period of time. 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DEATH NOTICES n ARAKELIAN, KAYANE 1987. He then joined the de - itrios) Galanos, 85 years old and 10:30 AM. Interment will follow beloved wife, Maria (Griva) recipes. She was a member of FRESNO, CA (From the Fresno fense industry as a contractor, an area resident since 1952, in Beaverdale Memorial Park. Kalamaras; his two devoted St. Sophia Hellenic Orthodox Bee, published on May 1) – and, in 1991, he was hired by died on Tuesday, Apr. 30 at Vas - To leave a condolence messages, daughters, Grace Robas and her Church and St. Demitri Society Kayane Arakelian passed away the Science Applications Inter - sar Brothers Medical Center. He please visitwww.celentanofuner - husband, Peter of Bridgewater of Korifi, the oldest established peacefully on Sunday, April 28, national Corporation (SAIC). was born on August 22nd, 1927 alhome.com and Connie Diller and her hus - Greek society in the U.S. She is at the age of 100. As a survivor While with SAIC, Lee worked in Messaria, Greece and was the band Roger, of Old Bridge; his survived by a son and daugh - of the Armenian Genocide, several years in McLean, Va. In son of the late Leonidas and Vi - n JANAKOPOULOS, two dear sons, Peter T. Kalama - ter-in-law, Stephan and Debra Kayane's life is a testament to 1997 he was transferred to Hon - ola Krimizis Galanos. James DESPINA ras and his wife Christine of Nousiopoulos of New London; the strength of the human spirit. olulu, Hawaii, and worked there worked in the punch press de - (From Fosters, published on Apache Junction, AZ and a son-in-law, Thomas Hronis of She is survived by three chil - for five years; he then worked partment of the Schatz Federal May 8) – Despina Janakopoulos, Emanuel Kalamaras of New New London; five grandchil - dren, Kevork Hadjinlian, Anahid for one year in Athens, Greece; Bearings Company for many 70, of Strafford Road, passed York City; his five beloved dren, Joanna Krikonis and Paboojian and Arous Shahenian; and then he returned to Hon - years until his retirement in away on Monday, May 6, 2013 grandchildren, Alexandra and William Hronis, Nikoletta, six grandchildren; and nine olulu for another four years be - 1991. He also worked part-time at her residence with her family Christina Robas and Teddy, An - Tiffany, and Elias Nousiopoulos; great-grandchildren. Kayane fore retiring in 2008. After his with his two sons at their com - by her side, after a brief illness gela and Christopher Kalama - three great-grandchildren, was born to Vahan and Zarouhie retirement, Lee joined the Eleft - pany; Paramount Amusement with pancreatic cancer. Despina ras; his brother, George Kalama - Alexa, John, and Sophia; a god - Arakelian in the town of Mag - heria Post 6633, Veterans of For - and Vending Co. He was a lov - was born on Aug. 4, 1942 in ras in Greece, and his sisters, daughter, Alexandra nesia of the Ottoman Empire. In eign Wars, and worked on a ing family man and will be Kalamata, Greece; the daughter Georgia Chahalis of Maryland Igoumenos; a brother, Panagioti 1922 she and surviving mem - committee which is putting to - surely be missed by all who of Pandelis and Stavrianthi and Nicoletta Duval of Massa - Papadimouli; and several nieces bers of her family fled to the gether the Post's history book knew him. He enjoyed traveling, (Slakeli) Demopoulos. De - chusetts, and many nieces and and nephews in Greece. She harbor of Smyrna to seek refuge (now near completion). He also the outdoors, and working spinawas very devoted to her nephews. Funeral Services will was predeceased by her beloved from the atrocities perpetrated served as the Post's Scholarship around his house. He was a grandchildren, whom she be held on Thursday, May 2 at daughter, Stavroula Hronis, who by the Turks and relocated to Chairman for several years. member of the Kimisis Greek adored. She loved gardening, 1:30 PM from the Flynn & Son died June 12, 2002. Her family Thessaloniki, Greece. Kayane Lee's favorite pastime was base - Orthodox Church; Poughkeep - needlework and crocheting. De - Funeral Home, 23 Ford Ave. will receive relatives and friends studied at the Anatolian College ball and he was a life-long Bal - sie, New York 12601. He is sur - spina loved to travel to her Fords, NJ 08863 followed by a from 5 to 8 p.m. today, April 16, and was fluent in Armenian, timore Orioles fan and season vived by his loving wife, Kleo home country of Greece; she 2 p.m. Service of Divine Liturgy at the Impellitteri-Malia Funeral Greek, Turkish and English. In ticket holder. Lee is survived by Manolakes Galanos, who sur - also loved to cook and bake for at St. Demetrios Greek Ortho - Home, 84 Montauk Ave., New 1963 she immigrated to Fresno, his wife and best friend, Ros - vives at home. James is also sur - everyone. Despina had worked dox Church, Perth Amboy, inter - London. Guests are asked to Ca. and was very active in the alind, and his daughter, Eliza - vived by his two beloved sons; for many years at Davidson Rub - ment will follow in Alpine gather at 11 a.m. on Wednesday Armenian Relief Society, Holy beth of Beaufort, S.C. He is also Louis and his wife, Suzanne of ber. Despina was a long time Cemetery. Visitation will be on for a funeral service in St. Trinity Armenian Apostolic survived by three sisters, Helen Hyde Park, Nicholas of Pleasant member of the Alkistis Ladies Wednesday, May 1 from 5 to 9 Sophia Church. Interment will Church and helped many immi - Shaiko, of Ardmore, Despina Valley, a brother Paleologos, a Society. Despina is survived by PM with a Trisagion Service at follow in Cedar Grove Cemetery. grant Armenian families in Zerdes, of Drexel Hill, and sister, Marica Drimocropoulas, her husband, Costas Janakopou - 6:30 PM In lieu of flowers, do - Donations may be made in her Fresno. In a life that spanned Maria Bosworth, of Cary, N.C.; both of Messaria, Greece, his los of Dover; her daughter, nations may be made in his memory to St. Sophia Greek Or - World War I, the Armenian one brother, Demetrios A., of cherished grandchildren; Louis Paula Cannon and her husband memory to St. Demetrios Greek thodox Church, 200 Hempstead Genocide, refugee relocation, Athens, Greece; and many lov - Jr. and Nicole, and many other Scott of Dover; her brothers, Orthodox Church, 41-47 Wiste - St., New London, CT 06320. World War II, the Greek Civil ing nephews and nieces. Con - nieces, nephews, and family George Dimopoulos and his ria St., Perth Amboy, NJ 08861. War and immigration to Amer - tributions in his memory may friends. In keeping with his wife, Vaso of Whitestone, N.Y., For directions or to send condo - n PETRULAKIS, PETE ica, Kayane had the heart of a be made to the "Memorial wishes, there will be no calling Kosta Demopoulos of Kalamata, lences, visit SALT LAKE CITY, UT (From the survivor. She represented a gen - Scholarship Fund," Eleftheria hours. There will be a graveside Greece, and John Demopoulos www.flynnfuneral.com. Salt Lake Tribune from May 5) eration that experienced hard - Post 6633, Veterans of Foreign service at 1:00 PM on May 6, and his wife Despina of West – Pete George Petrulakis ship few could imagine, but led Wars, P. O. Box 1045, Haver - 2013 at the Poughkeepsie Rural Roxbury, Mass.; her sister, n NOUSIOPOULOS, Our Beloved Husband, Daddy, a life few would have had the town, PA 19083. Cemetery, 342 South Avenue, Thano Koboholis and her hus - KALIANTHI Opa, Son and Brother Pete strength for and a legacy many Poughkeepsie, New York 12601. band, Dimitrikie of Kalamata, WATERFORD , CT (From The George Petrulakis passed away would wish to have had. She n FLOCAS, DOROTHEA The Rev. Gregory S. Patsis will Greece; her beloved grandchil - Day, published on Apr. 16) – on April 28. Pete was born in will be missed but our memories SAN FRANCISCO (From the San be officiating. Arrangements are dren, Andrew, Madeline and Kalianthi Nousiopoulos, 86, for - the coal mining town of Hi - of her are eternal. A Memorial Francisco Chronicle, published under the direction of Parmele, Genevieve; and many nieces, merly of 20 Robin Hill Road, awatha, Utah, Jan. 3rd 1934. Service will be held on Thurs - on May 3) – Dorothea (Dora) Auchmoody & Schoonmaker Fu - nephews and cousins whom she Waterford, died on April 14, in He grew up in Hiawatha with day, May 2 at 11:00 AM at Holy Flocas 85, was born in Kefalo - neral Home Poughkeepsie, NY. loved. Besides her parents she Bride Brook Rehabilitation Cen - all his friends with whom he Trinity Armenian Apostolic nia, Greece on March 25th, Donations can be made to Kimi - was predeceased by her son, Pe - ter, Niantic, after a long illness. had breakfast twice a month un - Church, 2226 Ventura Ave., in 1928. She passed away at home sis Greek Orthodox Church, 140 ter Janakopoulos of Dover. She was born Feb. 15, 1927, in til he moved to St. George. He Fresno. Remembrances may be after a short battle with Multiple South Grand Ave., Poughkeep - Memorial donations may be in the village of Korifi, Province of played football for Carbon High made to Holy Trinity Armenian Myeloma on Tuesday, April sie, NY 12603. To sign the on - Despina's name to the Annunci - Kozani, Greece, the daughter of and they took the Championship Apostolic Church. 30th. Loving and devoted wife line guest book or for directions ation Greek Orthodox Church, the late Evangelos and Vasiliki in 1951. The Families moved to to the late Constantinos Flocas. please visit www.hudsonvalley - 93 Locust Street, Dover, N.H. Papadimouli. She was united in Salt Lake City in 1950, when he n COZANITIS, ELEAS Proud mother of Paul and Alex funeralhomes.com 03820. Friends and family may marriage to Ilias Nousiopoulos began his studies at the Univer - EXTON, PA (From the Southern Flocas. Beloved Mother-in-law call from 5-7 PM on Thursday on Apr. 23, 1952, in Korifi, and sity of Utah for 4 years. He Chester County, published on of Kathy and Maria Flocas. n GIANNOPOULOS, ANGELO evening, May 9 with a Trisagion they were married for 56 years. served in the Army in 1955 in May 11) – Eleas A. Cozanitis, Proud Yiayia of Constantinos, NEW HAVEN, CT (From The Service starting at 5 p.m. at Mr. Nousiopoulos predeceased France. Pete worked for 35 formerly of Kennett Square Niki, Michael, Lena and Niko New Haven Register, published Wiggin-Purdy-McCooey-Dion her. Kalianthi and her husband years for the Utah Department Eleas A. "Lee" Cozanitis, 75, of Flocas. Loving sister of Costa on Apr. 20) – Angelo N. Gi - Funeral Home, 655 Central left their small village to work of Transportation. He retired in Exton, passed away on Sunday, (Eleni) and Metaxa (Anna) annopoulos, 85, of New Haven, Ave., Dover, N.H. A funeral mass in Loundensburg, Germany in May 1994 as the Administrative April 7, at the Hospital of the Courcoumelis. Dora immigrated died peacefully April 18, 2013 will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, manufacturing at Mercedes Manager of Project Develop - University of Pennsylvania fol - to America in 1953 shortly after in the Hospital of St. Raphael May 10 at the Annunciation Benz. In 1967, they came to the ment. He married Ursula lowing heart valve replacement the Kefalonian earthquake and surrounded by his loving family. Greek Orthodox Church, 93 Lo - United States and worked at the Doebbeling Hill on February 14, surgery. Funeral services were met and married the man of her He was the husband of Euthimia cust Street, Dover, N.H. with American Thread Mill in Willi - 1970. They lived in Sandy for held at St. Luke Greek Orthodox dreams , Costa Flocas. She was Papadopoulos Giannopoulos. Rev. Dr. Costin Popescu, offici - mantic. In 1969, Ilias started 31 years, moved to St. George Church in Broomall, on Friday, a devoted wife and mother and Born in Makrisia, Greece on ating. Interment will follow at Olympic Pizza at 372 West Main in 2003. He is survived by his April 12, with interment imme - always thought of others before Oct.17, 1927 he was the son of the Greek Cemetery, Spur Road, St., Norwich. Their business wife Ursula of 43 years, 2 diately thereafter at Union Hill herself. She deeply enjoyed gar - the late Nikolaos and Fotini Dover, N.H. To sign our online grew from three tables to a 60- daughters, Leslie and Tia. Cemetery in Kennett Square. He dening and was a fantastic cook. Proudzopoulos Giannopoulos. guest book, please go to seat restaurant in 1974. With Granddaughters; Ashley (Jake), was buried next to his father Some of Dora's specialties were He came to the US in 1966 and www.purdyfuneralservice.com. their goals in sight, they slowly Stephanie (Chad), Grandson; and mother. Lee was born in Scordalia, Pastitsio, Crab Dip worked in the original George Visit www.fosters.com/obits for started purchasing the seven Andrew; six Great-grandchil - Philadelphia and grew up in and her Amigdalota cookies. and Harry's Restaurant. Later he an online guest book. houses bordering his business. dren; Brother, Dean (Judy); Sis - Kennett Square. His father, Her greatest happiness was her worked in the food service de - In 1982, they started the three ter-in-law, Anna; 3 Nephews, Alexander D. Cozanitis, was the family and spending time with partment for St. Raphael's and n KALAMARAS, THEODORE story office building called George (Karna), Nick (Karen), owner/operator of the Kennett her grandchildren. She will be many will remember him from PARLIN, NJ (From the Home "Westside Complex". It was the Dean (Laura); 1 Great nephew, Kandy Kitchen from 1923 until deeply missed and never forgot - the Colony Inn. Besides his wife News Tribune, published on new home for Olympic Pizza 4 Great nieces; Cousins in the his death in 1962. Thereafter, ten. Friends may visit from 6-7 he is survived by a son, Nikolaos May 1) – Theodore "Teddy" Restaurant. With seating for USA and Greece, and our long Lee's mother, Elizabeth A. PM on Monday, May 6 and are (Dionisia) Giannopoulos; Kalamaras 76, of Parlin, passed 170, it offered a full lounge and time friend Bonnie D'Grazio. Cozanitis, continued to operate invited to attend a Trisagion daughters, Angeliki Giannopou - peacefully, with his loving fam - a 100-seat banquet facility. In Preceded in death by his parents the Kandy Kitchen until 1970. Service starting at 7:00 p.m. at los and Frances (Stephen) ily at his side, on Monday, Apr. her retirement, she enjoyed gar - George and Elizabeth Petrulakis, Lee attended the Kennett Con - SNEIDER & SULLIVAN & O' - Sacco; a brother, Spyros N. Gi - 29 at the Bayshore Community dening, knitting, cooking, and his brother Anthony George solidated School. In 1955 he en - CONNELL'S FUNERAL HOME at annopoulos; a sister-in-law Hospital in Holmdel. He was spending time with her grand - Petrulakis, his sister Sylvia tered The Citadel, Charleston, 977 S El Camino Real in San Christoula Giannopoulos; born in Anavriti, Greece, immi - children. At times she would go Petrulakis, brother-in-laws, Di - S.C., and graduated with a BA Mateo, CA 94403. Funeral ser - grandchildren, Efthymia (Eleas) grated to the U.S. as a young in early at Fat Cat Grill and Bar eter Doebbeling (Germany) and on June 6, 1959. Lee had a dis - vices will be held on Tuesday, Vlahos, Vassiliki and Angelos N. boy, settling in Perth Amboy, (her son's restaurant) to help Rolf Doebbeling, and mother-in- tinguished 27-year career in the May 7th, 10:30 AM at Holy Giannopoulos, Alexi and Allegra with his family and has resided with the daily prep of the family law, Elfriede Doebbeling. Fu - U.S. Army. He served in many Cross Greek Orthodox Church, Sacco; great grandchildren Peter in Parlin for the last 40 years. neral services will be held stateside locations and also 900 Alameda de las Pulgas, Bel - and Gabriella, and several He was a retired chef, and a This is a service Wednesday, May 8 at 11:00 AM served overseas in Vietnam mont CA, 94403. Reception to nieces and nephews. Mr. Gi - member of St. Demetrios Greek to the community. at Holy Trinity Creek Orthodox (twice) and Korea. He retired follow. Interment, Greek Ortho - annopoulos was predeceased by Orthodox Church in Perth Am - Announcements of deaths Church, 279 South 300 West. from the Army as a Colonel in dox Memorial Park, Colma. In brothers Vasilis and Elias and boy. He enjoyed traveling to may be telephoned to the Friends may call at Larkin Mor - lieu of flowers, please make do - sisters Ioanna, Georgia, and Greece and Atlantic City and his Classified Department of tuary, 260 East South Temple, nations to Holy Cross Greek Or - Alexandra. Friends may call at passion was spending quality The National Herald at from 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Trisagio Days and dates of funerals, thodox Church. The Celentano Funeral Home, time with his beloved grandchil - (718) 784-5255, service at 7:00 PM.Burial at Mt. memorials, and other events di - 424 Elm St. (Cor. Dwight) New dren and family. He was prede - monday through friday, Olivet Cemetery. In lieu of flow - rectly correspond to the original n GALANOS, JAMES Haven Sunday from 5-8 PM and ceased by his 2 brothers, Jimmy 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST ers, please send contributions to publication date, which appears POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (From the invited to attend funeral ser - and Nick Kalamaras and his son- or e-mailed to: holy Trinity Greek Orthodox at the beginning of each notice. Poughkeepsie Journal, pub - vices at St. Barbara Greek Or - in-law, Tom Zangas who died in [email protected] Church. May his memory be lished on May 3) – James (Dim - thodox Church Monday at 2011. Teddy leaves behind his eternal. THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 25-31, 2013 COMMUNITY 9

