October 2014 – Page 2 – Southside Pride

Talking to a wall is not dialog: trying to talk to the American Jewish World

October 13, 2014 October 13, 2014

BY ED FELIEN On Wednesday, Aug. 27, Mordecai Specktor published an editorial in the American Jewish World that accused me of anti-Semitism. I wrote a response and told him, “I have always published Jewish Community Relations Council responses to my editorials regarding the actions of the Israeli government in the…

Learning from the Adrian Peterson experience

October 13, 2014 April 28, 2020

BY DAVID TILSEN I am disturbed by the reaction to the beating by Adrian Peterson of his son. The “enlightened” members of the press and the community are quick to condemn him, and urge the Vikings to deprive him of his chosen career. It is as if we believe that…

We report firsthand from the streets of NYC

October 6, 2014 October 6, 2014

BY AMY BLUMENSHINE We were there! Southsiders turned out in disproportionate numbers to the massive People’s Climate March in New York City, Sunday, Sept.21, demanding action on climate change. At least 225 locals journeyed on chartered buses, four from the Midtown Farmers’ Market parking area, and others got across the…

Powderhorn Birdwatch “Buffalo Alert”

October 6, 2014 October 6, 2014

BY JOHN KARRIGAN I don’t have any good excuses for not writing a column for September. My main excuse was that I was depressed by too many people killing people—locally, nationally and worldwide. Maybe that is an OK excuse. I could go back and cover some things from August. OK,…

The Day of the Dead comes to Midtown Global Market

October 6, 2014 October 6, 2014

BY ED FELIEN The Day of the Dead celebration will be all week long at the Midtown Global Market, from Saturday, Oct. 25, through Halloween on Oct. 31. On Saturday from noon to 3 p.m., there’ll be music, food sampling and crafts for the kids. On Wednesday, from 10:30 a.m.…

Trust but verify

October 6, 2014 October 6, 2014

BY TONY BOUZA Woody Allen and Pedro Almodovar are, to me, cinema’s biggest stars. Woody perplexed me with his personal life and forced me to consider the artist and the man—did the latter’s behavior affect the artistic standing? Ultimately he led me to conclude the artist is a prophet, and…