Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 17, 2008 Page: 1 of 28
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First Jewish CCTV network
launched in Houston
Programs include Shabbat services for hospital
patients and senior-care residents
Pearl and Sig Altman in the control room at Chai Broadcasting System.
By MICHAEL C. DUKE
Thanks to Sig and Pearl Altman,
Jewish hospital patients in Houston
now can enjoy the healing and spiritu-
ally uplifting power of cantorial music
and Jewish worship services from the
comfort of their own hospital rooms.
The Altmans are the founders of
Friends of Cantorial Music, an organi-
zation that provides hospitals with
prerecorded Shabbat services, as
well as local cantorial concerts and
special Jewish meditation-healing
programs. FCM works in partnership
with the Hadassah-Houston Chapter.
FCM is a closed-circuit television
network and is the only Jewish CCTV
broadcaster of its kind in the United
States. Operating through its Chai
Broadcasting System, FCM only is
available via dish and receiver from
the FCM satellite. It is a system of its
own and is not available through other
cable or dish providers. FCM appears
on its own TV channel at facilities
with the proper equipment.
Houston hospitals currently
broadcasting FCM include Methodist
Hospital, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
and Hospital Corporation of America. In
addition to these facilities, FCM also is
available at Seven Acres Jewish Senior
Care Services and The Medallion.
Though currently broadcasting only
in Houston, FCM has the capability
of reaching hospitals and senior-care
facilities throughout North America.
“Broadening our viewership is part of
our future plans,” Sig indicated. “This
See CCTV on Page 2
Israeli Consul General Asher Yarden and Rabbi Shimon Lazaroff affix the
mezuzah to the entrance of the new Chabad Center west wing.
West wing dedicated at newly
expanded Chabad Center
By MICHAEL C. DUKE
Consul general of Israel to the
Southwest, Asher Yarden, joined Rabbi
Shimon Lazaroff, Texas regional direc-
tor of Chabad Lubavitch, in affixing
the mezuzah to the front doorway of
the newly expanded Chabad Lubavitch
Center-Texas Regional Headquarters
on July 13.
Hundreds of Houstonians from
across the Jewish community turned
out for the Chabad Center’s west wing
dedication. The ceremony included a
Chinese auction, cocktail reception
and concert with Benny Friedman
and Chony Milecki.
The evening’s emcee, Dr. David
Cotlar, reflected on the significance
of the occasion, and commented on
the building’s symbolic architec-
tural features. In particular, he noted
the impact the Chabad Center, and
the Lazaroff family, have had over
See West Wing on Page 2
%pe A platelets urgently needed
Lesley Berkovitz of Boca Raton, Fla., is undergoing a stem cell trans-
plant in Houston and is in desperate need of Type A platelets. Contact
M.D. Anderson’s blood bank at 713-792-7777 or go to www.mdanderson.
org. Donors must request that “LESLEY BERKOVITZ - Patient 642013”
be written on the bag three times, so that the donation goes directly to
Berkovitz, who receives transfusions on a daily basis.
Deals at Paris summit, but nothing major on Mideast peace
By DEVORAH LAUTER
PARIS (JTA) - While the French-
initiated summit for the Union for
the Mediterranean did not produce
any major breakthroughs, French
President Nicolas Sarkozy recognized
one achievement: Every Arab country,
but Libya, sat down with Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert. “The fact that
we were all in the same room is already
a lot,” Sarkozy said at a news confer-
ence Sunday in the French capital, fol-
lowing the inaugural summit.
Conference participants approved
six projects and signed an accord that,
among other things, talks of develop-
ing peace and fighting terrorism. All 43
nations also signed on to support the
Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Sarkozy
underlined that much work still needed to be done to implement the projects.
Peace between Israel and Syria and the Palestinian Authority was a
major focus of the event. On July 13, Sarkozy hosted a meeting of Olmert and
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas; and a day earlier Syrian
President Bashar Assad met with Sarkozy and the new president of Lebanon,
Michel Suleiman, to discuss peace in the region.
Olmert spoke about his morning discussion with Abbas. “It seems to me
that we have never been closer to the possibility of a peace accord than we are
today,” Olmert told reporters. “We are living through an essential and critical
moment,” he said, evoking the “very seri-
ous negotiations” currently underway.
Abbas said at the news conference
that “it is in all of our interests to reach”
peace. “We should achieve peace for the
people of the Middle East, in general, but
also for peace in the world.” The sum-
mit, which aimed to normalize Israel’s
relationship with its Mediterranean Arab
neighbors through shared economic and
cultural projects, was considered risky,
due to the huge differences among the
participating nations.
Referring to critics who questioned
the feasibility of the French-initiated
project, Sarkozy asked in his opening
remarks, “Who can live without taking
risks?” He added, “The very idea of life
is that: To take risks. The risk we are
See Summit on Page 5
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, French President Nicolas
Sarkozy and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert clasped hands in Paris on
July 13.
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