From the Frontlines

This edition of the bi-weekly AJC Live radio show featured the soon-to-be launched memoir of a young Muslim refugee from Yemen, entitled "The Fox Hunt." The author, Mohammed Al Samawi, was interviewed on the show along with Daniel Pincus, an AJC leader who help engineer Al Samawi's escape from Yemen. They were interviewed by AJC Westchester/Fairfield Director Scott Richman in advance of their exclusive pre-book launch appearance in Scarsdale on April 9th. This show aired on WVOX 1460 AM from New Rochelle, New York on Monday, April 2, 2018 and was streamed at www.wvox.com. All AJC Live radio shows are podcasted and can be found in the AJC Live archive at https://www.ajc.org/news/ajc-live-radio-show-archive.

This edition of the biweekly AJC Live radio show on WVOX Radio honored International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It featured an interview with Judge Thomas Buergenthal, a Holocaust survivor, a human rights expert, a jurist, and a law professor. He will deliver this year’s keynote International Holocaust Remembrance address on the floor of the United Nations this Wednesday afternoon, January 31, 2018. He was interviewed by AJC Westchester/Fairfield Director Scott Richman about human rights and about his experiences during the Holocaust. This show aired live on WVOX 1460 AM from New Rochelle, New York on Monday, January 29, 2018 and was streamed live at www.wvox.com. All AJC Live radio shows are podcasted and can be found in the AJC Live archive at https://www.ajc.org/news/ajc-live-radio-show-archive.

This edition of the biweekly AJC Live radio show focused on building Muslim-Jewish relations. In the first segment of the show, Natalia Mahmud was interviewed. She is AJC's new Assistant Director of U.S. Muslim-Jewish Relations. The remainder of the show was devoted to the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, an important partner in AJC's effort to build Muslim-Jewish relations. Sheryl Olitzky, the organization's founder was interviewed, along with Board Members Inas Younis (Kansas City) and Annette Rotter (Westchester). They were interviewed by AJC Westchester/Fairfield Director Scott Richman. This show aired live on WVOX 1460 AM from New Rochelle, New York on Monday, December 4, 2017 and was streamed live at www.wvox.com. All AJC Live radio shows are podcasted and can be found in the AJC Live archive at https://www.ajc.org/news/ajc-live-radio-show-archive.

This edition of the biweekly AJC Live radio show featured an interview with New Rochelle resident Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor. AJC Westchester/Fairfield Director Scott Richman interviewed him about the Nuremberg trials in the first part of the show. The rest of the show was devoted to Ferencz' quest to bring about and then strengthen the International Criminal Court and his broader goal of replacing the rule of force with the rule of law. This show was pre-recorded and aired on WVOX 1460 AM from New Rochelle, New York on Monday, August 21, 2017 and was streamed live at www.wvox.com. All AJC Live radio shows are podcasted and can be found in the AJC Live archive at www.ajc.org/westfair/ajclive.

This edition of the biweekly AJC Live radio show featured an interview with Professor Deborah Lipstadt of Emory University. AJC Westchester/Fairfield Director Scott Richman interviewed her about her autobiographical book on the David Irving Holocaust denial case and the about-to-open-nationwide movie version called "Denial." This show aired live on WVOX 1460 AM from Westchester, New York on Monday, September 19th and was streamed live at www.wvox.com. All AJC Live radio shows are podcasted and can be found in the AJC Live archive at www.ajc.org/westfair/ajclive.