Daniel Lubetzky

Here is a project that seems quite powerful:

…a mesmerizing dialogue between teh children of the perpetrators of the Holocaust and the children of the surivors.  Both live out the Holocaust daily, unable to move forward.  Both finally face the past and are empowered to move on.

The trailer video contained here is worth watching.

I’ve always felt the weight on my shoulders from my Dad’s survival of the Dachau concentration camp.  I cannot escape those shadows. It had never crossed my mind that the children of the perpetrators must have similarly been marked and shaped by that experience.  Very poignant, and the trailer seems to confront the issue with depth and introspection.  It includes the story of a marriage between the son of a survivor and the descendant of a major Nazi criminal.

Interesting article on an effort to bridge the frontier between the real and virtual worlds of gaming and entertainment, an area that interests me a lot.

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A few people are funnier and sweeter in real life than in their hilarious comedic personas. Danny DeVito is such a person.  Here is a new quirky project from Danny, our friend and Board member in the Foundation, courtesy of Rhea Perlman, the only person on earth who is even funnier than Danny.  Watch till the end…

PS: To anyone at OneVoice who saw how meticulous Danny’s team is when dealing with multimedia, even when a bunch of crazy Israelis and Palestinians are presenting their plans to the entertainment community, the above will carry extra humor.

Thanks to BusinessWeek for sharing KIND’s success and momentum getting into Starbucks.

We are very excited that KIND is now available at over 7,000 Starbucks stores!  KIND fits perfectly with Starbucks’ new focus on "Real Foods, Simply Delicious!"

The New York Times just ran a story about KIND and our efforts to break into Starbucks.

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KIND got a nice endorsement by Good Morning America.  Check this link out. Heidi Skolnik rocks!  KIND is mentioned mid-way through the review.  Some of their comments:

Tanya Rivero, Good Morning America Health: "I love these KIND bars.  I am a big fan of these.  These are delicious, and they are very nutritious."

Heidi Skolnik, nutritionist: "the more I learn about the company, the more I even them."…"so unprocessed", "whole good foods together even though it is a snack bar"…

Andrew Sullivan’s blog documents the atrocities perpetrated by the ruling regime in its efforts to suppress protests after it stole the election. 

He shares the following:

This list was being passed around among the resistance in Iran today:
1. Remove Khamenei from supreme leader because he doesn’t qualify as a fair supreme leader
2. Remove Ahmadinejad from president because he took it forcefully and unlawfully
3. Put Ayatollah Montazeri as supreme leader until a review group for the ghanooneh asasi ( "constitution" ) is set up
4. Recognize Mousavi as the official president
5. A goverment by Mousavi and start a reform of the constitution
6. Free all political prisoners without any ifs ands or buts, right away
7. Call off any secret organization such as "gasht ershad"

And compiles dozens of videos such as this:

This is the beginning of the end of this regime.

From Phil in KIND’s communication dept:

All,

Fans of the popular, long-running soap opera “Days of Our Lives” may have noticed a special cameo on Monday, June 1^st! When Brady and Melanie found themselves trapped in the Kiriakis family mausoleum, things suddenly turned around for Melanie when she found a KIND Almond & Apricot Bar she had in her purse.

Just goes to show – carrying a KIND Bar can save the day, whether you find yourself trapped in a mausoleum or just craving a delicious and healthy on-the-go snack!  Please enjoy and feel free to distribute the link below.

http://www.kindsnacks.com/media-center/2009/06/kind-cameos-on-days-of-our-lives/

Best, Phil

For those who can understand Hebrew – and for those who will get a kick out of just seeing the b-roll – here is a link to a story that appeared on Channel 2 in Israel, in their top news program, about OneVoice’s project Imagine 2018 – and the first two short films that were created by leading directors from essays from young kids visualizing what their world will look like in the year 2018.

דני דה ויטו ואקי אבני יעשו לנו שלום?

בארגון ONE VOICE בטוחים – יהיה שלום במזרח התיכון. השאלה רק איך הוא ייראה, בעוד עשר שנים נניח. אז איך זה קשור לדני דה ויטו ואקי אבני?

אורן אהרוני | המהדורה המרכזית, חדשות 2

Ethan Bronner of the New York Times wrote an interesting – and sobering – article about the dwindling numbers of Christians in the Middle East.

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