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By Steve Frangos lation volumes. Tuberculosis was took up the bouzouki. imaginary Orient. The American Ahepans, they do not praise TNH Staff Writer an especially feared illness by Greek immigrant musicians revival band The New Leviathan them. Greeks as we hear in Yiorgos Kat - also influenced other musicians Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra, craze, Mas Elthan e Ahepedes, with CHICAGO- There is much more saros,’ Mana Mou Eimai among whom they lived. One of while it plays White - are still a male vocalist only identified as to the history of Greek music Fthisikos, first record in 1935 for the early American dance genres man-style pieces, with the subject of research and Koulouriotos, does however, than the bouzouki. Greek Columbia Records. first heard during the 1900s was their tongues debate researchers into speak well of the visiting Greek- records, when examined as his - Mana mou eimai fthisikos, the Oriental Foxtrot. Rumors firmly in Greek music produced in North Americans. As does the song on torical documents, offer us an al - mana mou exo ftisi abound that this genre came their America need to attend to musi - the B-side of this record Elli - most day-to-day outline of the (Mother, I am consumptive, from American musicians listen - cians such as Efthimios Keros and noamerikanides stin Ellada this lives of Greek immigrants in mother I’ve got consumption) ing to cheeks his Hawaiian Orchestra. Ellinika- time with vocal credits to An - North America. Furthermore, on Fila ton allo mou adelfo mana Greek are also Ellinikon Fox Trot with the flip - gelopoulou as well as Koulouri - these very same records, we can mou na mi’ kolisi about exploring side tango Modistroula (Dress - otos. In the positive sentiments even hear what Greeks in Greece (Take care of my brother this genre in all its maker), which were two of Keros’ heard in these two songs we get thought of Greeks living in Amer - Mother so he doesn’t catch it) manifestations and influ - orchestra’s most popular releases the other side, as it were, of the ica. The history available for all S’arahniasmeno spilaio tha’ pa ences. And this borrowing here in the United States. Greek response to their friends to hear on these extremely pop - ‘na katoikiso of music was not all one- The significance of Greek fra - and relatives visiting from Amer - ular commercial records often (In a cobwebbed cave I will go way. ternal organizations in North ica. does not agree with academic ac - and live) Greek commercial record - America are fundamental to any Topics, instruments, and ideas counts. Osotou na ’lthei e stigma ings of a la franka, or Euro - historical account, their anthems not now attributed to Greeks any - Greek immigrants have at mana na xepsihiso pean music as performed by have remained obscure. From where in the world are to be times been presented as passive (Until the moment comes, Greek musicians, exists the from 1900 to 1940 the two largest na - found on commercial records be - pawns in the face of a monolith Mother, to die) the moment field agents for the tional organizations were the ginning in 1896 and continuing dominant culture, when this has Poles manades klapsane as major international recording American Educational and Pro - right up to the present. Readily not been the case. In fact, Greeks klapsei k’e diki mou companies arrived in the port gressive Association (AHEPA) available Greek American com - that arrived in the various mas - (Many mothers have cried let musi - cities of Greece and Asia Minor. and the Greek American Progres - mercial recordings report on an sive waves of immigration have mine cry too) cians in Many musical genres familiar to sive Association (GAPA). Both or - amazing number of pressing so - directly influenced the American Stis Arizonas ta vourna as thap - performance. Be - Greeks such as kantades, tangos, ganizations, as well as many cial questions of the day. The ten - cultural landscape. Document af - sei to kormi mou tween roughly 1890 and 1930, a and others were extremely pop - other Greek fraternal groups, had sions between not just Greeks ter document clearly reveals, es - (In the mountains of Arizona let brand of music known as “Ori - ular. This is highly significant for their own songs. For AHEPA and and Americans but within the pecially in terms of popular en - her bury my body( ental” was extremely popular but the history of Greek musical tra - GAPA we find Ahepa Emvatiriou Greek community itself can all tertainment, that Greek The first instance of bouzouki it was not a musical form drawn ditions in North America because (Ahepa March) by the Loukianos be heard. Where we must begin immigrants, as both promoters music recorded anywhere on the from any one cultural tradition. the assumption that Greeks were Cavadias Orchestra and Hymnos to direct our attention is toward and performers, have played a planet was in New York City in In fact the music presented as merely playing and recording eis tin Gapa with Tetos Demetri - the continued creativity of Greek significant role in the nation’s his - 1932 and 1933. Yiannis Halikias, “Oriental” was most often a west - Western music genres as yet an - ades as principal vocalist and musicians within an American tory. also known as Jack Gregory on ern musician’s notion of music other example of their assimila - credited co-composer. environment. Coupled with such In an effort to set the historical the record’s label, recorded four that individual composer be - tion into the dominant American Unexpectedly, commercial a project should be one where record straight on a number of songs with his bouzouki. Both lieved sounded Oriental. The culture is clearly incorrect. Not records also document the ten - the question of how Greek music musical issues, this all too brief records became not only imme - whole idea of “the Orient” itself only did traditional Greek musi - sions between the Greek Ameri - and musicians influenced others survey will offer a selection from diate hits but enduring favorites is vague but essentially meant all cians in Greek lands have a long can fraternal organizations and in the general American society the broader field of Greek music as well: To Mysterio and Minore the lands east of Italy to the Pa - established tradition of playing Greeks back in Greece. We need is considered serious. As this all produced in North America. Tou Deke both with Sophocles cific Ocean. The Paul Whiteman and interpreting a la franka mu - cite only three imported songs. too brief survey reveals there is The perils of immigrant life in Mikelies on guitar in January Orchestra released an Oriental sic but clearly we must now ex - In Den ton thelo ton Ahepa, a nothing short of a treasure trove North America were dealt with 1932, and then Raste ton Deke Fox Trot instrumental on the Vic - tend our attention to the creativ - hasapiko, Korinas Thessalonikias of historical and aesthetic infor - in song after song. So large are and Mourmoriko in 1933. The tor Talking Machine Company la - ity and influences of Greek and K. Roukounas sing about the mation yet to be heard in Greek- the collections of songs based on famed Greek musician Yiannis bel on June 16, 1922, which has musicians in an American setting. Ahepans who come to Greece on American family record collec - certain ills befalling the immi - Papaioannou asserted that upon nothing whatsoever to do with While the cross-cultural their periodic excursions tours of tions. grants, that in recent years, they hearing these two records by Ha - Greek music and everything to strands of the fox trot, as an in - the 1930s. As the title suggests have been collected into compi - likias, he gave up the guitar and do with Western fantasies of their ternational music and dance the two lambast the visiting [email protected]

