FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 5, 2009
ASSEMBLYMAN LANCMAN AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF NEW YORK
COMPLETE FIRST “LIVE FROM SDEROT” CALL-IN PRESS CONFERENCE
WITH WITNESSES TO HAMAS’ DAILY MISSILE ATTACKS ON SOUTHERN ISRAEL
Assemblyman Lancman in Sderot, Israel with
Anat Lerner, Director of Early Childhood Programs in Sderot
Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Queens) and JCRC-NY CEO Michael Miller hosted a telephonic press conference for local media with Israeli community leaders calling in from Sderot, Israel, including Chen Abrahams, the Director of Resource Development for the Gvanim Association, Taly Levanon, CEO of the Israel Trauma Coalition and Anat Lerner, Director of Early Childhood Programs in Sderot. Participants discussed their personal experiences living in the line of fire and the impact the conflict has had on the civilian population.
A complete recording of the teleconference is available at: www.vimeo.com/2730164
Additional coverage is available from: The Queens Chronicle, The Queens Courier, The Queens Times Ledger and The Long Islander.
More information on the situation in Southern Israel is available at: www.nyad25.org/sderot.htm
Press Contact:
Brian Pugh
718-704-9585
Brian Pugh
Director of Communications
Office of Assemblyman Rory I. Lancman
77-40 170th Street
Fresh Meadows, NY 11366
(718) 820-0241 (o)
(718) 820-0414 (f)
(718) 704 9585 (c)