Event: Make Your Vote Count (10/25/06)

Where: The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, New York NY.

When: Wednesday, October 25th, 7:00 PM

What: Our County Commissioners, at the direction of the State Board of Elections, will soon choose voting machines for NYC. What do you know about the choices they will make? What can you do to encourage selection of the most secure, reliable, and cost-effective voting machines for NYC?

This is a community forum sponsored by the New York Society for Ethical Culture and the Sierra Club - NYC Group.

Moderator: Adam Cohen, member of the NY Times Editorial Board.

Panelists include:

Douglas Kelner, Co-chair, State Board of Elections


David Kogelman, HAVA Committee Chair, NY Democratic Lawyers Council


Bo Lipari, Executive Director, New Yorkers for Verified Voting


Mark Crispin Miller, New York University Professor and Author


Jerrold Nadler, Member, U. S. Congress


John Ravitz, Executive Director, New York City Board of Elections

Hosted by Community Free Democrats and Democracy for New York City.

Cosponsored by Ansonia Independent Democrats, Broadway Democrats, Park River Independent Democrats, Three Parks Independent Democrats, and Vincent E. Albano Republican Club.

Event: Seymour Hersh and Scott Ritter (10/16/06)

Who: Seymour Hersh and Scott Ritter

Where: The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, New York NY.

When: Monday, October 16th, 7:00 PM

What: Join former UN Special Commission weapons inspector Scott Ritter, author of Iraq Confidential and Target Iran (from Nation Books) and Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker journalist Seymour Hersh, for a discussion on the Bush administration’s secret plans for the next front in the War on Terror. Find out why Ritter–an early and outspoken critic of the war in Iraq–believes that in the case of Iran, “we are seeing history repeat itself."

Cosponsored by The Nation Institute, The New York Society for Ethical Culture, Democrats.com, and the Public Concern Foundation.

Tags: Scott Ritter, Seymour Hersh, Target Iran, Iraq Confidential, Democrats.com, Public Concern Foundation, Iran, New York Society For Ethical Culture, Iran, Nation Institute

Also Worth A Listen: Event: Iraq Confidential: How We Got Into Iraq and How to Get Out (10/19/05), with Scott Ritter and Seymour Hersh.

Event: An Evening With Salman Rushdie (10/11/06)

Who: Salman Rushdie

Where: The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, New York NY.

When: Wednesday, October 11th, 6:30 PM

What: Rushdie explored the reasons why westerners and secular liberals have, in many instances, failed to respond effectively to the threat to human rights posed by radical Islam. He discussed the roots of artistic inspiration and the responsibility of a writer who stands at the crossroads of what has been described as a “clash of civilizations.” Presented by the Center for Inquiry New York City and cosponsored by the New York Society for Ethical Culture.

Tags: Salman Rushdie, Islam, Center For Enquiry, New York Society For Ethical Culture

Also Worth A Listen: Event: State of Emergency (11/08/05), includes reading by Salman Rushdie.

Event: Ethics and Journalism: Should We Trust the Media? (10/04/06)

Who: Helen Thomas, Adam Moss, Jeff Jarvis, Richard Stengel, Randall Pinkston, Orville Schell

Where: The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, New York NY.

When: Wednesday, October 4th, 7:00 PM

What: The New York Society for Ethical Culture, New York Magazine, and Demos join UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Felker Magazine Program In honor of Clay Felker

Helen Thomas – Journalist, Hearst publications


Adam Moss - Editor in Chief, New York Magazine


Jeff Jarvis –Buzzmachine.com (top 10 blogger)

Richard Stengel - Managing Editor, Time magazine


Randall Pinkston – CBS News Correspondent

Moderator - Orville Schell, Dean of UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Tags: Helen Thomas, Adam Moss, Jeff Jarvis, Richard Stengel, Randall Pinkston, Orville Schell, New York Society For Ethical Culture, Hearst publications, New York Magazine, buzzmachine.com, Time magazine, Demos, CBS News, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, journalism discussion, media+discussion

Event: Benefit Reading for Seeds Of Peace (09/18/06)

Who: Diana Abu-Jaber, Elisa Albert, Edith Chevat,
Helen Engelhardt, David Gates, Masha Hamilton, Nathalie Handal, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Bernice L. McFadden, Wendy Orange, Evelyn Shakir, Joan Silber, Cathy Sultan, Katharine Weber

Where: McNally Robinson In New York City, 50 Prince Street, New York NY, (212) 274-1160.

When: Monday, September 18th, 7:00 PM

What: Benefit reading for Seeds Of Peace. "Founded in 1993, Seeds of Peace is dedicated to empowering young leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership skills required to advance reconciliation and coexistence."

Diana Abu-Jaber, author of The Language of Baklava, Crescent, and Arabian Jazz

Elisa Albert, author of the short story collection How This Night Is Different

Edith Chevat, author of Love Lesson and Lost, senior editor of Girls, An Anthology

Helen Engelhardt, poet, writer and storyteller who serves on the Boards of the Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment and The Dialogue Project

David Gates, author of the novels Jernigan and Preston Falls, and the short story collection, The Wonders of the Invisible World

Masha Hamilton, former foreign correspondent and author of the novels Staircase of a Thousand Steps, The Distance Between Us, and the forthcoming The Camel Bookmobile

Nathalie Handal, author of Spell (poetry CD) and The Lives of Rain

Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of the novels Married Life, History on a Personal Note, On Mermaid Avenue, A Disturbance In Once Place, Pure Poetry, Hester Among the Ruins, and An Almost Perfect Moment

Bernice L. McFadden, author of eight novels, two of which are published under the pseudonym "Geneva Holliday"

Wendy Orange, former Mideast correspondent for Tikkun and author of Coming Home to Jerusalem, a memoir

Evelyn Shakir, author of Bint Arab: Arab and Arab American Women in the United States and a forthcoming collection of short stories about Lebanese-American women

Joan Silber, author of Ideas from Heaven: A Ring of Stories, nominated for a National Book Award

Cathy Sultan, author of A Beirut Heart: One Woman's War and Israeli and Palestinian Voices: A Dialogue with Both Sides

Katharine Weber, author of Triangle, The Little Women, The Music Lesson, and Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear

Tags: Seeds of Change, McNally Robinson Booksellers, Diana Abu-Jaber, Elisa Albert, Edith Chevat, Helen Engelhardt, David Gates, Masha Hamilton, Nathalie Handel, Binnie+Kirshenbaum, Bernice McFadden, Wendy Orange, Evelyn Shakir, Joan Silber, Cathy Sultan, Katharine Weber, Tikkun