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By Phylis (Kiki) Sembos with people. Why? Because peo - vince him that ...” George waved imagination floated away to his Special to The National Herald ple can pronounce them! By the his hand, “That’s right, Yiannis! village where, now, a statue had time a tourist says the name – The U.S. can invade! They’ll been erected for him by a grate - “You’re going to Greece, the boat sails away.” But, send over 100 Marines – armed ful village. He had hinted about Yiannis?” asked a puzzled, George’s suspicions wouldn’t to the teeth - storm the place – a statue in his letter - even had George, who wondered who ‘s buy it! The motive was finagling if they can find it. That mayor a location in mind – by the giant paying for his ticket. “What’s so for a free vacation. “Did the will be arrested until fake elec - Plane tree in the center of the surprising about that?” mayor accept your ideas?” Yian - tions and they find an American village. squawked Yiannis, adding the nis stirred his coffee, noncha - sympathizer to take over. Good Sunday, George entered coffee that spilled into the lantly. “He hasn’t replied yet! I show, Yiannis!” Yiannis recog - Dixon, grinning from ear to ear. saucer. “Vacation with Areti and listed all the advantages of the nized George’s sarcasm and Dimos asked, impatiently, Barbara?” asked John. “NO! A tourist trade. They’d see more turned away, sipping his coffee “You’ve got news, George, we business trip. I wrote to the money, more business, and...” with calm contemplation, can see that! Let’s have it!” John mayor of my town and told him “What name did you have in dreaming of his great success looked speculatively at him, I must speak to him about some - mind?” Dimos asked, taking a and free, glorious vacations “Did Yiannis get a response from thing very important – some - donut. Head tilted, Yiannis said, every summer. Maybe, he the mayor?” George, stirring his thing that the U.S. government “I thought about, ‘Heaven’s thought, he could fix his pater - coffee as if churning butter, en - approves of.” All eyes stretched Gateway.’” Kipreos, in a thought - nal house and turn it into a ho - joyed the suspense. “Is Yiannis open. Confounded, Dimos asked ful mood, said, “They sound like tel. Heavenly Hotel. Hmmm! going to Greece?” Kipreos was him to explain. He lowered his a cemetery. I wouldn’t want to “Why would you want your intent. threatening Marousanakislaki’s from the mayor of his village. voice, conspiratorially, “I’ve writ - go to a place with that name.” village to get tourists?” asked “Oh, he got a reply, alright. residents with military actions. Yiannis replied, meekly, “I’ve ten to the mayor about the Annoyed, Yiannis ignored him. Kipreos. “Why not? Cypress gets Areti told my wife that after he With that, Yiannis took another thought about it! I decided I name of the village –Marou - John asked, “Do you think the tons of tourists! You see how it read the mayor’s letter Yiannis swig of Ouzo. And, continued don’t want to go to Marou - sanakislaki – that it’s too long mayor will think, seriously, on has benefited them. My little vil - reached for the Ouzo bottle – the mayor, if he ever showed his sanakislaki. What for? Barbara and that’s why no tourists go your agenda?” lage is poor and desolate. I want kept only for company – and face there the Plane Tree would and Areti would miss me. Be - there. I impressed upon him “I wrote a strong letter that to put them on the map! I want downed a big one. But, it got not have his statue there – sides, Kipreos is right! Why that if the name is changed – the U.S. government meant to bring prosperity to every vil - worse!” Everyone bent closer, they’d have the original hanging would we want to bring noisy, so, too, will the fortunes of the business and if he doesn’t com - lager. I want to be the great nearly upsetting the coffee cups. from it.” Yiannis entered. After messy, arrogant tourists to the place. Look at Crete! Mikonos! ply with their requests they’ll benefactor for...ahh, Heaven’s “The mayor told him he didn’t the usual salutations Dimos quiet, sleepy little village, any - Athens! Paros! Always filled send over someone who’ll con - Gateway.” He sat back. His appreciate his arrogant letter asked if there was any news way?” End of story. Regeneron Rises under Leadership of Roy Vangelos, George Yancopoulos

Continued from page 1 CNTF to treat obesity. vinced him to come visit Regen - Likewise, Vagelos stressed the But none of the drugs ulti - eron for a couple of days, for me company’s other strong suit de - asthma attacks or other outbreaks mately panned out in clinical tri - to give him a total overview of veloped during its years of neu - of symptoms decreased by 87 per - als during a 10-year period. “In the company.” roscience research - its expertise cent in those getting the drug many ways you could look at that Vagelos became chairman of in cell signaling, communication compared with those getting a as a lost decade because the ulti - Regeneron’s board in 1995 and among cells and how errors in placebo. mate prize eluded us in terms of made a deep impression. He that process can lead to disease. Other measures of lung func - applying our first discoveries,” urged the company to study other Vagelos remains a totally in - tion and disease control also im - Yancopoulos said. “These neuro - diseases and to exploit its under - volved company Chairman. “He proved, according to the study re - logical diseases were really chal - standing of cell receptors - pro - comes to every one of our scien - sults, which were published lenging and we recognized teins on the surface of cells that tific advisory meetings and talks online May 21 in The New Eng - maybe we weren’t as smart as we set into motion biological reac - on a daily basis to me and Len,” land Journal of Medicine and pre - thought we were and didn’t have tions within the cell. Yancopoulos said. sented at the annual meeting of the experience that maybe we the American Thoracic Society in needed.” Philadelphia. Schleifer and Yancopoulos Dupilumab blocks the action considered remodeling the com - of interleukin-4 and interleukin- pany after Merck, the U.S. drug - 13, two inflammatory chemicals maker nicknamed “the house that made by the body that are be - research built” under the leader - POCKET-LESS lieved to contribute to asthma. PHOTO: REUTERS/HANDOUT) ship of Vagelos. Sanofi and Regeneron say there Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc’s Head of Research George “Vagelos had always been a PITA BREAD are also preliminary signs Yancopoulos, Chief Executive Leonard Schleifer and Chairman hero of mine because I’m also the dupilumab works against the skin of the Board of Directors Roy Vagelos (L-R) at the company’s son of a Greek immigrant,” Yan - condition atopic dermatitis, sug - laboratories in Tarrytown, New York, in this undated handout copoulos said. “My father cut out Kontos Foods gesting it can be blocking a bio - photo made available May 12, 2010. a Greek-language newspaper ar - logical pathway that contributes ticle for me in the 1970’s when The Leading Company in Flat Breads to multiple allergic conditions. gift of gab to match his scientific opened, Yancopoulos discovered Roy became head of research at THE MERCK MODEL enthusiasm, attracted a scientific a second one that became known Merck and said: ‘If you’re going Well known for the Pocket-Less Pita Besides persistence, Regen - advisory board that included sev - as Brain-Derived Neurotrophic to become a scientist instead of a eron had Vagelos. The company eral Nobel laureates and obtained Factor (BDNF). doctor,’ which was always his manufacturers of Authentic Ethnic was started in 1988 by Schleifer, a $1 million stake from a venture “Literally within a week after dream for me, ‘at least become Hand Stretched flat bread. an assistant professor of neurol - capital unit of Merrill Lynch. that, we cloned another one like this scientist.’” Kontos the first family in fillo dough and fillo products. ogy at Cornell University Medical He set out to recruit a stable called Neurotrophin 3 (NT3) and Yancopoulos said he and College. He planned to discover of scientists, most notably Yan - then a third one called Ciliary Schleifer “always talked about fIllO KATAIfI, BAKlAVA, SPANAKOPITA, TyROPITA nerve-growth proteins that could copoulos, a molecular immunol - Neurotrophic Factor (CNTF),” Roy. And we thought just like he NUT ROll, mElOmAKARONA cure some of the grimmest neu - ogist who had just won a kind of Yancopoulos told Reuters. and Merck followed the science and the TRADITIONAl mEDITERRANEAN DESSERTS. rological scourges by regenerat - genius award for his research at Yancopoulos became one of as a foundation, we could do that Excellent quality and service. ing neurons, which are nerve Columbia Medical School. the world’s most-cited neurolo - as well.” cells. Thus the name Regeneron. The company moved to Tar - gists due to his rapid-fire discov - Schleifer startled Yancopoulos We distribute in USA and Canada. “The original idea, which you rytown in 1989 and began pick - eries. The attention led to a $100 one day with a suggestion that Special prices for communities, schools, churches can find in the original business ing up more seed and research million partnership in 1990 with they hire Vagelos instead of just festivals and other events plan, was that we would discover monies from investors, including Amgen, an up-and-coming new emulating him. “At that time, Roy them and then spritz them on Japan, who thought they saw biotech, that involved trials of had been a top CEO in America people who needed them. We something good in what was go - BDNF against Lou Gehrig’s dis - for a half dozen years in a row, would cure a couple of diseases ing on. It paid off as the com - ease and of NT3 for nerve pain in so I told Len: ‘Roy is not even go - such as Lou Gehrig’s disease, pany’s R & D began to produce. diabetics. ing to answer your phone calls!’” maybe Parkinson’s disease and At the time, only one protein Regeneron also began testing Yancopoulos said. “But Len called Kontos Foods, Inc b Alzheimer’s disease, and sail off involved in the growth and sur - CNTF against Lou Gehrig’s dis - up Roy, and Roy answered. And Box 628, Paterson, NJ 07544 into the sunset,” Schleifer told vival of neurons - or neurotrophic ease and signed a $135 million he was planning to step down at Tel.: (973) 278-2800 fax: (973) 278-7943 Reuters. factor - had been discovered: deal in 1997 with Procter & Gam - Merck and wanted to do some - Kontos.com Schleifer, a native of New York Nerve Growth Factor. But within ble Co to develop a number of thing different, to get into this a City’s borough of Queens with a weeks after Regeneron’s lab Regeneron drugs, including using biotech-type stuff. And Len con - 10 GREECE CYPRUS THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 25-31, 2013 As Golden Dawn’s Popularity Persists, PM Considers Anti-Racism Bill

TNH Staff sition on sensitive national issues increase in anti-Semitism in the such as the recognition as geno - country, the U.S. State Depart - ATHENS – Uncertain how to cide of the persecution suffered ment said in a report on inter - deal with the rising popularity by Black Sea Greeks, Armenians national religious freedom. of the extreme rightwing Golden and Greeks of Asia Minor. The party’s popularity is con - Dawn Party that has 18 seats in Government spokesman tinuing the soar the more it is Parliament and has stepped up Simos Kedikoglou sought to play criticized for its stance, which is its rhetoric against immigrants down the rift, saying that the also anti-immigrant, anti-Gay, and the government, Prime Min - bill will be submitted to Parlia - nationalist and ultra-religious, ister Antonis Samaras’ coalition ment in the coming weeks. The although it had pagan leanings. has split over whether to pass major opposition Coalition of The report identifies Golden an anti-racism bill. the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party Dawn as “a political party Samaras, the New Democ - said the delays show that Sama - openly espousing anti-Semitism racy Conservative leader, is re - ras, who has an openly anti-im - and racism and linked to violent portedly worried that a clamp - migrant stance, has ideological attacks against individuals per - down on Golden Dawn – as the ties to Golden Dawn. ceived to be immigrants, were European Union’s human rights EXTREMISM AND elected to Parliament.” chief said there is enough evi - TERRORISM Golden Dawn also has been dence for the party to be out - Under fire in Greece for its accused of assaults on immi - lawed – would backfire and anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic grants, which it denies, and wind up giving it more support stance, the neo-Nazi Golden sends out vigilante patrols into from supporters who feel it’s be - Dawn party is looking to the ter - high-crime areas to search for ing persecuted. rorist group Hezbollah as an ex - illegal immigrants it blames for His coalition partners, the ample of how to gain power, the trouble. PASOK Socialists and tiny De - one of its leading members said. The Greek government pub - mocratic Left (DIMAR) want the Ilias Panagiotaros, one of 18 licly condemned some anti-Se - bill pushed through Parliament of the group’s Members of Par - mitic and racist incidents, states and Justice Minister Antonis liament, told Australian televi - the report, though “observers Roupakiotis appeared set to re - sion that the far-right party called on the authorities to do sign if the legislation he pro - would like to resemble the more to counter hate speech posed is diluted for political ex - Lebanon-based Islamic militant and the violent actions of pediency. group that wars with neighbor - Golden Dawn members.” With growing incidents of as - ing Israel. The group gets fund - There were also reports of saults on immigrants, some of ing from Syria and Iran. AP PHOTO/fOSPHOTOS, PANAyIOTIS TzAmAROS “harassment and increasingly vi - which have been tied to the ex - Speaking to the SBS Dateline Panagiotis Iliopoulos, a deputy for the far-right Golden Dawn party, centre top, gestures as he olent physical attacks against in - tremists, the bill’s aim is to im - program, the lawmaker said: shouts insults at other lawmakers with his colleague in the same party at the Greek Parliament dividuals perceived to be immi - pose tougher penalties for indi - “Golden Dawn wants to be - in Athens, Friday, May 17, 2013. The ultra-right deputy has been expelled from a debate in par - grants and refugees, many of viduals or groups inciting racial come, and will become, like liament after mocking the country’s opposition leader. The 46-year-old lawmaker shouted “You whom were Muslim,” states the hatred. Hezbollah in Lebanon, which is are goats. You are jokers” before the leaving the chamber. report, while “expressions of Its real goal, political leaders in effect a second government anti-Semitism increased after have privately acknowledged, is that helps even the last of its In the Australian program, House and would not be al - their positions that been char - voters elected members of trying to corral growing support poor citizens.” Panagiotaros was also filmed lowed to bring in guns. acterized as hate-filled by critics Golden Dawn to parliament.” for Golden Dawn. The newspa - He said: “As time passes, with a sidearm. He said it was In the SBS program, Pana - and human rights groups. “[Golden Dawn’s] official per Kathimerini said Samaras is Golden Dawn will do more for to protect himself against giotaros also suggests that de - The European Union’s hu - newspaper attacked the teach - trying to avert growing tension our fellow citizens,” he added. threats from “anarchists and ter - spondent people who are killing man rights chief, after a visit to ing of the Holocaust in schools over the legislation but wants Panagiotaros was speaking rorists”. themselves over austerity mea - Greece to investigate rising hate and, on the occasion of a visit changes to avoid a clash with on May 2, when Golden Dawn After reports that another sures have another option: he crimes and assaults against im - by the executive director of the the Greek Orthodox Church, fol - was prevented from handing Golden Dawn MP refused to put said that they should “kill those migrants, said the government American Jewish Committee, lowing complaints by Bishop out food at Syntagma Square away a sidearm as he drove into responsible” for the crisis. When had enough evidence to ban the stated that the Jewish lobby and Amvrosios of Kalavryta that the and another of the party’s law - the Parliament parking lot, and questioned who he is talking party, which has risen from ob - Zionism conspired against bill would “muzzle” the church makers, Giorgos Germenis, at - fear by those from other parties about, the Golden Dawn MP scurity in 2009 to win nearly al - Greek wealth,” notes the report, and grant “impunity” to immi - tempted to attack Athens Mayor that the extremists were taking says: “bankers.” most 7 percent of the vote last adding that some members of grants, as well as with the Giorgos Kaminis. guns into the chamber, Parlia - The party has been indoctri - year and now has almost dou - the Greek Orthodox clergy con - armed forces. Germenis was stopped by ment President Evangelos nating high school students and bled that in some polls. demned violent attacks against New Democracy also wants Kaminis’s bodyguards, who also Meimarakis said that lawmakers in March said it wanted to reach The election last year of 18 immigrants, while others ex - to ensure that the bill would not deterred the MP from drawing would have to pass through down further and begin to teach Golden Dawn members to the pressed their support for Golden bring into question Greece’s po - a firearm he was carrying. metal detectors to enter the nursery school students about Greek Parliament has caused an Dawn. U.S. State Department Blames Golden Dawn for the Anti-Semitism in Greece

