The Circuit

Terrorist Expert Feted
Noted terrorism expert Steve Emerson was presented with a special proclamation from Beverly Hills by former Mayor Steve Webb.

Emerson, one of the foremost experts on terrorism, works closely with law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community. He has participated in substantial undercover work to expose the threat from within to the security of the United States.

He heads the Investigative Project on Terrorism and is the author of “American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us.”

According to Emerson, “….This zealous strain of Islam will settle for nothing less than our total subjugation or destruction. It couples its zealotry in pursuit of its goals with patience as to achieving them. An informed American public can confront this threat — not with anxiety and dread, but with intelligence, honesty and courage.”

Women of Vision
The vision was beautiful from every angle at the 2007 Women of Vision Luncheon, honoring Ruth Abramson, Elyssa Kupferberg, Barbara “Bobby” Deane, and Marion Silberberg at the Four Seasons Resort in Palm Beach. Almost 250 women and men attended the luncheon, third in a series of bi-annual affairs in which the Palm Beach Region of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science recognizes women in the community who have made a difference. Guests viewed a video presentation narrated by the four honorees that discussed the influences that propelled them to become community leaders, their passions and the reason why the work of the Weizmann Institute of Science was important to each of them.

Dr. Margaret McKenna, president of Lesley University in Boston, was the keynote speaker and addressed the impact of women in leadership positions. She commented that Weizmann has been selected by scientists at biomedical research institutions as the most outstanding place to work, and that the percentage of women in its graduate degree program, about 50 percent, is almost unheard of in the world of science.

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