Speaker 1: Our safety and security are not negotiable. I like that.
Speaker 1: And it's in front of the New York Public Library,
Speaker 1: and it's this Sunday from three point thirty to five
Speaker 1: thirty in my friend Yakov Will, I actually do love
Speaker 1: He's going to speak, and Mosha Spern I love Mosha.
Speaker 1: He's gonna speak, and then a whole bunch of people
Speaker 1: I've never heard of. And I won't be there because
Speaker 1: I'll be in the Hamptons. My one visit maybe two
Speaker 1: this year. I'm still considering joining Bruce Plateman on August fourteenth,
Speaker 1: and Witcoff. That's a whole other story. But let me
Speaker 1: get to the guy that is putting on this great
Speaker 1: event Sunday night for an organization which you see me
Speaker 1: wearing their T shirts over the last couple of years.
Speaker 1: I love what they do. They're called Booths for Israel. MARCYA. Haskell,
Speaker 1: who I don't know. I think somehow he's related to
Speaker 1: my friend, the former ambassador Trump's ambassador to Israel, David Friedman.
Speaker 1: I have no idea how, but anyway, Mark is here
Speaker 1: this morning. Mark, Good morning, How are you?
Speaker 2: Good morning, Sid?
Speaker 1: How are you doing? I'm great? Are you a late
Speaker 1: to David Friedman, what's that whole relationship.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna do it real easy for you. My wife
Speaker 2: comes from an illustrious family. The Great Eugene Gluck is
Speaker 2: her grandfather, which he may even be greater. But the
Speaker 2: Great David Friedman is my father in law's brother, and
Speaker 2: I'm super close with him and we collaborate on everything.
Speaker 1: No, he likes you, I know that, and he's mentioned you.
Speaker 1: You mentioned him, so he's your father in law's brother.
Speaker 1: So really, you you're not related to David. You're not
Speaker 1: related at all.
Speaker 2: Actually, I mean not really. It's through marriage, right, but
Speaker 2: if you marry, well, you know, good things happen.
Speaker 1: One hundred percent. Listen. I used to have these neighbors.
Speaker 1: The name was Lewis and Gloria Iovine. I love Aunt Gloria,
Speaker 1: and I referred to them as Uncle Lewis and Aunt Gloria.
Speaker 1: They were Italian, they were no relation, but we got
Speaker 1: so close over the years and we still are that.
Speaker 1: I still refer to Gloria as Aunt Gloria. So I
Speaker 1: understand where you and David would have that type of relationship.
Speaker 1: But he does. He does love you and you love him,
Speaker 1: which is great. So cool, it's almost he was a
Speaker 1: great ambassador. I got a kick out of Friedman. And look,
Speaker 1: I'm also very close with Mike Huckabee. I love both guys.
Speaker 1: But I got a kick out of Friedman a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks ago Mark when he actually did testify in Congress.
Speaker 2: YEP for two days. And I asked him why he
Speaker 2: did this, because he's not in office anymore, and he
Speaker 2: said to me, just so I can say my piece
Speaker 2: and give him a piece of my mind. And he
Speaker 2: literally went to Washington just to do that for the people.
Speaker 1: He is a great Twitter follow And if you love
Speaker 1: Judea and Samaria, which I do most of the time
Speaker 1: when I go to Israel with my dear friend Scott
Speaker 1: Feltman and the fine folks from One Israel Bond, I
Speaker 1: spend the majority of time in Judea and Samaria with
Speaker 1: you guys who don't go to Israel or love Israel
Speaker 1: would know what's the West Bank. That's how the media
Speaker 1: refers to that spot. But David has done such a
Speaker 1: great job over the years of trying to get some
Speaker 1: type of sovereignty, annexation, something for that area. I don't
Speaker 1: think it's gonna happen anytime soon, but not because of
Speaker 1: a lack of effort from David Friedman.
Speaker 2: So I'm gonna be honest with you. David and Miriam
Speaker 2: literally appointed Mike Huckaby because he is a goy but
Speaker 2: a Sadik, and Mike Huckaby has been a close friend
Speaker 2: of the family, and they knew that we need to
Speaker 2: give somebody the office who can actually get this done.
Speaker 2: And they won't complain that it's a right wing Jew.
Speaker 2: And I'm just being honest, which is kind of weird.
Speaker 1: You say, Miriam, You mean Miriam Adolson obviously, right. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we love Mariam Moore. All right, so give me the lowdown.
Speaker 1: I'll be in West Hampton on Sunday night at Adam
Speaker 1: huts House. He's a very popular guy. One of my
Speaker 1: dearest dearest friends, Corey Seldik, went to Maryland without him.
Speaker 1: That both terrapins. They know each other. Cory's a big
Speaker 1: real estate guy here in New York City. But this
Speaker 1: event is for Boots for Israel, so let's start right
Speaker 1: there with that organization. I'm aware of what you guys do.
Speaker 1: I've been out there for a year. He's wearing your
Speaker 1: T shirts. Tell the listening audience, exactly what you guys do.