Continued from page 1 migrants out of the country and ercised considerable influence, displays of anti-Semitism world - an anti-racism bill has been while some non-Orthodox citi - wide. Special mention is given have fallen to as low as 5 per - stalled in Parliament over de - zens complained of being to Golden Dawn leader Nikos cent for supporting austerity bate whether it would make treated with suspicion when Michaloliakos who “had publicly measures that Golden Dawn op - martyrs out of Golden Dawn. they spoke of their religious af - and repeatedly denied the Holo - poses. There were also reports of filiations. caust, while he had made Nazi The report identifies Golden “harassment and increasingly vi - “Members of non-Orthodox salute to greet his supporters in Dawn as “a political party olent physical attacks against in - religious groups reported inci - many occasions in the past”. openly espousing anti-Semitism dividuals perceived to be immi - dents of societal discrimination. The report also notes that and racism and linked to violent grants and refugees, many of Members of the Muslim minor - human rights organizations, attacks against individuals per - whom were Muslim,” states the ity in Thrace were underrepre - such as Human Rights Watch, ceived to be immigrants, were report, while “expressions of sented in public sector employ - criticize Greek Police for making elected to Parliament.” anti-Semitism increased after ment, and no Muslim military “little effort” to scale down Golden Dawn also has been voters elected members of personnel advanced to officer Golden Dawn’s violent actions. accused of assaults on immi - Golden Dawn to Parliament.” ranks,” says the report. The Greek government has con - grants, which it denies, and "[Golden Dawn's] official The report further notes that demned the anti-Semitic and sends out vigilante patrols into newspaper attacked the teaching planning for a government- racist attacks. However, inter - high-crime areas to search for of the Holocaust in schools and, funded mosque in the Greek national observers have asked illegal immigrants it blames for on the occasion of a visit by the capital continued, while some Greece to be more “active” in its the trouble. executive director of the Ameri - Muslim leaders had expressed dealing with Golden Dawn’s vi - The Greek government pub - can Jewish Committee, stated their concern with regard to the olent attacks. licly condemned some anti-Se - that the Jewish lobby and Zion - lack of an Islamic cemetery in The State Department’s re - mitic and racist incidents, states ism conspired against Greek Athens, prompting members of port finally mentions that the the report, though “observers wealth,” notes the report, adding the Muslim communities in the American ambassador in Athens called on the authorities to do that some members of the Greek Greek capital and other cities to and American officials held more to counter hate speech Orthodox clergy condemned vi - travel to Thrace for Islamic bur - meetings with their Greek coun - and the violent actions of olent attacks against immi - ial of deceased relatives or have terparts and asked from the Golden Dawn members.” Prime grants, while others expressed the remains repatriated. Greek government to publicly Minister Antonis Samaras has their support for Golden Dawn. U.S. Secretary of State John The U.S. State Department stated in a report on international and strongly disapprove of been reluctant to after the party The report further notes that Kerry presented the report religions that the presence of Golden Dawn in Parliament has Golden Dawn and its anti-Se - as he also wants all illegal im - the Greek Orthodox Church ex - which indicates a sharp rise in caused an increase in anti-Semitism in Greece. mitic actions. Greece is Yet Another, and Often-Forgotten Casualty of the Holocaust

Continued from page 1 terial, music and personal testi - Ms. Ikonomopoulos said. “She forced labor and women carry - mony by Beni Elias, who lived was 8 when she perished in ing bundles of their possessions hibition is largely about the in Long Beach until his death in Auschwitz, along with her fam - as they are being deported. A Sephardic Jews who came to 2010, Ms. Lilach said. His cousin ily.” photo taken around 1946, a Greece from Spain and Portugal Martin Elias, who lives in The core exhibition about year after the liberation of in the 15th century and contin - Brookville, underwrote the ex - Sephardic Jews is on loan from Auschwitz, shows Leo Mallah, ued to speak Ladino, a language hibition. the Foundation for the Advance - formerly of Salonika, posing that is based on 15th-century On the DVD, Beni Elias spoke ment of Sephardic Studies and grimly on a street in Germany. Spanish and is written using He - about his experiences in a con - Culture and was produced by He still wears a striped camp brew characters. Another sec - centration camp, where Jews Robert Bedford of Leonia, N.J., uniform, perhaps his only cloth - tion focuses on the Romaniote not strong enough to work were the foundation’s executive di - ing at the time. Jews, who arrived in Greece taken immediately to a crema - rector; Stuart Fishelson of more than 2,000 years ago — torium. He described the death Brooklyn; and Dr. Joe Halio, a “Portraits of Our Past: The the oldest Jewish community in of his brother, whose spine was geriatrician who practices in Sephardic Communities of Europe — and had different cus - broken by a Nazi guard. Defying Great Neck and lives in Manhas - Greece and the Holocaust,” toms from the larger Sephardic the rules, Mr. Elias crept into set. through Aug. 15 at the population. Altogether, some 60 the barracks where his brother Dr. Halio, the foundation’s Holocaust Memorial and Toler - photographs and 14 artifacts are lay dying and crawled into his PHOTOS: KATHy KmONICEK fOR THE NEw yORK TImES president, said his mother’s fa - ance Center of Nassau County, on display. bed. In the morning, he said, he A prayer book (circa 1900) and a silver Torah pointer (1870s.) ther, Albert Torres, came to Welwyn Preserve, 100 Crescent A third element in the show did not see his brother: “My America from Salonika in 1911 Beach Road, Glen Cove. Infor - is “Greece and the Holocaust,” brother was dead.” the “righteous” Christians who Esther. and published newspapers in mation: (516) 571-8040; holo - a DVD produced by the Holo - The DVD also tells the stories helped to save Jews. Among The photographs include a Ladino from then until 1948. caust-nassau.org. caust center and shown on a of several of the 307 Greek Or - them were the archbishop of particularly moving image of a His grandfather’s mother, whose monitor. It includes archival ma - thodox who are counted among Greece and the police chief of young woman crying in anguish portrait is in the exhibition, he Athens, who together saved 560 as she and others from her town said, had stayed in Greece and Jews by claiming they were of Ioannina are being deported died during deportation. Many Christians and giving them false on March 25, 1944, to of the photographs, he said, identification papers. Auschwitz-Birkenau. “That pho - were collected at a Sephardic “Many courageous people tograph just spoke volumes,” synagogue in Forest Hills. There did the right thing, and they said Ms. Ikonomopoulos, who are also Sephardic congrega - should be acknowledged,” said lives in Huntington. The mu - tions in Cedarhurst, he said, and Marcia Haddad Ikonomopoulos, seum put the photo on its Web in Brooklyn, where he grew up. museum director of Kehila Ke - site, she said, and the young From the time of their arrival dosha Janina Synagogue and woman was identified as Fani in Greece, the Sephardic Jews Museum in Manhattan, which Haim by a member of her fam - “struggled to remain an unas - represents the Romaniote com - ily, who said she was 15 or 16 similated minority, preserving munity and has lent artifacts at the time. Of 1,960 Jews de - their language, culture and her - and photographs to the exhibi - ported from Ioannina, only 110 itage,” Mr. Bedford wrote in an tion. The artifacts include a pair survived, and Ms. Haim was exhibition-related booklet. The of unusual platform shoes, with among them. She settled in Romaniote community was two heels on each shoe, that Athens, had a family and died more assimilated, at least in women wore to a ritual bath in 2008. terms of clothing, as suggested around 1870; two pillow covers Another striking photo shows in a portrait of two women and a jacket embroidered with Gracia Samuel, also of Ioannina, wearing elaborately patterned real gold; a handmade illus - in 1940, a diminutive girl with dresses in the town of Chalcis, trated prayer book from around large dark eyes standing at at - on the island of Euboea, in A circa 1890 jacket made in 1900; and a silver container tention for her formal portrait about 1910. Greece, near portraits of made in the 1850s to hold a with a small smile on her face. Photos from the 1940s show Greek Jewish victims of the Northport Middle School students at the exhibition in Glen Cove. scroll telling the biblical story of “She was about 4 in the photo,” men being rounded up for Nazis. THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 25-31, 2013 GREECE CYPRUS 11 American Hellenic Institute Honors Amb. Smith, Philanthropist Arvaniti

TNH Staff noted AHI’s work and the past Larigakis told Ethnikos Kirix year, referring to interventions ATHENS – Outgoing U.S. Am - that this year’s function was a going on in the U.S. Congress bassador to Greece Daniel Ben - success. “Besides, every year we in favor of Greek and Cypriot is - nett Smith and philanthropist try to improve it.” This year, he sues while he emphasized the Isabella Arvaniti, who has built said, by awarding Arvaniti, that young generation as well. He shelters for needy children and AHI was showing that not only pointed to the students the in - is known for her charitable a business spirit is noted but stitute sends to Greece and the works, received this year’s Hel - also that societal endeavors scholarships it gives to train lenic Heritage Achievement should be noted, along with the Greeks in centers of authority awards from the American Hel - modesty she displays. in Washington, D.C. lenic Institute (AHI) before a He was asked if he saw more Also attending from AHI packed audience in the capital optimism in Greece than last were its secretary, lawyer city. year when the climate was Nicholas Karabelas, Leon An - This year’s event was char - darker and said that sincerely dris, George Tsetsekos, Gus acterized by optimism for his view was that he’s found a Andy, and Georgia Polyzou. Greece in contrast to the last psychologically better atmos - While Smith has been partic - two years as the country con - phere. “If this also responds to ularly low-key, he has spoken tinues to undergo a crushing reality, I don’t know. But at least out about the Greek economic economic crisis and would stay it is positive. People believe crisis. At an American-Hellenic in the Eurozone. Smith is set to there is light in the tunnel and Chamber of Commerce invest - be transferred after spending we are ready to see it at the ment seminar in Dec. 2012, he three years in Greece as the TNH STAff PHOTO bend.” said that, “I have noticed often country was suffering a crushing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Daniel Bennett Smith (5th from L) and philanthropist Isabella Ar - The President of the Greek during this economic crisis in economic crisis and oversaw as - vaniti, who has built shelters for needy children, (6th from left, next to AHI President Nick Lar - Parliament, Evangelos Greece that there is a tendency sistance for Greeks as well. igakis) received this year’s AHI Hellenic Heritage Achievement awards. Meimarakis, also attended the in the public debate to confuse Arvaniti arranged for the ren - event and saluted AHI’s work. fiscal austerity with true reform. ovation of a building complex the crisis and promoted the em - rifices and pain of the Greeks.” could ignite trouble. But they He stressed that his presence The two are not the same.” and fully equipped it to offer bassy’s charitable work and en - With unemployment at a record underestimated the power of was designed to send a message He suggested that Prime hospital to 50 children for the couraged business entrepre - 27 percent and 64 percent for the people’s opinion. Greeks got that AHI is a remarkable and Minister Antonis Samaras find Smile of the Child agency which neurship with conventions and those under 25, he noted the support from their traditions positive voice of Hellenism in ways to help Greece grow out works to help abused children initiatives. major consequences of the deep and family. But we have to rec - the United States. of the crisis and not rely solely and combat exploitation and AHI President Nick Larigakis, recession in which the country ognize the maturity that is often The President of AHI-Greece, on pay cuts, tax hikes and work in the campaign to find with characteristic humor, said finds itself. not recognized by others.” Elias Malevitis, referring to the slashed pensions ordered by in - children who go missing. Smith’s tenure was so successful He added that “the determi - He continued that “so many honorees, did not hesitate to ternational lenders in return for Arvaniti is active in affairs in and low profile that in his three nation and solidarity has people predicted that Greece point out in the presence of bailouts. the city of Aigio, and where she years in his office in Athens no changed things. Surely it’s not would leave the Eurozone. So Smith that Greece has always “One can impose fiscal aus - constructed four buildings to one criticized him. an easy path but if Greece insists many predicted that Greece been a faithful friend of the terity measures without imple - house children from Smile of Smith, talking to Ethnikos on reforms I think the private would not do what it is doing United States, in contrast to menting meaningful reforms the Child in memory of her par - Kirix about how everyone is bid - sector can free powers and the now but they underestimated Turkey, which refused to stand and without changing the un - ents. She accepted the award ding him farewell with humor, future of the country will be Greeks and their power. I’m not with the Americans in the Iraq derlying structural problems without a speech but with said, “everyone’s saying it in a bright.” saying they are happy under the war and demanded much in re - that inhibit the growth of the thanks. She avoids publicity, as hurry but I’m delaying it, I’m not When asked if as an individ - conditions in which they are liv - turn. He also complained that economy. In the long run, how - speakers noted, but was per - leaving immediately.” ual and not as a diplomat if the ing – nobody can be – but I be - the abilities and support of the ever, reforms are necessary not suaded to attend only to set an Asked by the media to talk Greek society might explode he lieve they are determined to Greeks of the Diaspora were not only to improve the competitive - example for others. about his tenure he said that said, “Surely, of course.” He stay in the Euro, rebuild their utilized by the Greek govern - ness of the economy but also to Smith was honored for re - “they were very difficult years added: “every person was wor - economy and have a better fu - ment prevent a recurring pattern of sponding to his duties amidst for Greece and I felt for the sac - ried about an incident that ture for their children.” Larigakis, in his speech, fiscal crises,” he said. Cyprus Central Bank Chief Demetriades Says Nation’s Economy Still at Risk

