Nesenoff to Speak in Crown Heights

Congregation Bais Shmuel – Chabad presents an evening dedicated to Israel with speaker David Nesenoff.

Rabbi David Nesenoff’s on-camera interview with Helen Thomas has had ramifications beyond the furor over the longtime White House correspondent’s anti-Semitic and anti-Israel comments.

Nesenoff, his son and a friend were at the White House for a Jewish Heritage Celebration on May 27, 2010 when they approached the 89-year-old Thomas for an interview. Nesenoff asked her if she had any comments about Israel.

“Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine,” Thomas said. “They can go home.”

“Where’s home?” a surprised Nesenoff asked Thomas. “Poland, Germany and America and everywhere else,” she replied.

Nesenoff posted the video on his website RabbiLIVE.com in early June and it went viral, receiving more than one million hits.

Although Thomas apologized, the nationwide furor over her remarks led to her sudden retirement from Hearst newspapers and the end of her career.

Nesenoff will give a firsthand account of the video that shocked the country.

Wednesday, March 6, at Bais Shmuel Chabad – 885 Eastern Parkway, at 8:30 pm.
$18 suggested donation.
The entire community is invited to attend.
Men, women and children over 15.
Light refreshments.