Speaker 2: Super simple. I was in Israel on the October seven day.
Speaker 2: Unfortunately and ironically, because you're talking about David. We live
Speaker 2: in the same building with my in laws, and he
Speaker 2: slammed on my door at seven am and said the
Speaker 2: guards called me. It was shabbist. He never picks up
Speaker 2: his phones. And he said, Mark, we're at war. And
Speaker 2: I didn't know what he was talking about. It was
Speaker 2: so early, just like right now, and I was like, okay.
Speaker 2: And we spent the whole day in his apartment and
Speaker 2: he was getting intelligence. He was wearing his talus, he
Speaker 2: was dobbining, and at the same time all this information
Speaker 2: was coming in and I said to myself, oh my god,
Speaker 2: I cannot believe this is happening. And fast forward a
Speaker 2: few weeks. I went back to Israel. I went to
Speaker 2: the north, I went to the South. I went to
Speaker 2: day in Samaria, and I just saw all the blood
Speaker 2: on the floor, literally smelled it. And I decided, I'm
Speaker 2: not going to look back on this war and be
Speaker 2: like everybody else. I'm gonna do something crazy. And my
Speaker 2: friend Yakir was at the early stages, like just getting
Speaker 2: boots to guys before anybody even knew what was happening,
Speaker 2: and we partnered up and we said we're just gonna
Speaker 2: do the job. And we have two hundred volunteers. We
Speaker 2: haven't taken one dollar for ourselves, and we logistically have
Speaker 2: sent over one hundred and twenty thousand pairs of boots
Speaker 2: and working day and night for no other reason but
Speaker 2: to help our guys here.
Speaker 1: It is fantastic. And look, there are still idea of
Speaker 1: soldiers in Gayza. You know, we've kind of forgotten about
Speaker 1: that because we've held us in control. When I say we,
Speaker 1: I mean as well. Obviously they're still fighting in Lebanon.
Speaker 1: We actually launch two idea of soldiers just a couple
Speaker 1: of days ago. I think they were trying to detonate something.
Speaker 1: I don't know, but in anyway, they're still there. They're
Speaker 1: still fighting. So your service even today is still very,
Speaker 1: very valuable.
Speaker 2: And it's a great statement. And I take this question
Speaker 2: all the time, which is actually it starts to get
Speaker 2: to me why do they need boots? So I'm not
Speaker 2: going to get into the bureaucracy, but I will tell
Speaker 2: you I have twenty thousand open orders and we're at
Speaker 2: the point where we're telling the soldiers we can't raise
Speaker 2: money quick enough, so you need to partner with us,
Speaker 2: which means that we get it at half the price.
Speaker 2: They can't even get what we can get, and they're
Speaker 2: putting in half the money, which is the proof that
Speaker 2: they needed. Everyone goes to shule. Everyone has forty pairs
Speaker 2: of shoes to walk this and that these guys have
Speaker 2: one pair. We should be buying them houses. Forget about
Speaker 2: giving them what they need to go fight, which is
Speaker 2: what I'm doing.
Speaker 1: I can't do everything, all right, Well, help folks end
Speaker 1: to help you out because it chieves like a lot
Speaker 1: of work for you. Mark. Where can folks at listening
Speaker 1: this morning help you out?
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's super simple. Boots for Israel dot com. If
Speaker 2: you want to sign up for the Westhampton then it's
Speaker 2: Boots West Hampton. We're really just focused and we're going
Speaker 2: to do the job. And that's it.
Speaker 1: So Sunday night in West Hampton, the Hut Residence. I
Speaker 1: know there's a bunch of speakers there, including me, but
Speaker 1: this will be for folks who are all going to calm.
Speaker 1: People have contacted me every day. They're not even in
Speaker 1: West Hampton. They're in Southampton, they're in Quad, they're all
Speaker 1: over the place. They want to come. What can they
Speaker 1: expect on Sunday night?
Speaker 2: They could expect the Great Sid Rosenberg to be the
Speaker 2: keynote with Rizzy Stovetski. We have Ari Ackerman, we have
Speaker 2: live schwarma, falafel, Schnitzel, we have great bars. The Hut
Speaker 2: residence is literally off the charts. It's just going to
Speaker 2: be a great night and one mission. Help my guys
Speaker 2: that are fighting.
Speaker 1: That is a great, great mission. And again it didn't
Speaker 1: take me very long to say you got it. I'll
Speaker 1: be there. Mark, You're a terrific guy. We've had a
Speaker 1: nice bunch at the last couple of years and I
Speaker 1: appreciate what you do, and so do Jewish people in
Speaker 1: israelis all over the world. God bless you. Look bwoth
Speaker 1: to seeing you on Sunday, my friend, Thank you so much.
Speaker 2: Thank you Sid, You're the man.
Speaker 1: Thank you buddy, Marca high SkELL right there, boots for
Speaker 1: Israel and we got a big event Sunday night in
Speaker 1: West Hampton.
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