TNH Staff deal, which has also entailed the Greece wrote down its crushing to raid depositors’ accounts. imposition of capital controls. debt during an even worse crisis The IMF said there are sub - NICOSIA – Despite incoming 10 The “recession could be that is still lingering, and by bad stantial risks that the negative billion euros ($13 billion) in in - deeper than anticipated with loans to Greek businesses which effects of the crisis could be even ternational loans to prop up negative feedback loops on pub - went belly-up. worse than what is currently an - state banks, the Cypriot econ - lic finances, including govern - The former presidents of ticipated. It said the impact of omy will remain shaky and an ment debt,” he said. Even with Bank of Cyprus and of Cyprus the banking crisis on economic expected recession will be the aid, the country’s Gross Do - Popular Bank (Laiki), Andreas growth is “highly uncertain” and deeper and last longer than mestic Product (GDP) of 17.5 Artemis and Andreas Filippou an economic slump could result thought, Central bank chief Pan - billion euros ($22.5 billion) is earlier said that they had not in a “vicious cycle” of bankrupt - icos Demetriades said. expected to shrink 8.7 percent signed the agreement for the cies, drops in real estate prices, President Nicos Anastasiades this year. concession of the two lenders’ bank losses, and unemployment. agreed to a bailout deal with the Conditions of the rescue Greek branches to Piraeus Bank, If that happens it “could also Troika of the European Union- package include the closure of considering it a bad deal. lead to a deeper recession than International Monetary Fund- Cyprus's second-largest bank, In his deposition at the Insti - anticipated,” the report said. European Central Bank (EU- Popular, and imposing losses on tutions Committee of the Cypriot It also raised the risk that a IMF-ECB) that included uninsured savings in its biggest Parliament in Nicosia, Artemis crisis of confidence could drive confiscating up to 80 percent of lender, Bank of Cyprus, to re - said that the agreement con - away investments by foreign bank accounts over 100,000 eu - capitalize both after huge losses tained provisions for Piraeus to banks and large depositors, fur - ros ($130,000) and imposing on lending to Greece. proceed to a check after the ac - ther weakening the already im - other austerity measures that Capital controls will have to quisition of the Greek networks periled banking system as de - will put a 13 billion euros ($17 be eased gradually, Demetriades of the Cypriot lenders and ask positors and investors lose trust billion) burden on Cypriots and warned, as eliminating them for compensation for loans. AP PHOTO/yVES lOGGHE and fear their money could also depositors. abruptly could trigger rapid out - He added that the deal left European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, be seized. Demetriades said the island flows from the banking sector out any obligations Bank of and Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiadis address the media, The IMF report projected that country, which nearly went bust and liquidity problems. Cyprus may have in Greece, during their meeting, at the European Commission headquar - the Cypriot economy would in March before the bailout deal The government is still limit - which were not transferred to ters in Brussels, Thursday, May 23. shrink by 9 percent this year and was set, faces “unusually high” ing individuals to a daily limit Piraeus Bank, meaning that in another 4 percent in 2014 with macroeconomic and banking of 300 euros ($390) from ATM’s the future the Bank of Cyprus ing if they were non-performing next and said there is a danger unemployment forecast to peak sector risks, according to his pre - but has somewhat eased how could lose even more money. loans not being paid back or to that the downturn could be even around 17 percent in 2014. pared remarks, which were de - much businesses can take out so Former Finance Minister whom they were given. He is more severe if authorities do not However, it said there is a risk livered to a Nicosia conference that they can operate. The con - Michalis Sarris, who last March also a former president of Popu - adhere strictly to conditions im - this contraction could be even by a senior manager of the cen - trols were supposed to be short- negotiated the Cypriot bailout lar Bank. posed as part of the deal. deeper. tral bank. lived but seem set to last much agreement with the Eurozone, OUTLOOK NOT GOOD EU officials involved in the The IMF said the bailout was Demetriades warned about longer than announced. told the same Parliamentary The IMF said that substantial rescue have insisted that the “intended to stabilize the coun - the potential impact of a resolu - The country’s crisis was committee on Tuesday that Laiki risks still loom for the Cypriot plan, especially the confiscation try's financial system ... and sup - tion process for two large banks caused by its state banks over - in Greece issued “odd” loans economy even after the bailout. of private accounts, won't set a port the recovery of economic and losses forced on big deposi - exposure to Greek bonds that amounting to 4 billion euros An IMF report predicted a deep precedent but critics said it has activity,” but ironically might tors under the island's bailout were devalued by 74 percent as ($5.15) billion, without explain - recession in Cyprus this year and paved the way for governments have the opposite effect instead. Greece Prepares for its Future, Likely to Be a Slow Economic Recovery

Continued from page 1 Pipeline (TAP), which will nat - come, even if it would be slow. ural gas from Azerbaijan to Samaras said he’s most anx - and ensuring all member states western Europe via Greece and ious now about trying to get are connected to gas and elec - Italy. people back to work as the aus - tricity networks. Greece is hop - The economic think-tank terity measures have created a ing to obtain EU funding to con - IOBE estimates that the pipeline record 27 percent unemploy - nect its islands to the grid, could bring 340 million euros ment rate, some 64 percent for which could save the govern - ($439.6 million) of added value those under 25. ment 400 million euros ($515.3 to the Greek economy each year. Eurozone chief Jeroen Dijs - million) a year. Azerbaijan’s state oil company selbloem told Kathimerini that Samaras insisted that attract - SOCAR is also one of the lead - the bloc’s financial chiefs are ing foreign investment to Greece ing contenders for the purchase easing up on Greece and will was the country’s best hope of of Greece’s natural gas network give Samaras more time to help overcoming its devastating un - operator, DESFA. Greece turn the corner. employment problem, as he met POLITICAL RESPITE “The Commission’s approach with officials from Russian giant Unlike his predecessor, for - regarding fiscal consolidation is Gazprom, which is in pole posi - mer PASOK Socialist leader and more flexible, giving certain tion to acquire the country’s sole previous premier George Papan - countries more time to meet retail gas distributor, DEPA. dreou, who was hounded out of their targets. I believe that this Ahead of his meeting with office after two years of relent - will be the case for Greece if Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller in less protests, strikes and riots needed,” he said. Athens, Samaras briefed Presi - against austerity measures he Greece’s European partners dent Karolos Papoulias on his imposed on the orders of inter - agreed last year to extend the recent visit to China and Azer - national lenders, Samaras has maturities and reduce the inter - baijan. largely escaped social unrest. est on the nation’s bailout funds Samaras told Papoulias that Strikes and protests against to help cut its debt mountain to the government’s strategy of re - more pay cuts, tax hikes and a more sustainable level of 124 gaining investors’ confidence slashed pensions have fizzled as percent of GDP in 2020, from and attracting foreign capital the first in a series of more res - an estimated 173 percent this was the correct one for resusci - AP PHOTO/THANASSIS STAVRAKIS cue loans are pouring into year. tating the country’s economy. Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, left and his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny wave to Greece and as the government They promised more debt re - “We stabilized the country’s the media prior to their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Thursday, May 23, 2013. is trying to pay off creditors to lief might follow if Greece hits position in Europe and now we Samaras said that Greece would follow the “same successful model” as Ireland both of the EU restore credibility. its fiscal targets and posts a bal - are stabilizing it on the world presidency and to exit the crisis. Ireland’s EU presidency will finish in the end of June. Greece Samaras said he even thinks anced budget in 2013. Dijssel - map,” said Samaras. “Opportu - is scheduled to take over the EU's rotating six-month presidency in January 2014. Greece could return to the mar - bloem said Greece’s fiscal nities to be outward-looking and kets sometime in 2014 after be - progress had been satisfactory to attract investment are the Binding bids for DEPA are sector’s debts to DEPA. There tract with DEPA expires in 2016. ing locked out when former fi - so far, adding Eurozone finance only way to fight and beat un - due to be submitted by May 29 was also a discussion about “The parties highly praised the nance minister Evangelos ministers would assess whether employment, which is our coun - and it appears that the two sides Gazprom reducing its supply Russian-Greek cooperation in Venizelos, now PASOK’s leader, Greece deserves further debt re - try’s biggest problem.” settled a couple of concerns that prices once its current contract the gas sector and expressed imposed 74 percent losses on lief in 2014. THE RUSSIAN CARD Gazprom had about the deal. with DEPA expires in 2016. their mutual interest to continue investors and bondholders to “We will meet at some point The prime minister then met Sources said that Samaras “The parties highly praised the fruitful partnership,” write down the country’s debt. in 2014 to see what more with Miller and other Gazprom agreed that the Russian firm the Russian-Greek cooperation Gazprom said in a statement. The government, by follow - Greece will need on the condi - officials to discuss the sale of should have to deposit 10 per - in the gas sector and expressed Those talks came after Sama - ing orders of the European tion it has met the set targets,” DEPA. This was Miller’s third cent rather than 20 percent of their mutual interest to continue ras made a sidestop on the way Union-International Monetary he said in the interview. “We visit to Athens in just over two the purchase price as a guaran - the fruitful partnership,” back from China to Azerbaijan Fund-European Central Bank have not made any decisions on months. The CEO of Greece’s tee before the sale gets Euro - Gazprom said in a statement. to talk with President Ilham (EU-IMF-ECB) Troika, has what form this debt relief will privatization agency, Yiannis pean Union approval. There was also a discussion Aliyev. One of the main topics largely restored stability with its take and whether it will include Emiris, also took part in the The Greek side committed to about Gazprom reducing its sup - of conversation during the lenders, gaining more confi - erasing part of the bilateral talks. gradually paying off the public ply prices once its current con - meeting was the Trans Adriatic dence that a recovery could loans.” 12 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 25-31, 2013

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We do not have the requisite scientific knowledge to express an opinion on the effectiveness of this drug, but judging by the positive market reaction, always a valid measure (its stock rose by Bible Revision Idea: Jesus’ Words in Red, God’s in Purple $10 to reach $ 271 Wednesday morning, after the announcement) then it has to be a promising discovery. Who, then, are these two great Greek-Americans? By Dr. John Collis of Jesus appeared in the King more inspiring. intention to advance any literal Vangelos, whose family has its roots in Asia Minor, was born in Special to The National Herald James Bible in 1899 by Louis The Old Testament, called or metaphorical ideology. The Westfield, NJ. His father ran a coffee shop at which the young Pin - Klopsch, editor of The Christian “Scriptures” by Jesus, is longer goal is simply to increase the dar helped. He was a brilliant student at the University of Pennsyl - Herald. Red is used only for the and more complicated than the ease by which the bible could vania and at Columbia University, where he earned a medical de - Many Christian bibles have words of Jesus. That color has New Testament. Identifying the be read, thereby promoting gree. the words spoken by Jesus been used for no one other than words of God with color could more interest in bible reading. In 1986, he became president of the pharmaceutical giant Merck printed in red . That is desig - Jesus, thus far. bring His message to us more A “reader friendly” bible will & Company, which he led to new heights, and where he gained a nated as “ red lettering.” The red Red makes the words of Je - quickly and perhaps more mean - probably be read more fre - reputation for being an outstanding leader. immediately, almost automati - sus immediately come alive. I ingfully. I suggest purple ought quently. He became chairman of the Board of Directors of Regeneron IN cally, prepares the reader to ap - feel close to Jesus when I merely to be used for the words of God. 1994. preciate the message from Jesus hold a bible. I feel closer to Je - That could stimulate more The author is presently a 30 Yancopoulos was born in Woodside, right next to Astoria, the better. I suggest that red , or per - sus when I see the red lettering. interest in bible reading. This year member of the Archdioce - great Greek enclave. His father was Damis George Yancopoulos, haps purple , be used for the Having become accustomed to proposal is not meant to change san Council, teaches Sunday an insurance man well-known in the community as a champion on words of God. the red , I find the words of Jesus either the words or the interpre - School and practices neuro - the Macedonian issue, and active with Kastorian organizations. Red lettering for the words with the red lettering to be far tation of the bible. There is no surgery in Cleveland, Ohio. George finished first in his class at the prestigious Bronx High School of Science, and then earned a doctorate at Columbia. Two children, then, from families of modest means, but rich in character and Hellenic values, thrived in our meritocratic country. Be Like Zorba the Greek: Stay Young by Challenging Life

