[This is a fundraiser sponsored by NORPAC, an Israel Lobby Political Action Committee, for Wyden, raising money from large donors in New York because Wyden is a “True Friend of Israel” and not in the good sense of word in terms of supporting a sustainable JUST resolution to the conflict, but in the traditional hardline pro-Israel sense.]

* S a v e   t h e   D a t e! *
 

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)
 
 
HOSTS: Faith & Harry Feder
 
DATE: Sunday, March 14, 2010
 
TIME: 10:30AM-12:30PM
 
LOCATION: 376 W. 245th St, Bronx, New York
 
 
Senator Wyden is running for reelection as the Democratic Senator in the state of Oregon. Senator Wyden sits on the Budget, Finance, Select Committee on Intelligence, and on Energy and Natural Resources committees.
 
Please come and join us in supporting such wonderful friend and strong supporter of the US and Israel. Suggested contributions are as follows:
 
* CoHost-$2,000 * Guest-$1,000 * CoChair-$500 *
  

Committee in Formation
Aimee & Jonathan Baron                  
Giti & Jack Bendheim            
Jayne & Harvey Beker                   
Esther & Ben Chouake                  
Faith & Harry Feder                                
Elizabeth Scheuer & Peter Joseph 
Bryna Shuchat & Joshua Landes     
Rachel & David Quint                       
Ayelet & Jonathan Wiener
 
 If you are interested in co-chairing or attending, please contact
Harry Feder at (718) 548-1227 or hmfeder1@aol.com or Karen at (201)
788-5133 or karen@norpac.net .
 

“A True Friend of Israel”

 Senator Ron Wyden
 

Senator Wyden was born in Wichita, Kansas to Edith Rosenow and Peter H.
Wyden, both of whom had fled Nazi Germany a few years earlier. Wyden
received his B.A. from Stanford University and his J.D. degree from the
University of Oregon School of Law.
Wyden’s home is in Portland, OR. He has two grown children, Adam and
Lilly, as well as two toddlers, Ava Rose and William Peter. He and his
wife, Nancy  (née Bass), the owner of New York’s Strand Bookstore, were
married in 2005, in a ceremony performed by Rabbi Ariel Stone of
Portland.
 
Senator Wyden has been a strong and vocal supporter of Israel. Even
though he comes from a state with a minimal number of Jewish families,
he can always be counted on to assure the continued survival of
Israel.                                
 
Senator Wyden has consistently supported the US commitment to Israel’s
security. He recently co-sponsored a resolution to re-affirm the
Senate’s commitment to a lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict based on the establishment of two states, Israel and
Palestine.  The resolution also re-affirmed the Senate’s commitment to
Israel’s security.  Senator Wyden also supported the Palestinian
Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006. This legislation was designed to help
support a peaceful, two-state solution to end the conflict between
Israel and the Palestinians. The bill promotes the rule of law,
democracy and good governance in institutions and territories
controlled by the Palestinian Authority.  The bill also urges members
of the international community to avoid contact with and refrain from
financially supporting the terrorist organization Hamas until it agrees
to recognize Israel, and renounce terrorism.
 
Since Iran is the greatest conventional threat to Israel and US
interests in the Middle East, Senator Wyden has fought to prevent Iran
from supporting terrorism and acquiring nuclear weapons. He voted for
the Iranian Freedom Support Act, which imposed a number of sanctions on
Iran aimed at denying Iran’s ability to support acts of international
terrorism and fund the development and acquisition of weapons of mass
destruction.  The Act also declared that it should be U.S. policy to
support efforts by the Iranian people to exercise self-determination
over their country’s form of government.
 
Last month, Senator Wyden reiterated that   Hamas agree to an
immediate, verifiable and enforceable end  to their missile attacks on
Israeli territory. He stated that these terrorists have launched
unguided warheads with no legitimate military targets.  Hamas  has
failed to exercise the most fundamental responsibilities that separate
a legitimate sovereign power from a terrorist gang.  Hamas has an
unambiguous responsibility to prevent rockets from being fired from
lands under its control. Instead, Hamas has aided and abetted these
lethal attacks.  
 
Senator Wyden was elected to U.S. House of Representatives in 1980. He
was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996 and has served consecutively
ever since.