After the performance people we spoke with had nothing but praise for the 83 year old Jasraj (bottom photo) and his troupe. “Tour de Force,” “Lovely,” “Hasn’t lost his touch,” ‘Intensely uplifting — taking you to heaven.”

The Ray Gun exhibit is by Claes Oldenburg.

“This letter told Mossadegh (in 1953 the democratically elected prime minister of Iran) what Eisenhower’s intimates already knew: that the new administration had reversed American policy toward Iran. No longer would there be efforts to make the best of the situation…and no longer would there be criticism of the British for favoring a coup. In fact, by the time Eisenhower had sent his reply to Mossadegh, both men knew what was afoot. Eisenhower had already given tacit approval to the coup plot.” Stephen Kinzer, All The Shah’s Men (Wiley, 2003)

Over the years the U.S. narrative has sought to contain (or eliminate) fascism, communism and terrorism — when in fact the bigger problem has been  its own egoism.

Ms. Bokova commented that “UNESCO is about human dignity,” and its work “crafts the conditions for peace — the software for peace.” She added that “culture is a force for sustainable development.” Her organization seeks to protect and restore cultural and historic sites, such as the Mostar Bridge in Bosnia and war-torn places in Afghanistan. UNESCO creates programs in education, which it sees as “a driver of peace and stability,” with particular emphasis on technology as a way to tap the “boundless energy of human innovation.”

Somewhat troubling was Ms. Bokova’s gushing reference to President Obama in saying “we have to think big.” She said the “spirit of the U.S. is in UNESCO’s DNA,” which seemed odd given her desire to promote peace and stability through education. Today the ‘spirit’ of the U.S. and its education models are producing legions of emotionally disturbed persons trying to make sense of their data, while destroying life around the world.

In the same week that the Obama Administration went along with unrestricted access to abortion pills for girls (as young as 15), it also announced (on the sixth month anniversary of Sandy Hook) that it would arm the rebels seeking to overthrow the sovereign State of Syria — the same rebels responsible for murdering tens of thousands of Syrians and displacing millions more.

Analysis: UNESCO is misguided to be following the American way; perhaps it’s just for the money (golden rule). For sustainability, in keeping with human dignity, to be achieved, new models and ways of thinking are necessary — guided by the Spirit of true freedom and solidarity.

Guardian Angels Founder Curtis Sliwa was also on hand. We asked him what he thought about the U.S. government’s surveillance program? He said: “Orwellian!”

Photographs: Stephen Wise

Mr. Friedman’s daughter Miriam (center photo) introduced her father’s work at the show’s opening 6/6.

Jewish organizations want the world to never forget the Holocaust, and rightly so, but are loath to acknowledge the terrorism perpetrated by Jewish Bolsheviks and Zionists, dating back to the 1890′s, which took countless lives and contributed to two world wars. In recent years Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians has in many ways mirrored that of the Nazis.

In 1944 the Stern Gang, a Zionist terrorist organization, assassinated Lord Moyne, a British official in Egypt. Commenting on the incident Winston Churchill said at the time: “If our dreams for Zionism are to end in the smoke of an assassin’s pistol…and the labors for its future produce a new set of gangsters worthy of Nazi Germany, then many like myself will have to reconsider the position we have maintained so consistently and so long in the past.” Cairo: In The War 1939-1945 (Penguin, 1989)