Not Even the Greek Flag? By George Beres Special to The National Herald It might appear to be an innocent omission. It is not. Not only it is an important issue in itself, it reveals that the Church in America When you get to be 80, the is on the wrong course. battle for survival depends on TNH revealed last week in its Greek edition that the Archdioce - staying well and mobile, physi - san Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York no longer displays cally and mentally. How do you the Greek flag. do it? Being feisty and outspo - The American flag and the flag of the Patriarchate fly above the ken is one way, even if it risks main entrance, and we have no problem with that at all. “We have having bricks thrown at you. Re - no money to buy a Greek flag,” said the Dean of the Cathedral to tire we must. But we don't have TNH. to be retiring. One gains nothings by exclaiming, “Shame on you!” We do not be - As a fictional figure of my lieve that the Archbishop agrees with the change, or that he has even culture, Zorba the Greek, pro - seen it. Others have walked through entrance and not noticed it. claimed: "Stay young by chal - The question is not, as tempting as it is, how we got to this lenging life!" He reminded me point, but what to do from here. Our Church continues, if we are of how meaningful history al - not mistaken, to be called the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of ways has been for me, increas - America. ingly so as I've put more of my It is understood that it uses, to some extent, the basic elements past behind me. When my 80th of the Greek Orthodox identity, such as the language, its religious birthday arrived this spring, I traditions, the flag etc. Are these merely picturesque and senti - began to think more about that mental things? Do they discredit us in the eyes of others, isolate last day when I become "his - us, make us less American, open us to ridicule? tory." Rather, respect for our homeland and the place of our ecclesias - What if my doctor were to tical origins strengthens our Church, and makes her even more re - tell me: "You have just two more spected. It is no small thing for our Church to have roots and ref - days to go." erences in the history of Hellenism and Orthodoxy and in the I would challenge him be - Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. cause I am convinced I have at are able to charm and startle me the roof of my childhood home time diminishes free expression Otherwise what is it? Just one of those churches springing up least 10 more years ahead of me in every updated video of them in Pekin, IL. of a good life: here and there every day from various charlatans who exploit in - on this always new, beautiful, sent me by their parents, many * Bouncing flutter of butter - * Choice of murderous war nocent people? Or maybe we are a charming exception among mi - and long-suffering earth. Then miles to the east. fly wings. over diplomacy between na - norities? again, he knows his business, * Editors willing to take risks, * Golden song of the red - tions. It bothers us, and rightly so, that third parties sometimes do and can assess the condition of sometimes publishing strong winged cardinal. * Selfishness that widens the not treat us with the respect we deserve. But why should this sur - my arteries better than I can. opinions I put on paper. * Raucous but welcome gulf between the very wealthy prise us when we do not respect ourselves? When we do not ap - So in a panic I would start fig - * Friends, the new and espe - voices of frogs greeting early who are catered-to and the poor preciate the treasure of Hellenism and Orthodoxy that we have in uring what to do with those clos - cially the old, which I have for signs of spring. whose vital needs are ignored. our hands? ing 48 hours. Just as quickly, I'd too long taken for granted. * Calming sound of a land- * Folly of faith that labels Is it really progress to cut ourselves off from our roots, to re - say to myself: "Slow down. Rush - Beginning a ninth decade, I locked foghorn from a far-off some "chosen" and others "lost." nounce our ancestors, the pioneer immigrants who built these ing won't delay the inevitable." have already said goodbye to train passing in the night. * Shallow democracy serving churches? Are we not actually renouncing ourselves? Then I'd start considering, many many family and friends who Two days would not be time only those who can buy privi - (Note: Since the printing, in Greek, of this message, the flag years too late, what it is that have left this vale of life that al - enough to mention what all of lege. has been put back in its place.) causes me to cling to breath on ways, for all, is a blend of tears us share: many more of those Some may claim these are this increasingly polluted, but still and laughter. One cannot get free things that make living a eccentric views of a Pappou sweet-tasting planet. accustomed to those farewells, blessing we too seldom ac - passing that 80th year. They are Government's Slippery Slope First would be the people. It but they help prepare me for my knowledge. wrong. These are views of all is not saying goodbye to them big transition – that ultimate If I have another decade to grandparents. They relate to the so much as the realization that change that comes to all of us. navigate, I would be motivated kind of world grandchildren will The Obama Administration has recently taken two steps on a there will be no more hellos Some of life's elements I by the image of Zorba, who inherit if we refuse to speak out slippery slope that involves some of America’s cherished principles with: would miss are the essence of swore he not only would be up against unfairness of the self- and its Constitution. There is no indication whatsoever that the * A Greek partner that has living, just like friends taken for to facing life's challenges to the serving that delude us. President had knowledge or involvement in them, but as President shared and made happy my granted: last-- he would challenge life to There can be confidence in he certainly bears full responsibility. later decades. * The strum of a Greek the end. 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THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 25-31, 2013 VIEWPOINTS 13 Politicians Often Understand Reflections on the Genocide of the Asia Minor Christians

Easter’s Meaning the Least May 19 was designated by the number of Muslim sands of public ently is inherent in Turkic-Is - Greek Parliament in 1994 as a remained the same buildings (many of lamic culture. day of commemoration of the or slightly higher. these schools) were Lest the above be deemed On the Sunday fallen asleep were genocide of the Greeks of the re - The last 20 seized or destroyed ranting, it should be noted that of Pascha, a deputy raised; and coming gion of the Pontus in Asia Minor. years have seen a and sacred spaces the Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael from Greece’s main out of the graves The elimination of the Christian great amount of (mostly churches) Lemkin, who coined the very opposition party after His resurrec - Pontians from the region they in - work having been were desecrated. term “genocide,” studied the caught some justifi - tion, they went habited probably for millennia, done to document Hundreds of to - events relating to the deliberate able flak for a tweet into the holy city was part of a broader, deliber - the genocide of the ponyms and geo - extermination and expulsion of on May 5th com - and appeared to ately planned campaign that Christians of Asia graphical features the Christian peoples in Asia Mi - paring Christ’s Res - many;’ Matthew aimed to eliminate the Christians Minor, which was were systematically nor. Lemkin observed the delib - urrection with 27:52-53). In from the geographic space that in fact recognized renamed in order to erate and planned nature of Marx’s birthday. In Christ’s case, His became modern Turkey. The as such by the In - by ARISTIDE D. expunge the re - Turkish violence that aimed to addition to proving own exit from a campaign, which took place be - ternational Associ - CARATZAS minders of the exis - eliminate the Christian popula - that the main oppo - state of death is tween 1912 and 1923, was initi - ation of Genocide tence of the peoples tion, ironically a decade before sition’s biggest ob - by Christopher witnessed, and He ated by a late Ottoman ruling Scholars (IAGS) in Special to who lived there for his own people became targeted stacle to governing TRIPOULAS personally tri - group known as the Committee 2007. Most of the The National Herald millennia and who for extinction. In fact, it was as a is itself and its Special to umphs over death. for Union and Progress and was serious scholarship were murdered or result of these studies that downright disdain The National Herald The promise of completed under Mustafa Kemal has been on the extermination expelled. As if to punctuate this helped Lemkin formulate the for just about any - Christ and the (Ataturk, “father of the Turks”), of the Armenians and some work aspect of deliberate uprooting of section of international law that thing popular (a big problem for Church is the resurrection of the who founded Turkish Republic. also has been taking place on the peoples and the evidence of their refers to genocide, and on the a supposed party of the people), body in a new earth and new It is not an exaggeration to note, destruction of the Assyrian com - existence, it was common even basis of which the National So - it also proved that politicians heavens… A new body, but not as was done by the recently de - munity. It appears that some - to eliminate cemeteries, by de - cialist war criminals were tried are probably the last people that a foreign one: the same one that ceased Neoklis Sarris, Greece’s where between 1.2 and 1.5 mil - stroying the gravestones digging in Nuremberg. anyone should listen to when it we knew, but renewed in a state foremost Turcologist, that Mod - lion Armenians perished, while up and the remains. One last note about the de - comes to talking about really of incorruptibility, like Christ’s ern Turkey was built on a foun - approximately 300,000 Assyri - In order to visualize such ter - nial of the genocide of the Asia seminal things in society (i.e., body after the Resurrection, dation of genocide. ans also were killed. ror and destruction one need Minor Greeks among certain cir - whether or not death can be when He consumed food before In fact, a number of dates A handful of scholars have fo - only refer to the Turkish military cles in Athens: strangely, there trampled down by death). It’s His disciples to emphasize his and events punctuate a decade cused on aspects of the genocide invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and exists a group in Greece that de - not the first time that a politi - physical presence. And accord - of deliberate and planned geno - of the Greeks of Asia Minor, in - the subsequent occupation. nies that a genocide took place, cian has bent and twisted the ing to the testimony of the cidal violence: the mass killings cluding Constantinos Fotiadis There was no need to commit even in the face of the most di - meaning behind the feast of Church, persons who have (crudely executed compared to and Vlassis Agtzides, who have genocide since the Turks terror - rect evidence. When the Greek Pascha to suit their own agen - strived during life to exist ac - the industrialized murder of focused on the Pontos and Tessa ized the 200,000 Greek inhabi - Parliament voted in 1994 on the das, and it surely won’t be the cording to the Trinitarian mode Jews and others during World Hofmann and her collaborators, tants into leaving (violence was date of commemoration of the last. will take on this new mode of War II), the destruction of ma - who have taken a broader view. limited to some thousands of Pontian genocide the leftist The following excerpts from incorruptibility and love as heav - terial evidence of the millennial It is too early in the research to rapes and a similar number of newspaper Avgi, mouthpiece of Sotiris Mitralexis’ article “Pen - enly glory and communion with existence of the various Christ - establish anything but a very murders). Once established the today’s main opposition SYRIZA talepti Metohi se Anastasi,” their loved ones, but for all those ian groups (churches, schools, general number of victims (prob - occupying forces gave the space coalition, ranged itself against (Five Minutes of Participation in who rejected this mode of love cemeteries etc.), the massive ably over one million or more a new physical and geographical it. Lest this be seen as a political the Resurrection), translated and communion during their theft of homes and properties of killed and a like number “ex - identity; the names were statement, and for the sake of into English for the purposes of lives and sealed themselves off the victims, and expulsion of the changed” based on the Treaty of changed, buildings were seized balance, Thanos Veremis, a this column, provide a much into individualism – the mode remaining populations: April 24 Lausanne) while much work re - and properties stolen, virtually prominent center-rightist pro - more fitting Paschal perspective of corruption and death – this has become a day of remem - mains to be done. all of the churches were system - fessor, also (publicly) denied than the musings of Greek MPs loving embrace cannot help but brance of the Armenian Geno - One significant aspect of the atically desecrated. In short, that a genocide took place, ac - on Twitter. Besides, by the time be experienced as a form of tor - cide, while September 14 com - late Ottoman and Kemalist geno - Cyprus represents in miniature cusing the Greeks fighting for they figure out that communism ture, a true punishment. memorates the destruction of cide that is often ignored is the what happened is Asia Minor the freedom in 1821 of slaugh - and capitalism are two sides of Whether or not all of this has a the bustling city of Smyrna. The destruction that aimed eliminate decades earlier, thus helping us tering the Muslims of Tripolitza. the same Western-minted mate - shred of truth to it or is simply Christian victim groups included the physical evidence of the pres - understand that destructive, Veremis has been joined by rialistic coin, it’ll be time for the ‘an opium of the people’ cannot the Armenians, the Assyrians, ence of Christian peoples: Thou - genocidal dynamic that appar - a motley crew of academic revi - Second Coming. be dissected by an exchange of an ancient people many of sionists, who have tried to rela - theories filled with hot air, but whom still speak a form of Ara - tivize the actions of the Greeks tangibly discovered within the maic — the language spoken by with those of the Turks, presum - ecclesiastical community, Jesus, and the Greeks, Pontian, ably in the name of tempering through participation in the Anatolian, and Ionian. “nationalism;” the most note - body of the Church, where The shock of uprooting, de - worthy of this latter lot being a someone can come face to face struction, and massive loss of life certain Maria Repousi, who, in with this problem existentially. in Asia Minor was so great a sixth-grade schoolbook she For all those who know how to among the victim peoples that coauthored, described the taste and can perhaps experi - the disciplined that scholarly events of August 1922 in ence a foretaste of the Kingdom study of events took decades to Smyrna as “Greeks crowding in of Heaven during the Divine begin. One set of numbers illus - the port,” unclear as to whether Liturgy, they will be overcome trates the magnitude of this they were escaping mass mur - by a mysterious mania: upon crime: Demographers and histo - der or perhaps going off to va - meeting someone over the next rians estimate that in 1912 the cation. couple of dozen days, they will Christian population in Asia Mi - be unable to utter a word before nor and Thrace ranged between Aristide D. Caratzas, a trained an outpouring of joy overtakes 4-5 million, while the Muslims historian, is an academic pub - them and exits their lips with numbered about 7-7.5 million; lisher and international policy Sotiris Mitralexis the phrase: ‘Christos Anesti!’ and in 1923 the Christians numbered Greek civilians mourn their dead relatives, Smyrna massacre, consultant based in Athens, if they happen to hear this greet - less than 300,000, while the 1922. Nicosia, and New York. “During an age that is con - ing first, they will affirm it with fused enough to begin with, the response: ‘Alithos Anesti o where everyone pretty much ar - Kyrios!’ And if this foretaste gues on behalf of everything and comes from participation in a LETTER FROM ATHENS opinions change every week, body and community, and is with the help of the Internet… manifested by actualizing the the most important thing seems congregation of the church into to be whether or not some par - such, then this begs the ques - Akis Tsochatzopoulos: Arrogant Face of Modern Greece ticipates or does not participate. tion: what is the point of so- The superficial words that some - called ‘piety’ today, if it is indi - one will chose to address this is vidualistic or centered around Every so often you come shameless smirk mansion under the a corruption scandal more two likely ancillary, since what some - the individual? If it is, as we un - across a man who’s so arrogant and air of conde - Acropolis and took decades before. They were com - one lives and experiences comes derstand the term today, emo - – Bobby Bonds being the poster scension to every - him away. rades in building PASOK, which first – especially at a time when tional?... And yet, even a five- boy as well as a lying cheat – one he thinks isn’t The house was tells how rotten the party really people change their ‘beliefs’ like minute participation in the that Mother Theresa would kick his equal, which is finally seized by is. they do their shirts and ecclesi - Resurrection service might for him where it hurts and Quakers everyone. the Greek govern - Tsochatzopoulos represents astical creeds sometimes turn some people, at least, represent would line up to slap some A stalwart in the ment, which all that avarice wrought in into yet another ideology… the tiniest of grafts – often un - sense into him. PASOK Anti-Social - shows you how Greece, which helped create a However, the confusion with to - conscious or involuntary – into These types feel entitled, ist that defined cor - bad this guy was crushing economic crisis that day’s modern day Tower of Ba - the body of the Church, which have no sense of shame or de - ruption, even they because Greek brought about pay cuts, tax bel holds one truly deadly con - testifies to the Resurrection in cency, expect subordinates to be couldn’t stand him politicians have a hikes and slashed pensions, cre - sequence, which is trying to song. Is this annual appearance obedient acolytes and are al - and booted him af - license to steal but ated a record 27 percent unem - make everything relative. We a nod to the common wellspring ways stunned when they take a ter evidence by ANDY apparently he ployment rate and pushed 20 don’t shirk from reproducing all of hope? Yes, no matter how one fall, which isn’t often enough emerged from pros - DABILIS passed even their percent of people into poverty sorts of verbiage about the Res - might try to deny it in conversa - because, life being unfair, they ecutors that he was ceiling of disre - – none of them politicians who urrection, such as that ‘it offers tions, or the indifference and usually get what they want allegedly stealing Special to spectability. would drink wine out of the us hope,’ or ‘that it is a celebra - non-participation with which while good people don’t. hundreds of mil - The National Herald While he’s been skulls of the dead if they could. tion of love,’ (where the word one might chose to drown it out, Google Jamie Dimon for lions of dollars from cooling his heels in The small bands of good and ‘love’ refers to all sorts of inde - they are there at that critical mo - starters, a Greek-American who defense contracts, the hoosegow, prosecutors have decent people in Greece – the terminate feelings of joy), or that ment to testify along with every - wishes he was an Old Money He enriched and put in dan - been building a case against him ones he stepped over – are fight - ‘it symbolizes springtime, the one else that ‘Christ is risen from Yankee instead and who rose to ger the lives of people serving on an array of charges. They ing a losing battle against his Resurrection of nature.’ How - the dead, trampling down death head JPMorgan Chase, one of in the Greek military when it nailed him on the most obvious kind even if he goes to jail for ever, this Feast has no symbolic by death, and to those in the America’s biggest banks, which also turned out the submarines one – failing to disclose his as - good because there’s a lot more meaning. It means exactly that tombs granting everlasting life.’” preyed on customers unscrupu - he ordered had screen doors. sets as required by law. He must just like him lining up to feed at to which it refers: the Resurrec - If only Greek pols would lously and just lost $6.2 billion What did it matter to him? He have forgotten to check off the the public trough while people tion of God Incarnate. But the spend less time tweeting and on his watch while he defended got his, and without having to box that says: How much have are going without thanks to the real story here is not the ‘super - making TV appearances and paychecks like his $20 million a be in a submarine or fly dog - you stolen? A) $10 million B) ruinous policies these criminals natural’ resurrection of a dead more time “listening” to the peo - year for bank sharks. fights against Turkish fighter jet $100 million C) Who’s count - created. person: the Gospels speak of ple and participating in social Since some consider that pilots who routinely violated ing? Tsochatzopoulos and his many different Resurrections, life, the crisis would have been Hillary “Iceberg” Clinton is re - Greek air space on his watch. All the while, he’s been young wife, who had a high- like that of Lazarus, or that of solved already. ally a man, you can lump her in Prosecutors say he used his threatening to “name names,” spending wedding in Paris over - mass resurrections (‘and the here too, especially after her ill-gotten gains to form a mob to reveal who else is corrupt and looking the Eiffel Tower, are graves were opened; and many Follow Me on Twitter at cold-blooded remarks after the of greed around him, people crooked and shady, but he must where they deserve to be, and bodies of the saints who had CTripoulas death of four Americans in Libya who helped him put together an have forgotten their names be - if there’s any justice they’ll have on Sept. 11, 2013 – including elaborate scheme to hide Greek cause he hasn’t done so yet, cellmates just like them. the U.S. Ambassador while she taxpayers’ money in secret bank even after he got an eight-year Tsochatzopoulos interrupted was Secretary of State that - accounts and offshore institu - jail term for the declaration of his trial on May 17, shouting ob - “What difference at this point tions where he thought it wealth conviction, itself a rarity jections to testimony from a for - GUEST EDITORIALS does it make?” She’d feel differ - wouldn’t be found. in a country where politicians mer financial crimes squad chief ently if her husband was one of No one knows the amount hide billions in secret bank ac - until the prosecuting attorney The National Herald welcomes manuscripts representing a variety of them but took no blame for not for sure yet, but it looks like it counts in places like Switzer - told him to sit. “I understand views for publication in its View Points page. They should include providing security in a powder has passed the magic billion dol - land, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein your frustration but please keep the writer’s name, address, telephone number and be addressed to keg country. lar mark, which would put him and London. your cool,” the lawyer said. the View Points Editor, The National Herald, 37-10 30th St., lIC, Ny And yet none of them in this in the Hall of Fame for master What makes his case espe - “Your life and freedom are at 11101. They can also be e-mailed to english.edition@thenational - All-Star Lineup of Hubris thieves. Believing himself above cially ugly is that it’s not unique. stake.” We can’t take the former, herald.com. Due to considerations of space we enforce a strict 850- matches the King of Self, former the law, Tsochatzopoulos almost He’s the highest profile politi - but we sure can take the latter word upper limit. we reserve the right to edit. defense minister Akis Tsochat - lost his Mr. Sardonicus look cian to be tried since former from him. zopoulos, whose ego was when police in April 2012 Prime Minister Andreas Papan - matched only by a perpetual showed up at his $2 million dreou, by a single vote, survived [email protected] 14 VIEWPOINTS THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 25-31, 2013 On Gold: Proclaimed Success Stories and the Placebo Effect, but is there Substance?

Late last year I wrote that we lateral gap between $5.7-$11.2 called derivatives bullion. learn the lesson of putting their could Greek companies borrow anticipate precious metals to suf - trillion in the balance sheets of creates a de facto un - What then houses in order. They did not at about the same rate as the Ger - fer losses in 2013. We would not banks (see last week’s commen - stable financial envi - should we say learn that success is not the abil - man ones?) Are incomes higher? be surprised if this lasts more tary), forces the latter to look for ronment that threat - about the pro - ity to issue debt but rather the Are we celebrating too soon for than a year. In one of the com - ways to create capital in order to ens the global real claimed “success ability to produce real things, to things that do not touch the mentaries late last year, I was also close that gap. This capital search economy. Ultimately, stories” from Spain, innovate, to create capital and shrinking middle class? Is there wondering if this year would be reinforces lending directives in gold preserves to Greece, and Por - wealth, to wake up dormant as - any concern that we may be able crowned as a year of vindication order to cover part of the funding wealth and is real tugal, and the re - sets, to cut waste, to advance to stop the hemorrhage but un - for central bankers. The arch-en - gap. (The gap most probably can - money. Institutions vived confidence in hard asset holdings and to en - able to recover the patient? emies of the latter are inflation not be bridged, thus the call for a in their search for the Euroland? The hance competitive advantages. The truth of the matter is that (and whatever threatens price breakup of the large banks.) collateral and secu - graphs below show That fascination with debt is - the divergence between assets stability) and gold (since the lat - • Naked short positions by in - rity for a possible day the declining yields suance is lethal. In an environ - and the real economy is growing ter defies fiat money and exem - stitutional players could possibly of reckoning find op - by JOHN of Spanish and ment of financial instability, a (as shown below) and as the gap plifies fears of financial instabil - mean a balance sheet earthquake portunities to buy CHARALAMBAKIS Greek bonds. This bond in the balance sheet is a increases the possibility of col - ity). In this week’s commentary, I that could make them shake in bullion at lower is indicative we are third party liability and that’s how lapse rises too. would like to outline some of the abnormal ways. Therefore, vested prices. Special to told of the “success it should be treated and will be Why am I questioning the reasons why I believe that in the interests may have to gain if pre - • The open dis - The National Herald turnaround story”, treated when the music stops “progress” made? In a world that foreseeable future precious met - cious metal prices decline. cussions by central and if that is even again. has lost its direction, its priorities, als will follow a downward tra - • Bullion banks are reported banks to directly buy equities perceived as true, we should not Ratings upgrades are good. its anchors, and its heroes and jectory, and relate that to the pro - to be facing a shortage required and/or lend to companies in as - be surprised to see precious met - Bond rallies are nice. Rumors which is accustomed to be claimed “recovery” in Euroland. to satisfy customers’ demands for sociation with the decision made als to experience lower prices. about hedge funds investing in amused to death via infliction of Let’s start with precious met - the bullion as well as futures’ con - to bail-in depositors in the next There are reported stories of local businesses are wonderful. placebo pleasure treatments, I als. Here are some facts: tracts. Such shortages could have round of bank capitalizations dur - funds that desire to invest in pe - My question is: Where is the sub - thought that it may be better in - • The extreme monetary mea - devastating effects (let’s not for - ing a crisis, encourage the spirit ripheral and Southern Europe, stance? Did GDP go up? Did un - stead of providing answers to sures taken over the last three get the reported failure of ABN- of party-making, especially now and expectations are being ele - employment go down? Was a fac - question the answers provided. years have started bearing “fruits” AMRO to deliver physical gold that inflation has been defeated, vated that now that “Grexit” is tory built? Is liquidity increasing? in terms of lowering the fear pre - when asked about two months and “stability” seems to be return - history, Greece will be welcomed Is poverty and misery down? Are Dr. Charalambakis is Chief mium, hence threats of disorderly ago), and thus it is very beneficial ing in the markets. back in the markets within a year we serious when celebrating Economist, Blacksummit Finan - disintegration are reduced sub - if precious metal prices decline • What all these mean for the with a ten-year note whose yield banks’ recapitalization when 90% cial Group Inc.,and Adjunct Pro - stantially, and thus equities mar - and sales of gold and other pre - investment outlook for the rest will be than 6%. of the capitalization needs is pro - fessor of Economics, Patterson kets experience gains. cious metals take place to cover of the year? Precious metals are Very briefly we could say the vided by government borrowing? School of Diplomacy, University • As the fear premium de - those shortages. still projected to decline, the eq - following: If the hope is about Is the Greek Euro the same as the of Kentucky. clines, risk appetite rises, and • The collateral hole in com - uities party is anticipated to con - more debt issuance and other pa - German therefore the safe haven that pre - bination with the time-bomb tinue, but prudent investors buy per assets, those countries did not Euro? (i.e. cious metals offer might be not needed after all. • As risk appetite rises, lend - ing increases, and thus the mon - etary reserves are partially (but in a limited way) converted into money supply, allowing the re - versal of the money multiplier. • As the above takes place, trade rises and with that the role of the dollar, which in turn ignites the old negative correlation with precious metals. • The fact that there is a col - 10 Years Later: Putting the Iraq War, and George W. Bush’s Presidency, in Perspective

ANALYSIS consistent, albeit largely-heralded power altogether, explaining that tember 11, 2001 are known, of of the world combined. That was mind you. By Constantinos E. Scaros records. doing so would have caused an - course, as “9/11.” a chance he was not about to 14. Accordingly, Bush the fa - Those who railed against other dangerous Middle Eastern 7. About a year earlier during take. ther was chided for not removing In a recent and rare television Richard Nixon during Watergate, nation, Iran, to gain more power the 2000 presidential race be - 10. After Bush made one last- Hussein from power – and his interview, former President those who lost every penny they and become more of a threat to tween Bush and Al Gore, debate ditch effort to compel Hussein to son was lambasted for doing George W. Bush told Charlie Rose had during the Great Depression the United States in the long run. moderator Jim Lehrer brought up allow the UN inspectors back into what the people had clamored that he will maintain his pledge during Herbert Hoover’s watch, Many in the United States criti - Hussein and WMDs. Both candi - Iraq, Hussein once again refused. for in the first place: removing to stay out of the public eye those who call the Trail of Tears cized Bush severely for not re - dates – yes, that means Gore as Why would he have relented if Hussein from power. Go figure. rather than defend the decisions under Andrew Jackson’s orders moving Hussein from power. well – expressed little if any he had nothing to hide? Surely Lastly, consider this passage he made during his administra - the most savage act the United 4. After the elder Bush lost his doubt that Hussein either already he did not think he could defeat written during the war: “He tion. Unlike others who held the States has ever committed, and reelection bid to Bill Clinton – had such weapons in his arsenal the United States in war – and tricked us into supporting a nation’s highest or second-high - those who impeached Andrew mostly because of a recession but or was very close to that goal. especially if he had no WMDs! senseless war that has claimed est office, most recently and no - Johnson for trying to undo every - to some extent because of his fail - Clinton, too, long before Bush Accordingly, Bush mobilized an the lives of thousands of our tably former President Jimmy thing the recently-assassinated ure to dislodge Hussein – Clinton ever got elected, made similar American-led multinational troops. He is a war criminal who Carter and former Vice Presidents Lincoln had accomplished, might indulged Hussein in a cat-and- statements, as did his wife, force, which invaded Iraq. should be impeached and con - Al Gore and Dick Cheney, the take exception to “worst ever” be - mouse game for practically eight Hillary, as well as 2004 Democ - 11. Hussein was swiftly re - victed. He failed at every career younger Bush, much like his fa - ing used to described Bush. “How years: Hussein routinely violated ratic presidential candidate John moved from power and a new before becoming president, and ther, has not proceeded in pub - dare you say that my most-hated the United Nations resolutions pro-U.S. Iraqi government was now those failures continue. His - licly bashing his successor. But president is not the worst ever,” that were part of his conditions installed – eventually, democratic tory will confirm what a terrible save for his 2010 memoir, Deci - they might protest. And let us to remain in power, namely, Many Americans are elections were held in Iraq, to the president he is.” sion Points, Bush has not at - not forget today’s bunch – the which required him to allow UN tot against war per unspeakable delight of its citi - Was that written about Bush tempted to make a case about ones that think that Barack inspectors into Iraq to ensure that se. What they are zens. during the Iraq War? No, it was why he took the steps he did as Obama is not only the “worst he was not trying to develop 12. Not everything went as written about Abraham Lincoln president, actions that often re - president ever,” but a Secret So - Weapons of Mass Destruction against is losing. well as expected, though. VP Ch - during the American Civil War. sulted in the pettiest of descrip - cialist Kenyan Christian Libera - (WMDs). It is undisputed that eney’s proclamation that the U.S. Specifically, during the early por - tions: “he was the worst presi - tion Theologist Muslim spy, to Hussein had WMDs in the past, Kerry, and longstanding liberal “would be greeted as liberators” tion of the war, when the Union dent ever!” (I imagine the boot. (How one can be all those and had used them. Democratic icon Ted Kennedy. turned out to be far too lofty and was losing to the Confederacy. utterers of that statement, after things at the same time escapes 5. When Hussein would oust 8. In early 2003, British intel - premature a prediction. Instead, The North won the war, of course, considerable scholarly analysis, me.) the inspectors, Clinton would or - ligence sources declared that a bloody and nearly decade-long and eventually, Lincoln was ele - have examined the presidencies But enough about how presi - der strategic military airstrikes on Hussein had purchased uranium insurgency, fueled by rival ex - vated by history to elite status. of, say, Millard Fillmore or dents are wrongfully maligned Iraq. Hussein would then relent from Niger. Uranium is essential tremist Muslim factions, saw a But the statement is very reveal - Franklin Pierce, among others, much of the time. Let’s examine and allow the inspectors to re - to making WMDs. different kind of war continue – ing, particularly when examined and concluded that they were Bush’s presidency in particular: turn. Then, he would remove 9. Although the report had not a war of terror that included within the greater context of the clearly superior to Bush – not.) fittingly, 10 years after he started them again, and Clinton would been confirmed, Bush, and others many thousands of casualties, in - public’s reaction to war. Thankfully, Bush’s record the Iraq War, which was the cen - bomb again, etc., etc. in his administration, wondered cluding thousands of American Granted, there is always a might not have to depend on terpiece of his political downfall. 6. Eight months after the in - why Hussein would kick out the troops. pocket of genuine pacifists that Bush itself to defend it, because Here are the facts in a nutshell, auguration of Clinton’s successor, UN inspectors if he had nothing 13. One by one, America’s al - will oppose virtually any war. history, as it often does, tends to some of them conveniently over - George W. Bush, a terrorist plot to hide. Why would he risk giving lies began to leave the interna - But don’t let the majority of treat a president more objectively looked by his detractors. masterminded by Osama bin up his palaces, his fortune, his tional coalition, and Americans the American public fool you: it’s as time passes. The pendulum 1. Iraqi dictator Saddam Hus - Laden resulted in the destruction downright regal existence, to go grew weary of the war. True to not that they’re against war, they usually swings wildly from one sein invaded the oil-rich country of the World Trade Center’s Twin crawl into a dirthole like a cor - his aversion to public relations just don’t like losing. And the op - extreme to the other, but slowly of Kuwait in 1991. The world Towers, damage to the Pentagon, nered rat, unless he had some - spin, Bush did not order the types posing politicians are like vul - begins to settle somewhere in be - feared that Hussein would have and were it not for the coura - thing to hide? Given the devas - of pro-administration propa - tures, ready to pounce upon the tween. A look at historians’ as - crippled the world economy by geous and life-costing measures tating 9/11 attacks which at that ganda films often distributed dur - carcass of the unlucky president sessments of Thomas Jefferson controlling the price of oil. taken by passengers on another point were a painfully fresh ing wartime to rally the public. that happens to be at the helm and Andrew Jackson, more re - 2. The first President (George flight that had been hijacked by memory, Bush figured that if he Instead, when no WMDs were at the time. Oh, and the media? cently Franklin Roosevelt and H.W.) Bush mobilized an inter - terrorists, another possible attack had gambled on Hussein not hav - found, many Americans called There are the precious few with Ronald Reagan, and even seem - national coalition to remove Hus - might have resulted – as that ing WMDs but Hussein did in fact Bush a “war criminal,” insisted integrity. Then, there are the rest: ingly iconic presidents George sein’s forces from Kuwait. plane was believed to have been have them, the consequences that he “lied” about the war “for divided between those with an Washington and Abraham Lin - 3. After successfully liberating bound for the U.S. Capitol or the would be far more catastrophic the oil.” A contention purported unyielding ideological agenda to coln, underscore all of those lead - Kuwait, the elder Bush resisted White House. The collective than 9/11, Pearl Harbor, and at a time when gas prices had impose, and those that will say ers’ imperfect and sometimes in - in overthrowing Hussein from events, which took place on Sep - every previous war in the history been climbing through the roof, anything for ratings. Despite all of the Rosy Economic Projections, Greece is Not Really Turning the Corner

By Megan Greene ings upgraded Greece to B- from Alpha Bank SA in June. Two contraction of 4.2 percent in sector continued to contract in The delicate economic, social Bloomberg News CCC. That is still six levels below Greek companies -- refrigerator- 2013, which will be difficult to March, the latest month for and political balance that Greece investment grade, yet the im - parts maker Frigoglass SA and achieve given that the decline in which there are data. has maintained over the past six Judging from the markets and provement inspired one of the refinery company Hellenic Petro - the first quarter was so much While Greek banks will be re - months could be tested later this English-speaking news media this biggest sovereign-bond market leum SA -- succeeded in issuing larger. capitalized soon, they face a long year, when the government must week, Greece’s damaged econ - rallies we have seen in Greece corporate bonds with yields of TARGET PIPEDREAM road before they have healthy deliver a 2014 budget and a omy has finally turned the corner. since the beginning of the crisis. about 8 percent in recent weeks. The nature of economic activ - balance sheets and are willing medium-term economic pro - I doubt it. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras While these yields are high, ity in Greece also suggests that and able to lend. Furthermore, gram. The Financial Times and Wall even said Greece plans to re-en - Greek companies were com - the European Commission’s the business operating environ - According to a report released Street Journal ran prominent ter the bond markets in the first pletely shut out of the bond mar - growth target is a pipe dream. ment in Greece remains unattrac - last week by the European Com - pieces about bullish investors half of next year. kets in 2012. Although hedge funds have been tive because of high levels of red mission, Greece is on track to plowing back into Greek markets. INVESTMENT FLURRY Another glimmer of hope is active in buying Greek sovereign tape, an unstable regulatory en - reach its fiscal targets in 2013- On May 15, the Greek govern - There has also been a flurry that the price of Greek gross-do - debt and made a killing doing so, vironment, an opaque legal sys - 14, but it will probably need to ment’s borrowing costs on 10- of recent investment activity in mestic-product warrants has in - the number of investments in the tem, and a slow and often cor - raise an additional 4 billion euros year bonds fell by one percentage Greece. After years of procrasti - creased significantly. These were private sector can be counted on rupt judiciary. to achieve those for 2015-16. If point, to the lowest level in three nation, the government on May issued as a sweetener to private- one hand. In addition to corpo - These grim prospects for eco - the “troika” -- the European Cen - years. 1 accepted a tender to privatize sector bondholders who partici - rate-debt sales -- amounting to nomic growth are accompanied tral Bank, the European Com - Against this euphoria, the Opap SA, the gambling company pated in the restructuring of pri - $2 billion so far this year, accord - by extreme social strain (unem - mission and the International Greek statistics agency Elstat says that is the country’s most prof - vately held Greek sovereign debt ing to the consulting firm ployment reached a record 27 Monetary Fund -- demands that the Greek economy contracted itable state-owned enterprise. in March 2012. They pay out in Dealogic -- Third Point LLC an - percent in February). Greek jour - the Greek government imple - 5.3 percent in the first quarter of You have to try pretty hard to a number of years, if Greece nounced a 60 million-euro invest - nalist Nick Malkoutzis quantified ment yet more austerity to fill 2013 compared with a year ear - read this as a success story, reaches certain GDP-growth tar - ment in Greece’s Energean Oil & this strife in a recent article. the gap, this could prove too lier. This is the 19th consecutive though. Opap is the jewel in gets. A year ago, they were priced Gas SA last week. These are very There are, he wrote, “1.3 million much for Greece. quarter in which it has shrunk. Greece’s crown, yet the govern - at about 0.2 euro cent. Last week, small numbers, insufficient to Greeks that are out of work, It is undeniable that there are There will be a recovery some - ment received only two bids for they broke through the 1 euro- stimulate growth across the econ - some 400,000 families that have signs of hope coming out of day, so is this it? Certainly, there a 33 percent stake in the com - cent mark, a price increase that omy. nobody earning an income, about Greece today, where there were have been positive signs. Early pany, and the final price of 652 indicates investors are betting Furthermore, any lending to 300,000 workers whose employ - none six months ago. There is al - last week, the euro area’s finance million euros was at the low end Greece is on a path to sustainable big companies in Greece isn’t be - ers have not paid them for ways the chance that Greece can ministers agreed to release 7.5 of expectations. The state’s nat - growth. ing matched by loans to small months, hundreds of thousands fake it until it makes it, capitaliz - billion euros ($9.6 billion) of ural-gas company, Depa SA, is the This is all hard to square with companies or households. Bor - who have work but are finding it ing on these small pieces of good bailout funds to Greece -- 4.2 bil - next big privatization expected. some of Greece’s economic fun - rowing costs for small- and difficult to make ends meet and news to instill confidence in in - lion euros at the weekend, and There has also been some in - damentals. According to Elstat, medium-sized enterprises in numerous young people who see vestors and households, until a the remaining 3.3 billion euros vestor interest in Greek banks Greece’s economy is now smaller Greece remain far higher than for their future away from Greece.” real recovery takes hold. Under - in June, provided that Greece and corporations. According to than it was in 2005, having those in the other peripheral The political situation is precari - mining the confidence fairies, first completes a number of mea - the Financial Times, a group of shrunk a cumulative 28 percent countries, let alone in Germany ous as a result, with the govern - however, are economic funda - sures. hedge funds has agreed to par - since mid-2008. The European orFrance. According to the Greek ing coalition holding together mentals that indicate the recent The following day, Fitch Rat - ticipate in the recapitalization of Commission forecasts a further central bank, credit to the private through a survival instinct. euphoria is a bit overdone.